Monsieur Saguette and His Baguette - Wacky Wednesday Picture Book & KID KANDY

Monsieur Saguette and His Baguette
By Frank Asch
(Kids Can Press, 2004)

Welcome to Wacky Wednesday. Let me tell you, Monsieur Saguette is a bit wacky after he purchases a fresh baguette at the boulangerie to go with his carrot soup.

It turns out that Monsieur Saguette is quite the hero. He and the baguette solve all sorts of problems in very unusual ways.

Cat in a tree? Here, climb down the baguette, kitty. Escaped alligator about to eat a baby? Here, prop open the alligator's mouth with the baguette and save the baby. No baton for the bandleader? Here, use the baguette!

Silly and imaginative, Monsieur Saguette and His Baguette easily qualify for Wacky Wednesday status.

And Monsieur Saguette still goes home and eats the overused baguette with his soup. He even shares the crumbs.

KID KANDY:

Visit La Boulangerie

If you are lucky enough to live in a French speaking country, you will know exactly what la boulangerie is. But for the rest of us, we will have to go to a bakery. (But we can still call it la boulangerie.)

Look at the display case for breads made at the bakery. What types of bread are there? Do you see a baguette? Which is your favorite type of bread?

Some places will give tours, providing arrangements are made in advance or it is not rush hour for shopping.

Purchase some tasty bread to have for dinner. But I suggest you don't use your bread like Monsieur Saguette.