Cece Bell is the author-illustrator of many books for young readers, including the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book Rabbit and Robot: The Sleepover and the Newbery Honor Book El Deafo. She is also the creator of the Sock Monkey picture books and Chuck and Woodchuck. Cece Bell lives in Virginia with her family.
In this first series entry, Bell flips the repetitive primer
structure on its head and transforms it into a winning oddball
comedy. With a limited vocabulary of around 120 words—exclusively
presented through dialogue—the four-chapter story is a careful
blend of verbal and visual humor. The comic-book format, with
usually one to four panels per page, heightens the silly factor
with well-placed punchlines. Bell's highly expressive watercolor
and ink cartoon illustrations set characters against sparse
backgrounds...Fragrant fun for first readers.
—Kirkus Reviews
The title says it all: this early reader comic by Newbery Honor
author Bell features plenty of bonkers humor...Simple vocabulary
packed with tension and humor keeps readers’ interest high.
—Publishers Weekly
It’s as silly as it sounds, just the way budding readers like it,
and the word and sentence repetition are good for literacy
development as well as remembering your manners. Boisterous art
matches the situations with goofy figures in hyperbolic positions,
and young readers will love seeing the danger coming before the
characters do. A viable Elephant & Piggie alternative for slightly
more advanced readers.
—Booklist
This easy reader’s panels and word bubbles provide comedic timing
while parsing the text into digestible parts, which thoughtfully
assists children new to both independent reading and the comics
form. Bold outlines and exaggerated features in the watercolor and
ink illustrations accentuate the playful absurdity of the narrative
in this four-chapter comedy of errors.
—The Horn Book
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