Boing!
Boing!

Boing!

Written by Tim McCanna & illustrated by Jorge Martin
Hardcover
$17.99
$16.73
4 - 8
Reading age
32
Page count
Aug 21, 2018
Publication date

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What's Boing! About

Publisher Summary

A great, big AH-CHOO! sends a Xavier’s bouncy ball flying! With a BOP! BIFF! BOOM! it sails out the window. Then a CLASH CLANK! DINK! DONK! That ball is loooooong gone. Will Xavier get it back? Follow the letters of the alphabet as the ball bounces and wreaks havoc through the city and find out!

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    This is a very clever noisy alphabet book with lots of onomatopoeia, but it seems like it would be better as a board book.

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The Creatives Behind the Book

    Author
    Tim McCanna

    Tim McCanna is the author of Bitty Bot, Bitty Bot’s Big Beach Getaway, and Watersong, which was called a “joyful, gorgeous book” by Booklist. When he’s not writing books for children, Tim enjoys volunteering for SCBWI and taking trips to the beach. Tim has worked in advertising, written musicals, and played accordion in several bands before becoming a children’s book author. He lives in San Jose, California, with his wife and two kids. Visit him at TimMcCanna.com.

    Illustrator
    Jorge Martin

    Jorge Martin grew up drawing compulsively on any surface available to him. Since then, he has done many different things in his life, including cycling to Mongolia, studying at London’s Central Saint Martins and Kingston University, and working in innovation and advertising. He made his picture book debut with I’m Hungry, which is about a newly-hatched dragon who goes on a hunger rampage. He is also the illustrator of A Cat Is Better by Linda Joy Singleton and Fairy Tale Pets by Lacey Corderoy. Originally from Spain, he has lived in San Francisco, Mexico City, Hamburg, and London. Learn more at JorgeMartin.org.

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Book Details

ISBN
9781481487559
Publication Date
August 21, 2018
Publisher
Simon SchusterPaula Wiseman Books
Original Publication Date
August 21, 2018
Page Count
32
Audience
Picture
Reading Age
4 - 8 years
Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
2017045579

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