Earl's Too Cool for Me - Softcover

Komaiko, Leah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064432459 ISBN 13: 9780064432450

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1990

Synopsis

Earl's got a bicycle made of hay.
He takes rides on the Milky Way.
Earl's too cool for me.

Earl's one cool character. He lunches with movie stars and keeps monster eyes in a jelly jar. But would he hang out with just a regular guy? Well, maybe even Earl needs a best friend.

The second book by the team that created Annie Bananie combines a joyous text with delightfully jazzy pictures. A heartwarming tribute to the power of friendship.

About this title

About the Author:

Leah Komaiko is the author of several popular rhyming books for children including Annie Bananie, a Children's Choice Award winner, and I Like the Music, a Reading Rainbow Review Book. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-2 ``Earl's got a hat with a real horse feather,/ He wears socks made of chicken leather./ Earl's too cool for me.'' A nerdy lad with small glasses and hair parted in the middle is sure that Earl's just too hip to be a friend, but when the two finally meet they hit it off``Yes, Earl's pretty funny, and he's really nice./ He's eight years old and only thrown up twice.'' The young narrator concludes, ``We're as cool as cool can be.'' In the slightly grotesque watercolor illustrations, a la Henrik Drescher, but with a clearer, less speckled look, adults and children surround Earl in admiring crowds. As in Annie Bananie (Harper, 1987) Komaiko takes a fresh look at a well-worn subject, but compared to Clifton's Everett Anderson's Friend (Holt, 1976; o.p.), the treatment here is awkward and superficial, the ending too quick and easy. John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0064432459
• ISBN 13: 9780064432450
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Cornell Laura