The Cookie (Bean Dog and Nugget)

The Cookie (Bean Dog and Nugget)
Age Range
4+
Release Date
May 14, 2013
ISBN
0307977102
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Using simple text and cartoon-style illustrations, Charise Mericle Harper introduces young readers to a new graphic novel series, Bean Dog and Nugget.These two engaging characters capture young kids' actions, reactions, conversations, imagination, and humor with spot-on accuracy. Kids will want to follow Bean Dog and Nugget and their adventures in each and every book in the series. In The Cookie, book two in this series, Bean Dog and Nugget argue about who will get the bigger half of a cookie. They try to outwit each other by all sorts of imaginative means--but they find out that what really counts in the end is friendship.

Using simple text and cartoon-style illustrations, Charise Mericle Harper introduces young readers to a new graphic novel series, Bean Dog and Nugget.These two engaging characters capture young kids' actions, reactions, conversations, imagination, and humor with spot-on accuracy. Kids will want to follow Bean Dog and Nugget and their adventures in each and every book in the series. In The Cookie, book two in this series, Bean Dog and Nugget argue about who will get the bigger half of a cookie. They try to outwit each other by all sorts of imaginative means--but they find out that what really counts in the end is friendship.

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Good for Young Readers
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What I Loved:

This series is an excellent way to introduce young readers to graphic novels or comic books. Simple text and illustrations make it easy for early readers to follow along and eventually take ownership of reading the book. The subject matter (playing tricks on friends and learning how to share) rings very true for the intended age group.

What Left Me Wanting More:

While the subject matter rings true, I wanted a firmer resolution to the problem of Nugget playing a trick on Bean Dog. She lies to him, and then compounds the lie with more lies instead of admitting her mistake. He deals with it by playing a trick on her and then proving that he did it because he knew she was lying all along, and they brush it off like it was nothing. I would've liked an outcome that firmly demonstrated that answering a lie with another lie isn't the right answer at all.

Final Verdict:

Fun characters and accessible subject matter make this a good start to any young reader's comic book collection.
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