Friends Do Not Eat Friends: Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 1 (Thunder and Cluck) - Hardcover

Esbaum, Jill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1534486526 ISBN 13: 9781534486522

Publisher: Simon Spotlight, 2021

Synopsis

Two dinosaurs with larger-than-life personalities become unlikely friends in this silly and sweet Level 1 Ready-to-Read Graphics book, the first in a new series!

Thunder is big. Cluck is small. Thunder likes to ROAR! Cluck likes to say “hello!”

Can Thunder and Cluck be friends?

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. There’s even a how-to guide for reading graphic novels at the beginning of each book.

About this title

About the Author

Jill Esbaum lives on a family farm in eastern Iowa. Her recent picture books include Where’d My Jo Go?, Frog Boots, and We Love Babies!. Other popular titles include How to Grow a Dinosaur, Frankenbunny, and If a T. Rex Crashes Your Birthday Party. Several of her books have been nominated for state awards, and I Am Cow, Hear Me Moo! won SCBWI’s 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 at JillEsbaum.com, PictureBookBuilders.com, and on Twitter @JEsbaum.

Miles Thompson grew 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.

Reviews

PreS-Gr 2—The beginning of a beautiful, albeit initially reluctant, friendship between two very different dinosaurs. After letting out an earth-shattering roar, Thunder, a T. rex—like creature, expects Cluck, a twiggy blue flying dinosaur reclining at their feet, to flee in terror, after which Thunder will chase and eat Cluck. After all, that's always how it goes. Thunder is flabbergasted to discover that Cluck not only has no interest in running away but even wants to be…friends!?! The graphic format adroitly conveys the outlandish action and over-the-top comedy. Both dinosaurs will be immediate hits with readers, especially Thunder, whose remarkably malleable face can transform from befuddled to enraged in just a few panels. The art is exaggerated and cartoonish, and the comedic style is reminiscent of Mo Willems's "Elephant and Piggie" series and What About Worms? Readers will crow with jubilation as Cluck patiently wears down his toothy new acquaintance. Simple, repetitive language, along with a "How to Read This Book" section at the beginning, results in an accessible and engaging first reader for young children. VERDICT Make room for this delightful dino tale.—Laken Hottle, Providence Community Lib.

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon Spotlight
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1534486526
• ISBN 13: 9781534486522
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Thompson Miles
• Number of pages: 64