Available Formats
Smart vs. Strong: Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 1
By (Author) Jill Esbaum
Illustrated by Miles Thompson
Simon & Schuster
Simon Spotlight
2nd February 2022
United States
Children
Fiction
741.5973
Paperback
64
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 5mm
161g
Two unlikely dinosaur friends get out of a sticky situation in the third book in the Thunder and Cluck Level 1 Ready-to-Read Graphics series!
Thunder is strong. Cluck is smart. Thunder is stuck in quicksand! Can Cluck think of a way to get him out
Ready-to-Read Graphics books give readers the perfect introduction to the graphic novel format with easy-to-follow panels, speech bubbles with accessible vocabulary, and sequential storytelling that is spot-on for beginning readers. Theres even a how-to guide for reading graphic novels at the beginning of each book.
Jill Esbaumlives on a family farm in eastern Iowa. Her recent picture books includeWhered My Jo Go,Frog Boots, andWe Love Babies!.Other popular titles includeHow to Grow a Dinosaur,Frankenbunny, andIf a T. Rex Crashes Your Birthday Party. Several of her books have been nominated for state awards, andI Am Cow, Hear Me Moo!won SCBWIs Crystal Kite award. She also enjoys writing kooky beginning reader stories like Thunder and Cluck, as well as a variety of nonfiction books for National Geographic. More picture books and nonfiction are in the publishing pipeline. Follow Jill atJillEsbaum.com, PictureBookBuilders.com, and on Twitter @JEsbaum.
Miles Thompsongrew up on the coast of California in the sun and sea, always a huge fan of music, movies, comics, and cartoons. He has worked in animation in Los Angeles for the last thirty years. He might just be the biggest book nerd of all time.