What if animals ran forty tiny restaurants?
Critters in the Kitchen
What if animals ran the restaurants? That one idea became forty tiny kitchens. A lobster runs the waffle iron. A frog tends the noodles. An octopus works the short-order grill. A snail regular is hiding on every page, including at The Snail's Pace Café.
Lobster
runs the waffle house
Frog
tends the noodle bar
Octopus
works the short-order grill
Snail
hides on every page
All ages · 88 pages · one picture per sheet
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Kitchens
Forty tiny restaurants
Each name is the sign on that page, from the first kitchen through closing time.
- 1Lobster's Waffle House
- 2Frog's Noodle Bar
- 3The Snail's Pace Café
- 4Octopus Short-Order Grill
- 5Moth Diner
- 6Capybara Hot Spring Ramen
- 7Raccoon Dumpster Bistro
- 8Sloth's Pancake Brunch
- 9Penguin Ice Cream Parlor
- 10Goat's Tin-Can Tapas
- 11Crab's Sandcastle Seafood Shack
- 12Dragon's Flambé Steakhouse
- 13Ghost's Invisible-Food Café
- 14Bee's Honey-Everything Bakery
- 15Hedgehog's Tea & Crumpet Nook
- 16Mole's Underground Supper Club
- 17Owl's 3 A.M. Diner
- 18Squirrel's Nut Butter Bar
- 19Axolotl's Bubble Tea Lounge
- 20Yeti's Shaved Ice Hut
- 21Pelican's Fish Taco Truck
- 22Bat's Upside-Down Brunch
- 23Turtle's Slow-Cooker Kitchen
- 24Pigeon's Breadcrumb Bakery
- 25Mushroom Folk's Forest Fondue
- 26Chameleon's Pop-Up
- 27Giraffe's Rooftop Salad Bar
- 28Hermit Crab's Food Shell
- 29Badger's Late-Night Burrito Window
- 30Flamingo's Shrimp Cocktail Lounge
- 31Rabbit's Carrot Cake Café
- 32Hamster's Wheel-Powered Rotisserie
- 33Jellyfish's Glow Sushi Bar
- 34Bear's Picnic Basket Deli
- 35Gnome's Tiny Pizza Oven
- 36Duck's Pond-Side Pho
- 37Spider's Cotton Candy Stand
- 38Walrus's Clam Chowder Shack
- 39Fox's Midnight Dumpling Cart
- 40Closing Time
Find
Find the snail!
A tiny snail regular is hiding on every page. Can you spot him in all 40 diners? The answer key is a free download on this page.
Color
Print the scenes
All forty kitchens from the book, split into five packs you can print. One scene to a page, full 8.5 × 11 inch size. Leave your email and each PDF shows up on its pack. The files are free, and so is the answer key.
Scenes 1–8
The first eight kitchens, from a waffle iron to a sloth who brought a pillow to brunch.
Lobster's waffles, frog's noodles, the snail's café, octopus grill, moth diner, capybara ramen, raccoon bistro, sloth's pancakes.
8 pages · 8.5 × 11 in
Scenes 9–16
Ice cream, tin-can tapas, a sandcastle shack, and a bee who sweetens everything.
Penguin ice cream, goat's tin-can tapas, crab's seafood shack, dragon steakhouse, ghost café, honey bakery, hedgehog tea nook, mole supper club.
8 pages · 8.5 × 11 in
Scenes 17–24
A 3 a.m. diner, bubble tea, a fish-taco truck, and a turtle who will not be rushed.
Owl's diner, squirrel's nut butter, axolotl bubble tea, yeti's shaved ice, pelican taco truck, bat brunch, turtle's slow cooker, pigeon's bakery.
8 pages · 8.5 × 11 in
Scenes 25–32
Forest fondue, a rooftop salad bar, carrot cake, and a hamster on a rotisserie wheel.
Mushroom fondue, chameleon pop-up, giraffe salad bar, hermit crab shell, badger burrito window, flamingo lounge, rabbit carrot cake, hamster rotisserie.
8 pages · 8.5 × 11 in
Scenes 33–40
Glow sushi, a picnic deli, clam chowder, and the whole crew at closing time.
Jellyfish sushi, bear's picnic deli, gnome pizza oven, duck's pho, spider cotton candy, walrus chowder, fox dumpling cart, closing time.
8 pages · 8.5 × 11 in
Where's the Snail?
Every hiding spot, in order. The printed book does not include this page, so it lives here.
All 40 kitchens, after you've looked.
5 pages · 8.5 × 11 in