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$12.99 Hardcover
$7.99 Paperback TOON LEVEL: 2
INTEREST LEVEL: Age 4+ READING LEVEL: Grades 1-2 LEXILE LEVEL: 450 GUIDED READING LEVEL: N AUTHOR: Philippe Coudray LANGUAGE: English PAGES: 40 DIMENSIONS: 6" x 9" SERIES: Benjamin Bear HARDCOVER RELEASE: April 28, 2015 PAPERBACK RELEASE: February 7, 2023 HARDCOVER ISBN: 978-1-935179-82-5 PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-6626-6501-1 |
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The out-of-this-world outlook of a down-to-earth bear! Benjamin Bear can always surprise his friends, whether it’s by walking on his hands during a snowstorm or by using a tree as a parachute. His zany approach to life has earned him two Eisner Award nominations and bestseller status among kids everywhere. French star author Philippe Coudray continues to delight readers by bending the rules of common sense and breaking the laws of physics.
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Texas Library Association Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List 2016
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection "Unlocking what makes each strip funny—which is often purely visual and sharply unexpected—will reward bright kids with odd-shaped funny bones, and the added element of picking up some new vocabulary in the process is pure icing on the cake. For any kids who get in on the jokes, this one should have great replay value." --Booklist "Any reader of any age should be able to read and enjoy Coudray’s Benjamin Bear books. When a comic is this accomplished, more is always welcome." --School Library Journal "A must-have for early readers who would like to try a graphic novel or comic." --School Library Journal Good Comics for Kids "Another fine installment in this idiosyncratic series.” --The Horn Book "Each strip ends with a gag that bends the rules of common sense or breaks the laws of physics. Most, though, are laugh-out-loud funny." --Jamie Greene for Geek Dad |
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Praise for the Benjamin Bear series |
"A visually formatted joke book to inspire thinking as well as laughs."
--Kirkus Reviews "The latest entry in the TOON Books line of emerging-reader comics pushes a whole new sort of envelope: outré humor for the early grade-school set. These single-page strips starring a peculiar bear and his critter pals will feel fresh to young readers not just because the jokes rely on incisive understatement rather than broad-stroke exaggeration but also because the humor requires a bit of work to arrive at the surprising, sometimes sophisticated, and yet rarely out-of-reach punch lines. Some of the gags may fly over kids’ heads at first, but the pleasure of finding the funny by deciphering visual cues will keep them coming back. The final page, in which Benjamin Bean explains that he would never read a comic book—it is a rather boring thing for a star of a comic strip to do to his readers—is an especially elegant use of a handful of words in three compact panels, and it demonstrates exactly what makes comics such a winning bet for kids. They’re just plain fun, see."
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About the Author
Philippe Coudray loves drawing comics, and his many children's books are often used in the schools of France, his home country. In fact, his work was chosen by elementary school students for the prestigious Angoulême 'Prix des Ecoles'. Philippe has a twin brother, Jean-Luc who is also a humorist, and they relish any opportunity to collaborate on children's books and comics.
Although he lives in Bordeaux, Philippe does not especially like wine. He does enjoy painting, creating stereo images, and traveling each year to Canada where he searches for Bigfoot. Though he continues to search each year, Benjamin Bear will always be his favorite wild animal. |