Bok! Bok! Boom!: A Branches Book (Kung POW Chicken #2): Volume 2

(Hardback, Library ed.)

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Everyone's favorite superhero, Kung Pow Chicken, is back!
This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!

In the second book in this full-color series, Gordon Blue's mom drags him to a night at the opera. The show turns fowl though when its star singer, Honey Comb, is chicknapped! The evil Dr. Screech plans to turn the singer's super-high voice into a supersonic weapon. It's up to Kung Pow Chicken to rescue Honey! Filled with humor and superhero action, this book will keep kids turning the pages.

Reviews

Praise for Let's Get Cracking!:

An Amazon Best Book of the Month, January 2014

*Marko's debut is a perfectly puntastic page-turner. Hybrids of comics and traditional pictures, the goofy all-color illustrations propel the fast-moving, high-interest story. 'Ham and eggs!' --you don't want to miss this! -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

This hilarious kickoff to the Kung Pow Chicken series [is] just the thing for beginning readers. -- Publishers Weekly

Step aside, Captain Underpants! There is a new hero in town--this time, with feathers.... Fresh, funny, and packed with full-color illustrations, this new transitional series will be an instant hit with readers looking for silly fun and a touch of mystery. -- Booklist

Frequent poultry plays on words are sure to ellicit giggles from young readers. This [series] will have broad appeal among independent readers who have outgrown easy readers but are not yet ready for books relying more on text than illustration. --

Praise for Bok! Bok! Boom!:
An Amazon Big Spring Book, 2014

Plenty of punny action in the colorful mix of comic panels and short paragraphs of text. Fans will be glad Kung Pow has at least two more adventures on the way. -- Kirkus Reviews

Jokes and puns will keep the attention of eager new readers looking for a fast-paced, funny adventure with unlikely superheroes. -- School Library Journal

Praise for The Birdy Snatchers:

An Amazon Editor's Pick, Summer 2014

Author Bio

Cyndi Marko writes and draws books for kids, but she doesn't mind if adults read them, too. Cyndi is the author and illustrator of the Kung Pow Chicken early chapter book series, This Little Piggy: An Owner's Manual and Boo! Hiss! early chapter books, and the Sloth Sleuth middle grade graphic novel series. She currently lives in British Columbia, Canada, with her two noisy, freeloading roommates Cathulhu and Salem P. Cat.