The illustrations are richly done and befitting the time period the author used for her story which is a fictional take on a probable historical event. Whatever artistic license was used in both story and art work was done well and the diversity used in the customers was nice to see.I had never heard of Mr. Crum or given much thought to how we have the modern potato chip so I appreciated not only how well the author has written a story that seems realistic but also provided the known and assumed...

4.5 stars. I really enjoyed this story set in 1853 of how Mr Crum, an African American chef and restaurant owner humoured a fussy customer who wanted his potatoes cooked thinner and thinner. Eventually peeling thin slices off a potato and frying them, his customer was happy and so was born the first crisp or potato chip.The story was told with great humour, I really enjoyed the text and the illustrations are amazing. I'm a huge fan of Felicita Sala, she is so talented and particularly good at de...

This story was a lot of fun to read. Kids will enjoy learning how one of their favorite snack foods was accidentally invented by playful chef, George Crum. The illustrations are beautiful and the characters in the story come to life with Renaud's text. A brief history at the end allows readers to discover a little more about the man who is thought to have invented the world's favorite salty snack.

So, it was a little disappointing that this story is actually more speculation than fact. It honestly reminds me a bit more of a tall tale than a true biography. But, it's a really fun read and there is no denying that George Crum helped build the popularity of the potato chip even if he was not necessarily the very first to "invent" it. Also, I must say this has a better Author's Note and Sources list than most picture book biographies I've encountered lately. (Love the photograph of the real G...

This is another picture book, in a good series of picture books, that talks about a short, quick point in history, and makes it fun. In this case, it was the invention of the potato chip. Hard to believe it didn't exist before, but as this factionalized version of the story unfolds, we. Have Mr. Crum making potatoe wedges, that everyone loves, until this one customer kept saying they were too thick, and sending them back, until the potatoes were razor thin, and then he approved them.It is clever...

I am especially fond of books that teach us history, so I really enjoyed this book. If you are wondering how potato chips were discovered you will find this book fascinating .

They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and this story is another example. Have you ever wondered where the Potato chip came from? Mr. Crum was a real man who came up with this food item. This story is a fun fictional story based on George Crum.Mr. Crum was a wonderful cook who was known far and wide as a wonderful cook. Everyone loved his food, that is until Filbert P. Horsefeathers came into his restaurant. He wanted an order of potatoes. Three times, Mr. Crum cooked him potatoes a...

Mr. Crum's Potato Predicament is a children's picture book written by by Anne Renaud and illustrated by Felicita Sala. It is a fictional story based on a true person in George Crum.George Speck also known as George Crum was an American chef. He worked as a hunter, guide, and cook in the Adirondack Mountains, and became noted for his culinary skills after being hired at Moon's Lake House on Saratoga Lake, near Saratoga Springs, New York.Renaud's text is rather simplistic, straightforward, and inf...

Great story, great piece of history that kids will really relate to (show me the kid who doesn't consume vast quantities of chips every chance they get), nice illustrations. Really liked this one.

I thoroughly enjoyed this "fictional tale with a helping of truth."

**An ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*Very cute picture book, with decent illustrations and a fun (and somewhat historical) story!

A fun story that may or may not tell the true story of how potato chips were invented. This book could certainly be used as a model for children to write the history of other products.

This book is actually a bit of a historical biographical sketch. George Crum was a real cook who, in the 1850s, helped popularize potato chips as a snack after a persnickety customer kept sending back his potato wedges because they were too thick. So George made them as thin as possible... and the potato chip as we know it was born!I actually found the story kind of refreshing. It's set in the USA in the 1850s, and George Crum is partly African American... but he's not a slave. In fact, he has h...

A cute story with the most beautiful illustrations!

'Mr. Crum's Potato Predicament' by Ann Renaud with illustrations by Felicita Sala takes a story that may be more legend than fact and makes it a fun story for young readers.When Filbert P. Horsefeathers walks into George Crum's restaurant, he only wants potatoes. When the potatoes he gets aren't right, he keeps sending them back until chef Crum invents a new thin, crunchy, salty snack: the potato chip!In a great postscript to the story, we find out that there was a George Crum who is credited wi...

What a deliciously, delightful story about one persnickity customer and a frustrated cook. The tongue-in-cheek humour as well as the luscious illustrations makes this a perfect read-together book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Kids Can Press for a review copy - all opinions are my own.Great read aloud for elementary classrooms! Based on a true story of a persnickety customer and an inventive and talented chef, Mr. Crum's Potato Predicament explains the origins of the potato chip. The text is fast paced and full of juicy vocabulary. The illustrations are so well done and are perfect complements to the upbeat tone of the story. The author's note perfectly addresses the question I always get asked...

3.5 stars -- Fun and fanciful story imagines the invention of an instantly recognizable snack favorite--potato chips! Veg*n parents note: The original potato chips were fried in lard (thank goodness this has, for the most part, been swapped for vegetable oil). There is also a joke menu featuring groundhog and opossum dishes and various references to meat and the cook's prowess in preparing it in the book's text and afterward. This could make for a good discussion topic about how food preferences...

Who doesn’t wonder where the potato chip idea came from?Even the best cook in the county doesn’t always get it right the first time. But Mr. Crum doesn’t give up. Nope. When a persnickety customer drives him to the extreme, he ends up with the irresistible potato chip. It’s always fun to learn about inventions and innovations that resulted from mistakes or about people who just kept on trying. The text delights the tongue with sumptuous words, and illustrations tickle the senses. Enjoy!

Hooray for the cheeky Mr. Crum and his demanding customer! One of the best examples of the fictionalized biography picture book I've ever read!