Agnes and Clarabelle - Hardcover

Griffin, Adele; Sheinmel, Courtney

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1619631377 ISBN 13: 9781619631373

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2017

Synopsis

Introducing the Read & Bloom line for newly independent readers with a charming and quirky story about two unusual best friends . . .

Meet Agnes and Clarabelle!

Agnes the pig and Clarabelle the chicken are best friends through every season! Whether it's planning the perfect birthday party in the spring, spending a summer day at the beach, braving a big department store in the fall, or making the very best pizza in winter, they help each other through every up and down. For Agnes and Clarabelle, everything is better when they're together!

About this title

About the Author:

Adele Griffin is the author of a number of acclaimed series books for young readers, including the Witch Twins, Vampire Island, and most recently The Oodlethunks: Oona Finds an Egg and Steg-O-Normous. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family and their small dog, Edith.
www.adelegriffin.com
@adelegriffin

Courtney Sheinmel has written over a dozen highly celebrated books for kids and teens, including the Stella Batts series for young readers, the YA novel, Edgewater, and a new middle grade series, The Kindness Club. She lives in New York City.
www.courtneysheinmel.com
@courtneywrites

Sara Palacios is the illustrator of the Pura Belpré Honor-winning picture book Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match. She lives in San Francisco and Mexico City.
www.sarapalaciosillustrations.com

Review:

“An engaging visual design, charming characters, and funny, relatable story lines make this a lovely addition to chapter book collections.” - School Library Journal

“Designed for readers just graduating from leveled readers, this has sturdy paper; plentiful, full-color illustrations; large type; and lots of dialogue. . . . Humor mixes with these relatable tales of friendship, making this series starter fine fodder for fledgling readers.” - Booklist

“Palacios . . . decorates almost every spread with soft and warm-colored paintings . . . sure to entertain young readers transitioning to chapter books.” - Kirkus Reviews

“The full-color illustrations, softly textured with colored pencil and watercolor washes and enhanced with crisp digital shapes, emphasize the antic energy of the pair, creating distinctly readable expressions through posture, beak, and snout.” - BCCB

"There’s plenty to enjoy in this friendship guided by compromise, which gains added cheeriness from Palacios’s full-color illustrations." - Publishers Weekly

“The authors effectively use common childhood experiences to share several important messages about caring, empathy, compromise, and what it means to look out for a friend. Children will easily relate to Agnes and Clarabelle's feelings and experiences, and parents/teachers will appreciate the positive messages of friendship and caring.” - Kendra Hall-Kenyon, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, Brigham Young University

“Read & Bloom will be wildly popular. And I am very happy to see some new friendship books come along with the end of the Elephant and Piggie books.” - Teri Lesesne, Professor of Library Science at Sam Houston State University

“Funny and appealing, the Read & Bloom books will charm readers.” - Linda M. Pavonetti, Ed.D., professor of Reading and Language Arts at Oakland University

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1619631377
• ISBN 13: 9781619631373
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 80
• Illustrator: Palacios Sara