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Benny and Penny in Lights Out: Toon Books Level 2
"In the mouse siblings' fourth book (Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! won a Geisel Award in 2010), Hayes brings beginning readers into the magic hour that precedes lights-out for the night. Sliding from bedtime story-inspired flights of imagination to flashlight-enabled frights to a secret journey outside to rescue a favorite toy from the dark of the playhouse, Benny and li'l sis Penny exhaust themselves as only children know how. As with all TOON books, the pure charm of the story has the added bonus of introducing and richly contextualizing word recognition for the kind of terms kids need to know, like pirates, spooky, BURP!, and princess dinosaur (a perfect rendition of sibling compromise). Hayes' sense of the bouncing rhythms of children's play, grasp of sibling social dynamics in true-to-life scenarios, and especially his adorably huggable, crayon-colored characters have made him the standard-bearer of early-reader comics."--Booklist It's nearly time for lights out but Benny and Penny just can't settle down. The moon has gone missing, there's a flashlight to play with, Benny can't sleep without his favorite pirate hat--and he left it inside the spooky backyard playhouse!
Book Details
- Publisher: Toon Books
- Publish Date: Aug 28th, 2012
- Pages: 32
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.10in - 6.10in - 0.30in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9781935179207
- Recommended age: 04-08
- Categories: • Comics & Graphic Novels - General• Bedtime & Dreams• Family - Siblings
About the Author
Bestselling author Geoffrey Hayes has written and illustrated over forty children's books, including the extremely popular series of early readers Otto and Uncle Tooth, the classic Bear by Himself, the Patrick Bear books, and When the Wind Blew by Caldecott Medal-winning author Margaret Wise Brown. His TOON Book series of Benny and Penny books has garnered multiple awards. In 2009, Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! received the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award given by the American Library Association for "the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English."
Praise for this book
It's bedtime for the mouseling brother and sister--but not before plenty of horsing around and a deliciously scary expedition into the backyard... Another outing positively radiant with child appeal, featuring a pair of close siblings with complementary personalities.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Hayes' sense of the bouncing rhythms of children's play, grasp of sibling social dynamics in true-to-life scenarios, and especially his adorably huggable, crayon-colored characters have made him the standard-bearer of early-reader comics.
--Booklist Benny and Penny are two of the most adorable mice created in a comic book format, and their adventures are engaging to young readers...The series continues to show a fun look at timeless tales of big brothers and little sisters and the wonder of imagination.
--Good Comics for Kids
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Hayes' sense of the bouncing rhythms of children's play, grasp of sibling social dynamics in true-to-life scenarios, and especially his adorably huggable, crayon-colored characters have made him the standard-bearer of early-reader comics.
--Booklist Benny and Penny are two of the most adorable mice created in a comic book format, and their adventures are engaging to young readers...The series continues to show a fun look at timeless tales of big brothers and little sisters and the wonder of imagination.
--Good Comics for Kids