About this item
Two feathered friends are Frog and Toad for the emoji generation in this delightful graphic novel series for emerging readers.. Owl wants to play catch. But Penguin wants to play tennis! Which should they play? . Sometimes best friends disagree. Though Owl and Penguin are opposites, they like to solve their conflicts with creative play. From conquering fears to flying a runaway kite, there's nothing these pals can't get through together.. In five nearly wordless stories, expressive art leads the storytelling, supplemented by simple text captions and emoticon-style images in speech bubbles. This innovative format supports visual literacy and sight word recognition for the earliest independent readers. With warm humor and a joyful palette, it's perfect for kids to giggle over on their own.
About the Author
Vikram Madan's funny poems are often compared to the works of Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, and Roald Dahl. His collection A HATFUL OF DRAGONS (WordSong, 2020) appears on numerous Best Book lists by Kirkus Reviews, New York Public Library, Bank Street College of Education and others, and has been short-listed for the Texas BlueBonnet Award. Two earlier collections, THE BUBBLE COLLECTOR and LORD OF THE BUBBLES, both won Moonbeam Book Awards for Children's Poetry. Vikram is the author of the graphic chapter series BOBO & PUP-PUP (Penguin Random House, 2021) as well as the author-illustrator of early-reader graphic novels OWL & PENGUIN (Holiday House, 2022) and ADVENTURES OF ZOONI (Holiday House, 2023) . @ArtByVikram
