Sanji and the Baker

By Robin Tzannes

Book Overview

Every morning and evening, Sanji sniffs the delicious smells that rise from the bakery below. When the Baker accuses Sanji of stealing his smells, and takes him to court, Sanji must figure a way out of a delicate situation, which he does with a very creative judge's help.
This humorous and imaginative picture book for young readers, set in the Middle East, asserts the simple moral that you can't put a monetary price on the simple pleasures of the senses. Beautiful illustrations by Korky Paul, the illustrator for Winnie in Winter, guarantee that Sanji and the Baker will be a popular choice for children and for reading aloud.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192799606
• ISBN13: 9780192799609
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.3" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 4

Customer Reviews

Who Owns The Air: Sanji and the Baker

This hilarious and thought-provoking tale of greed gets squeals of delight time after time.

We love this book

My wife and I just had our first baby 3 weeks ago. We were given this book as a baby gift. It is a wonderfully written book with charming, detailed illustrations. The ending is clever and surprising and illustrates that some of the best things in life are free. I would also recommend it as a lesson in cultural diversity.

Great Lesson for Little Readers/Listeners

Our family loves this book. It has a great lesson about greed and value. My kids are just now grasping the concept of money. But this book goes a bit further with telling a story describing value of our senses and the joy a person can get by just being happy in life and smelling the "roses" (or should I say baking goods).

Great Book

This book is very creative. The first time I read it to my child, she was on the edge of her seat. I laughed heartily at the wonderful illustrations. A must read.

Fun to read aloud or to quietly explore the illustrations.

Sanji is as lovable as The Baker is mean. The illustrations are delightfully detailed and very amusing. My kids love it when I yell like The Baker.