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Frank and Bean

(Hardback)

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Frank and Bean

Contributors:

By (Author) Jamie Michalak
Illustrated by Bob Kolar

ISBN:

9780763695590

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,U.S.

Imprint:

Candlewick Press,U.S.

Publication Date:

1st October 2019

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Children

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Educational: First / native language: Readers and reading schemes
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Cooking and food

Dewey:

FIC

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

48

Dimensions:

Width 160mm, Height 236mm, Spine 10mm

Weight:

293g

Description

When the introspective Frank meets the gregarious Bean, can they find a way to make beautiful music together Dry wit and hilarious illustrations introduce a new unlikely pair.

Frank likes peace and quiet. He likes his tent, his pencil, and writing in his secret notebook. Bean likes noise. He likes his bus, his trumpet toot, toot! and making music. Loud music. But Bean is missing something: he does not have words. What will happen if Frank shares his words with Bean With a laugh-out-loud narrative by Jamie Michalak, author of the Joe and Sparky series, and Bob Kolars bright, graphic, comical illustrations, this fresh and funny story will go down easy for beginning readers and young listeners alike.

Reviews

Kolars (Trucker and Train) sleek, animation-style digital art and Michalaks (the Joe and Sparky series) highly performative dialogue build to a manic hilarity that makes these pals, as Bean might say, half cool and half amazing.
Publishers Weekly

Kolars digital art is clean and pleasing, and the book contains four short chapters. An engaging and humorous tale of two friends whose personality differences lead to growth as well as some fun adventures.
School Library Journal

The humor is absurd, over-the-top, and laugh-out-loud funny. Mismatched friendships are a staple of early readers, but Beans boundless cheerful energy, his habit of speaking in all caps, and the concept of anthropomorphic food set this book apart. Hand this to fans of silly, offbeat stories.
Booklist Online

The Bert-and-Ernie-esque odd-couple pairing results in countless laugh-out-loud exchanges. Kolar's digitally rendered full-color illustrations take the jokes one step further, offering expressive physical cartoon comedy that's on a par with Michalak's clever wordsmithing...Beanie weenies served just right for young campers.
Kirkus Reviews

The simple yet detailed illustrations create a cute story for young readers.
School Library Connection

Author Bio

Jamie Michalak is the author of Joe and Sparky, Party Animals!; Joe and Sparky Get New Wheels; Joe and Sparky Go to School; and Joe and Sparky, Superstars!, which Kirkus Reviews called a little treasure in a starred review. All are illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz. Jamie Michalak lives in Rhode Island.

Bob Kolar is the author-illustrator of Big Kicks and the illustrator of many books for children, among them Slickety Quick: Poems about Sharks by Skila Brown, Nothing Like a Puffin by Sue Soltis, and AlphaOops! The Day Z Went First and AlphaOops! H Is for Halloween, both by Alethea Kontis. Bob Kolar lives in Missouri.

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