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$6.99 Paperback TOON LEVEL: 2
INTEREST LEVEL: Age 4+ READING LEVEL: Grades 1-2 LEXILE LEVEL: 360 GUIDED READING LEVEL: K AUTHOR: Geoffrey Hayes PAGES: 40 DIMENSIONS: 6" x 9" SERIES: Benny and Penny August 2014 release HARDCOVER ISBN: 978-1-935179-64-1 SOFTCOVER ISBN: 978-1-943145-50-8 
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About the BookIt's not even breakfast time but Benny is already in a bad mood. And when he sets out in the fog to find his missing hat, he leads himself and his sister Penny straight into... big trouble!
Once again Geoffrey Hayes, the winner of the Geisel Award for best early reader, displays his talent at showing finely articulated emotions, as two tiny mice give us a hugely valuable lesson in what it takes to be a leader. 
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Educator ToolsOur Benny and Penny in Just Pretend Common Core Guide contains the ELA Common Core Standards, a Lesson Plan, and Student Activity Sheet to support standards-based instruction in the classroom. Our free guides are designed by a team of passionate literacy experts who specialize in classroom instruction for grades K-3.
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About the AuthorBestselling 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. |
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Reviews
Association for Library Service to Children Graphic Novels Reading List (Grades K-2) 2019
★ "The text is easily accessible to young readers, with simple, repeating words, but also enforces ideas about controlling emotions and being responsible for one’s actions without being over-bearing. Children will easily relate to Penny and Benny as they grapple with sibling issues that are very real to this age group. The crafty charm of Hayes’s illustrations gives the book a timeless feel, while sleek panel variation and swooping action shots reestablish readers’s focus. Once again, Hayes has created a graphic novel that is inviting, relatable, but, most importantly, fun."
--School Library Journal STARRED REVIEW "Hayes takes the opportunity to explore preschoolers' mercurial emotions [...] These sweet sibs show no signs of growing old--thank goodness."
--Kirkus Reviews "This early reader comic is not only deeply meaningful for children, but also for adults."
--Diamond Bookshelf - Click for Lesson Plan Too! 
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"With four delightful Benny and Penny titles already gallivanting around out there, Hayes’ work is a prime example of TOON’s high-level product...Hayes, as always, strikes exactly the right balance, allowing his characters to be both moody and reasonable, scared and courageous, appealing to young readers both as surrogates and role models. His art similarly hits the sweet spot dead-on, with mysterious shapes that are never too menacing, rounded and soothingly furry figures, and delicately rendered backgrounds filled with meticulous detail. His warmly classical picture-book technique never fails to be both animated and engaging as well."
--Booklist "Toon Books is a great resource for parents and educators that want to get more graphic novels into their little ones’ lives...Quality creators making quality comics...[Benny and Penny in Lost & Found!] handles emotions – Benny experiences all sorts of moods in the course of the story, and kids will see how he deals with each mood change. They’ll be able to appreciate and identify with Benny, because honestly, what’s more annoying than misplacing something you really like/want/need?"
--What'cha Reading? 
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