A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
by:
Marla Frazee (author)
When James and Eamon go to a week of Nature Camp and stay at Eamon's grandparents' house, it turns out that their free time spent staying inside, eating waffles, and playing video games is way more interesting than nature. But sometimes things work out best when they don't go exactly as...
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When James and Eamon go to a week of Nature Camp and stay at Eamon's grandparents' house, it turns out that their free time spent staying inside, eating waffles, and playing video games is way more interesting than nature. But sometimes things work out best when they don't go exactly as planned. This Caldecott Honor-winning book is a moving and hilarious celebration of young boys, childhood friendships, and the power of the imagination, where Marla Frazee captures the very essence of summer vacation and what it means to be a kid.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780152060206 (0152060200)
Publish date: March 1st 2008
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Adventure,
Humor,
Funny,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Environment,
Nature,
Family,
Picture Books,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels
This is a fun book about two friends who spend a week together while attending summer camp. My 7 yr old son loves it. It's cute and funny but nothing exceptional. For me, it was just okay.
This is the first picturebook in the recent binge that has contradictory or 'counterpoint' illustrations! What a find. Especially refreshing because Marla Frazee wrote it AND illustrated it (it's a whole other thing if the counterpoint is done by the illustrator to an author). She undoes her own wor...