We Forgot Brock!

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The importance of imaginary friends is very real in this picture book adventure from the author of Say Hello to Zorro! and lead character designer for Despicable Me, Finding Nemo, and Monsters, Inc.

Phillip and Brock are best friends. Everyone can see Phillip, but only Phillip can see Brock.

A night at the Big Fair is all fun and games until Phillip gets sleepy, heads home, and forgets Brock!

Brock misses Phillip. And Phillip misses Brock. Will they reunite With the help of another pair of pals, they just might. Because even imaginary friends get lost sometimes. Finding them is part of the adventure.

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*"Hilarious and heartwarming in equal measure." -- Booklist - Starred Review * August 2015 *
* "What starts as a familiar story of pretend play and dramatic irony turns into something stranger and more beautifula Mbius strip of fantasy and reality, with happy endings all around" -- Publisher's Weekly - Starred Review * May 2015 *
"Goodrichs illustrations perfectly portray the drama and humor of life with an imaginary friend." -- School Library Journal * August 2015 *

Author Bio

Carter Goodrich has illustrated sixteenNew Yorkercovers and was the lead character designer forBrave, Ratatouille(for which he won the International Animated Film Societys Annie Award for character design), andDespicable Me. He has designed characters for many other beloved animated films, includingFinding Nemo;Monsters, Inc; andOpen Season. Of the films he has worked on, four have gone on to win Academy Awards. A Rhode Island School of Design graduate, he has twice been awarded the gold medal from the Society of Illustrators in New York. His picture books includeWe Forgot Brock!,Say Hello to Zorro!,Zorro Gets an Outfit,Mister Bud Wears the Cone,A Creature Was Stirring, andThe Hermit Crab. Carter lives in Los Angeles, California. Be sure to visit Carter at CarterGoodrich.com.