Happy Punks 1 2 3: A Counting Story
By (Author) John Seven
By (author) Jana Christy
Manic D Press,U.S.
Manic D Press,U.S.
16th April 2013
United States
Children
Non Fiction
813.6
Board book
32
Width 209mm, Height 261mm
339g
Welcome to New Flip City, a busytown for a new era and home of the Happy Punks, twelve colourful, fun-loving and creatively exciting friends. Award-winning team John Seven and Jana Christy making learning to count cool in this bright and hip picture book. Readers will meet each of the punks as they go through their day, explore the city, meet up with their friends and have a big party with music and dancing. The Happy Punks are joined by their friends, a collection of animals, robots, zombies, snowmen, cavemen and more, making this a fun and riotous read.
"Little rebelsand parents hoping to encourage individualismwill love this one." Chronogram "1-2-3-4!" Dee Dee Ramone, bass player, The Ramones "To call this book 'adorable' would be an understatement. It tells us 'Welcome to Planet Earth!' and 'Heres some cool stuff you could do in life!'" Teresa Taylor, drummer, B*tthole Surfers"
"Little rebelsand parents hoping to encourage individualismwill love this one." Chronogram "1-2-3-4!" Dee Dee Ramone, bass player, The Ramones "To call this book 'adorable' would be an understatement. It tells us 'Welcome to Planet Earth!' and 'Heres some cool stuff you could do in life!'" Teresa Taylor, drummer, B*tthole Surfers"
John and Jana found success in comics with their book Very Vicky. In 2003, their illustrated family travelogue, Four Go Mad in Massachusetts, was published by Commonwealth Editions. Most recently, John and Jana collaborated on two picture books, Happy, Sad, Silly, Mad: My World Makes Me Feel (Andrews McMeel, 2009), and The Ocean Story (Picture Windows, 2011), which won Creative Child magazines 2011 Creative Child Award Seal of Excellence and was short-listed for the 2012 Green Earth Book Award. A board book for the under-five crowd, A Year With Friends, is forthcoming from Abrams in 2012.