Rick & Rack and the great outdoors

Format:

Book (regular print)

Title:

Rick & Rack and the great outdoors

Other title(s):

Rick and Rack and the great outdoors

Author:

Long, Ethan author

ISBN:

9781609050344

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Maplewood, NJ : Blue Apple Books : Distributed in the U.S. by Chronicle Books, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 x 22 cm.

Series title(s):

Balloon toons.

Contents:

The big fish -- Mystery tracks -- Canoe leak.

Summary:

Rick the raccoon and Rack the deer spend a day fishing, tracking wild animals, and canoeing on a lake.

With simple text and cartoon artwork, Balloon Toons are the perfect way to engage and encouragte new readers. Award-winning and up-and-coming cartoonists lend their inimitable and illustrative talents to entertaining stories kids will enjoy again and again. Best-selling author.illustrator Ethan Long makes his Balloon Toons debut with the story of Rick & Rack, two friends who embark on three hilarious (mis)adventures in the great outdoors. -- From amazon.com.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR LG 1.3 0.5 141773.

Subject(s):

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Outdoor recreation -- Juvenile fiction.

Children's stories, American.

Nature stories.

Raccoon -- Juvenile fiction.

Deer -- Juvenile fiction.

Humorous stories.

Graphic novels.

Nature -- Fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction.

Genre:

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... McMinnville Public Library	Long, E.	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

With simple text and cartoon artwork, Balloon Toons are the the perfect way to engage and encourage new readers. Award-winning and up-and-coming cartoonists lend their inimitable and illustrative talents to entertaining stories kids will enjoy again and again. Best-selling author/illustrator Ethan Long makes his Balloon Toons debut with the story of Rick & Rack, twofriends who embark on three hilarious (mis)adventures in the great outdoors.

Author Notes

Ethan Long is an award-winning author and illustrator. He lives with his wife Heather, his children and his pets in Orlando, Florida.

Reviews (2)

Horn Book Review

Friends Rick, a raccoon, and Rack, a deer, star in three outdoor-themed adventures. Beginning readers will appreciate the easy-to-follow text and abundant silliness as the friends go fishing, track animals, and take a canoe ride. Clearly defined cartoon panels and text bubbles support and extend the action while the characters' facial expressions greatly enhance the humor. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

This graphic novel takes beginning readers through three very short and humorous stories about a raccoon and a moose who explore the fine art of fishing, try to puzzle out mysterious paw prints in the woods, and stay dry in a canoe. These anthropomorphic buddies have cartoony builds of similar size and speak in simple and accessible words that are printed with clarity in generously sized speech balloons. Rick is a worrier, while Rack is more confident and (usually) more skilled at whichever pastime they undertake, allowing the intended audience to see themselves, very likely, in one or the other character. This entry in the new Balloon Toons series (with a hefty build similar to the successful TOON Books line) puts the comics medium to good use: tracking the visual elements of the story will help emerging readers decode the text with ease. The full-color palette is simple, and the large panels will make access even easier for inexperienced comics readers.--Goldsmith, Francisca Copyright 2010 Booklist