Pinch and Dash and the Terrible Couch

Pinch and Dash and the Terrible Couch

by Michael J. Daley

Narrated by Greg Steinbruner

Unabridged — 9 minutes

Pinch and Dash and the Terrible Couch

Pinch and Dash and the Terrible Couch

by Michael J. Daley

Narrated by Greg Steinbruner

Unabridged — 9 minutes

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Overview

Award-winning author Michael J. Daley crafts tales of friendship that capture the hearts of young listeners. Pinch and Dash and the Terrible Couch finds Pinch very upset. Aunt Hasty has sent him a couch--a terrible couch! It's big and red and doesn't fit his home at all. So when he asks his friend Dash for help, they've got their hands full figuring out just where it should go.

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An oversized couch with "daring dashes of red" causes a conundrum for understated Pinch. Will good friend Dash find a way to make it work? Daley and Yezerski pair up again (Pinch and Dash Make Soup, 2012) for a slice-of-life story told in six brief chapters. They ably move the plot along while watercolor-and-ink illustrations inject humor into this odd-couple approach to dealing with a dilemma. Pinch is put out that Aunt Hasty has sent him her couch for safekeeping after moving to a tiny apartment. This huge piece of furniture is too big and too bright for Pinch's quiet aesthetic. His home has blue curtains with "pleasing pinches of orange" and a "snug chair." Gruff movers Push and Shove just want to get the job done. They leave the sofa in the middle of Pinch's house after pushing and shoving everything else out of the way. In comes Dash to help rearrange. After more futile pushing and shoving, Pinch is still not happy. Dash, however, finds the couch's cushions "just right" and settles in for a snooze. Hot and frustrated, Pinch opens his windows and notices the breeze blowing Dash's curtains on the other side of their duplex--and they are "curtains with daring dashes of red!" A whispered call to Push and Shove leads to a satisfying conclusion. A good choice for newly independent readers not quite ready for longer fiction. (Early reader. 5-8)

Product Details

BN ID: 2940170469673
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date: 06/21/2013
Series: Pinch and Dash
Edition description: Unabridged
Age Range: 5 - 8 Years

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Pinch sat in his snug chair. He was reading a cookbook. The doorbell rang. Ding-dong.
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