Anna Banana and the Chocolate Explosion

by Dominique Roques, Alexis Dormal (Illustrator)

Overview

Anna Banana is at it again!

The lovable tyrant from Sleep Tight, Anna Banana! is up to no good, and so are all of her beloved stuffed animals. In this adorable sequel to the 2014 picture book, Anna Banana and her stuffed pals set out to make a chocolate cake...and end up making a big, big, big mess.

With all the charm and whimsy that won reader's hearts in the first book of the series, Anna Banana and the Chocolate Explosion will give Anna Banana's fans more of what they love...and win over new readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626724655
Publisher:	First Second
Publication date:	06/16/2015
Series:	Anna Banana
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	28
File size:	51 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Alexis Dormal was born in 1977 in Brussels and studied filmmaking and then fine arts in Lyon, France. Now he makes books with word balloons. He has collaborated with Dominique Roques on the Anna Banana series, the first of which is Sleep Tight, Anna Banana!

Dominique Roques was born in 1948 in Casablanca. She has two sons, one of whom likes drawing picture books. Her appreciation for her son Alexis's artwork inspired her to start writing stories for him. Together they have published several books starring Anna Banana. Sleep Tight, Anna Banana! is the first to be translated into English.

Editorial Reviews

This second book about the wild-haired Anna Banana and her talkative stuffed-animal friends shows why the comics-style picture book trend is going strong: It's action-packed yet lovely to look at.

The New York Times Book Review - Maria Russo

A comics-inspired delight from France—the graphic-novel publishers first picture book—introduces an appealingly feisty girl to a U.S. audience. This tidy little package could inspire an uptick in bedtime exuberance. Happily, another outing with Anna and company is planned.” —Kirkus, starred review

From the Publisher

2015-03-17
Anna and her six extremely animate toy animals are back—this time, for an ultimately collaborative adventure in the kitchen. Pingpong the penguin announces, "Anna, I'm as hungry as a bear." When Anna offers a lesson on baking a chocolate cake, everyone's in. In a double-page spread, Anna directs each animal to fetch ingredients stowed all around the kitchen. The action—and plenty of it—unfolds in Dormal's soft-colored mixed-media panels, with Roques' dialogue in bubbles. Grizzler claims that he'd "rather bake by myself, in the living room." Meanwhile, Fuzzball's untutored way with utensils and the batter—"SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT!"—gives rise to a wayward swing, an airborne, ricocheting bowl, and a stupendous detonation of chocolate that spares no critter or surface. Grizzler interrupts the escalating squabbles by entering the kitchen with a perfectly baked cake, and when he heads off to make another, skeptical Anna and the animals follow him—to the village bakery. Lesson learned (don't cheat to impress), Grizzler rejoins the others as they complete their deliciously cooperative venture and share the fresh-from-the-oven result. Mother-and-son team Roques and Dormal deliver another comics-driven mix of gentle instruction and giggle-inducing visuals. A sweet treat. More, please! (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews