Cookie & Broccoli: Ready for School!

Description

The first in an early graphic novel series about outgoing Cookie and shy Broccoli as they navigate the ups and downs of starting school-perfect for fans of Narwhal and Jelly! New best friends Cookie and Broccoli are as different as peanut butter and cheese, but that doesn't stop them from helping each other through the first day of school! Together they find the classroom and concoct silly secret greetings. When Broccoli discovers that Cookie is also nervous to meet new classmates, the two of them come up with the perfect solution-inviting everyone to join their Shy Friends Club!

Bob McMahon is an illustrator and creator of the award-winning Cookie & Broccoli series. Bob lives in Thousand Oaks, California, with his wife and daughter and a dog named Sam.

Praise for Cookie & Broccoli: Ready for School! *Florida's Sunshine State Young Reader Award nominee* *Texas' Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List selection* "Delightful, owing in no small part to Cookie and Broccoli's odd-couple chemistry. . . . A great start to a conversation between early elementary students and their grown-ups about kind, confident social interaction."-School Library Journal Praise for Cookie & Broccoli: Play It Cool *Texas' Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List selection* "With nonstop silliness from start to finish, McMahon's second series entry offers yet another affirming lesson for school-age readers. . . . 'Fantabulously' cool."-Kirkus Reviews *"This morality tale about popularity and influence takes a refreshing turn as Cucumber revels in his newfound freedom and Broccoli stresses out as the new leader of coolness. . . . Readers get a powerful, relatable lesson in the kind of coolness that matters: dismantling unfair systems for everyone's benefit."-School Library Journal, starred review