Book #1
Best Buds Under Frogs
Written and illustrated by Leslie Patricelli
7 - 10
Reading
age
288
Page
count
Nov 9, 2021
Publication
date
Paperback
$7.99
$7.43
Summary
Ten years after Leslie Patricelli’s first board book took the toddler world by storm, she ventures into a new genre with an offbeat and funny illustrated middle-grade novel. Lily is pretty lucky. She made a friend on the first day at her new school–even after she barfed on the playground–and now she and Darby are the only two members of the RizzleRunk Club. Darby is fun. She tells funny stories, she likes to catch frogs, and there’s lots of junk food at her house. Darby is good at lots of things, too. Especially lying. Which Lily isn’t. She gets that ants-under-her-skin feeling when she even thinks about doing it. But sometimes telling the truth is just too hard, so when Lily accidently does something to the class rat that she’s afraid to admit, she denies it. Soon the lie feels like something awful sitting in the bottom of her stomach. Will Lily find a way to let it out?
The Rizzlerunk Club Series
Published from 2021 - 2022
2 books
| Year | Title | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Best Buds Under Frogs | 288 |
| 2022 | The Big Bad Lies | 256 |
The Creative Behind the Books
Author & Illustrator
I live in the mountain town of Hailey, Idaho. Spaghetti is my favorite food and I wear jeans most of the time. I have no rhythm, but I married a professional drummer! I live with my husband, Jason, my two daughters, Tia and Tatum, my son, Beck (who is studying jazz in New York City, but still has a bedroom), a dog named Shep, three cats named Oreo, Kiki and Red Devil, and a leopard gecko named Bananaz. I’ve been drawing cartoons and writing stories since I was a little kid. Sometimes my pictures and stories were a bit twisted, to say the least. This worried my parents, but I turned out okay! (Bio via lesliepatricelli.com)
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