Stan the Hot Dog Man

by Leonard Kessler and Ethel Kessler

Book Overview

"Stan is happy to retire from his bakery job because now he can start his own hot dog business. [When] a blizzard strands him and a school bus, the kids and driver wait the storm out in Stan's van,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060232803
• ISBN13: 9780060232801
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

WOW!

This is the best children's book I have ever read. The book is easy to read and filled with love and rescues. Stan, the main character, has quit his job at the bakery to become a hotdog man. Stan meets a family who can't afford 4 hotdogs and shows love and commpassion. He also gets stuck in a snowstorm and gets rescued by the patrol. I think this is a great book for young readers. I reccommend this book to all ages.

A very sweet story

This is a sweet story about an older man and his wife. After retiring, he decides to keep on working, as a hotdog man. This may sound a bit odd for a child's story, but it is actually is great! It becomes quite adventurous in one part, when a snow storm comes, and Stan is able to help out some people who are stranded and snowed in. This book has small glimpses into traits that I would love my children to learn...Generosity, thoughtfullness, ingenuity, courage, friendliness, and a strong work ethic, among others. Highly recommended.

good book

This is a level 2 easy reader about a man who retires and becomes a hot dog man. A very cute story about a man and his wife. My 7 year old enjoyed reading this book.

A different perspective

This is my 7 year old son's favorite book at the moment, which surprises me, because it's about a man who retires and fulfills his dream to become a hot dog man!Not something every 7 year old can relate to, but it's a well told, interesting little story.We see Stan's hopes that his new business will succeed. We watch as he shows compassion for a poor family, and when a snowstorm threatens school children, we see just how wonderful Stan really is.He's a very likeable character, and spending the day with Stan is like spending the day with Grandpa.Lovely story and easy for beginning readers.

A happy feel-good throughout

A refreshing change from Disneyesque "children's" stories that seem necessarily to involve death, destruction, orphaned babies, violence, or assorted misfortune. This book offers page-after-page of a good-hearted story about a good-hearted man. Exactly the book you will want to read with your 3-year-old fresh out of the tub.