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Paperback
Published: 15th May 2011
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Published: 10th March 2015
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Published: 10th September 2013
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Published: 15th October 2014
Melonhead
By (Author) Katy Kelly
Illustrated by Gillian Johnson
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Random House USA Inc
Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
15th June 2010
United States
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
FIC
Nominated for Florida Sunshine State Book Award 2014
240
Width 135mm, Height 194mm, Spine 16mm
184g
Melonhead, Katy Kelly's first book about Lucy Rose's friend Adam Melon--9 year-old boy inventor, adventurer, and all around trouble magnet, is now in paperback! Melonhead, the first book in author Katy Kelly's laugh-out-loud chapter book series, is now in paperback! Adam Melon's friend Lucy Rose gave him a nickname-Melonhead-and it caught on fast. Melonhead is a self-proclaimed inventor. All his life, which is ten years and counting, great ideas have been popping in and out of his melon head. And sometimes they work! This year Melonhead's class is entering an inventing fair, so he and his friend Sam are dreaming up plans. And Capitol Hill has a ton of places to find invention parts. But they have to be sure they find what they need and get home on time with no excuses. That might be hard, because Melonhead and Sam have a way of forgetting. But their work will all pay off if they win first place-they'll be headed to even bigger and better things!
Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, February 23, 2009
"Adam's goofy sense of humor and his comic interactions with his parents, teachers and best friend Sam ... are just right for the target audience."
About the Author Katy Kelly's second book about Melonhead is Melonhead and the Big Stink. She is also the author of the hilarious Lucy Rose chapter book series. Katy Kelly lives in Washington, D.C. About the Illustrator Gillian Johnson is a UK-based author/illustrator. She lives in Oxford, England.