Who Needs Donuts?

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Summary: A real SCREAM!
Review: I received this book as a gift from some fellow teachers. I lost my copy:( All of Stamaty's childrens books need to be reprinted! "Who Needs Donuts?" is my favorite, but "Small in the Saddle is a close second! The pen and ink drawings are so detailed, that you can look at each page for days, and notice new things each time. "Yellow Yellow," is another great one. These are not just for kids! Most adults would agree! I beg any publishers to reprint them, as they are hard to find, even on the out of print book websites.

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Summary: Finally, a copy of this book!
Review: I was so excited when my mom told me she found "Who Needs Donuts?" on Amazon! We have been searching for my original 70's copies with no luck. I am thrilled to have a brand new copy for my son. I still find this book to be fascinating and wonderfully entertaining. The illustrations are unbelievable. This book was one of my favorites as a child, and now I can enjoy it again as a mother. Thanks so much for re-releasing it!!

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Summary: This reprint will attract new generations
Review: Mark Alan Stamaty's Who Needs Donuts? first appeared in 1973 but 30 years later is just as compelling, even if its pictures are in black and white. Sam's dilemma of too many donuts involves a host of characters and zany situations as his donut-collecting gets out of hand. Long out of print, this reprint will attract new generations with involving, fun tales.

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Summary: Who Needs Donuts? WE DO!!!
Review: The book is wonderfully detailed and crazy! It will keep you entertained for hours. We would love to find a copy of it if we could. We haven't seen it since college. Every time you look at it, you find something new!

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Summary: One of the greatest children's books of all time!
Review: With any justice, Stamaty would be a household name with Sendak and Scarry in children's publishing. This book had a major effect on me as a child. Luckily for me, my school library had one tattered, well-read copy. I thought that I had the only remaining copy which I obtained a few years ago after a nationwide search. I even called Mr. Stamaty and he said he didn't have a copy (but maybe his mother did - he'd check.). Unbelievably detailed (after hundreds of readings I STILL find new things) and twistedly funny pen-and-ink drawings, bizarre characters, a profound moral message, and doughnuts, doughnuts, doughnuts! I'm writing this with the hope that one day it will be re-released so that more people could enjoy this book and appreciate Mr. Stamaty's obsessive genius. I still cannot understand why this book was a financial flop and so overlooked by critics when it was released (too weird?). Perhaps its time has come.