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Calvin Coconut: Kung Fooey
By (Author) Graham Salisbury
Illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers
6
Random House USA Inc
Random House Inc
15th September 2012
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage: Personal and social topics
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
FIC
Nominated for Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award.
Paperback
144
Width 132mm, Height 192mm, Spine 10mm
119g
Calvin Coconut's fourth-grade class meets Benni Obi, a weird and likable new kid. Benny brags about knowing kung fu, eats worms, crickets, and chocolate-covered scorpions, and says all the wrong things to bully Tito. Uh-oh. Meanwhile, neighborhood kids and pets clear the roadCalvin's babysitter Stella is learning how to drive. She's got a lead foot.
Readers will enjoy the humor in Kung Fooey as Calvin's smarts and courage help him learn something new about standing up for friends, and facing a bully.
GRAHAM SALISBURY is the author of five Calvin Coconut books: Trouble Magnet, The Zippy Fix, Dog Heaven, Zoo Breath, and Hero of Hawaii, as well as several novels for older readers, including the award-winning Lord of the Deep, Blue Skin of the Sea, and Under the Blood-Red Sun. Graham Salisbury grew up in Hawaii. Calvin Coconut and his friends attend the same school Graham didKailua Elementary School.