Let's Make Cake! (Bobo and Pup-Pup): (A Graphic Novel)

by Vikram Madan, Nicola Slater (Illustrator)

Overview

A hilarious new series about best friends Bobo and Pup-Pup—a monkey and a dog with very different personalities. Perfect for fans of Elephant & Piggie!

Bobo and Pup-Pup are making a cake! Pup-Pup reads the ingredients and Bobo gathers them. Sugar and butter, no problem! Bobo brings salt and lemons. But wait, those are not on the ingredient list! Bobo nabs a lot of things that are not in the recipe. Well, it's an experiment! It will still taste great...won't it? Even if the result isn't perfect, Bobo and Pup-Pup are happy to spend time together. Doing things with your best friend is always fun!

This hilarious and relatable graphic picture book will have kids as young as 2 years old—and up to age 7—laughing out loud. New readers will gain confidence and everyone will be eager to devour the companion books, We Love Bubbles!; The Funny Book; and Hatch an Egg! Graphic chapter books serve as a great bridge to graphic novels and longer chapter books.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593120682
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	11/09/2021
Series:	Bobo and Pup-Pup: A Stepping Stone Book (TM) , #2
Pages:	72
Sales rank:	282,936
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Vikram Madan grew up in India and spent many years working in the tech industry before coming to his senses and following his heart into the visual and literary arts, creating work that can be in turn humorous, quirky, fun, lighthearted, philosophical, thought-provoking and, sometimes, all of these at the same time. When not painting and making public art, Vikram writes and illustrates humorous poetry.

NICOLA SLATER is a New York Times bestselling children's book illustrator and popcorn aficionado. She is the illustrator of Bobo and Pup-Pup graphic chapter book series, which includes The Funny Book; We Love Bubbles!; and Let's Make Cake! She has also illustrated many children's picture books and middle grade novels for various publishers, including the Little Golden Book Margaret Wise Brown's Manners. Nicola studied at Buckingham Chilterns University. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolaslater.

Editorial Reviews

08/16/2021

In six chapters, this early reader graphic novel introduces Bobo, a reddish monkey, and Pup-Pup, a black-eared, mustard-colored dog wearing a red polka-dot bandana, who make a cake after seeing some mice’s successful results. There’s just one problem: Bobo is a bit too eager to use substitutes. When Pup-Pup requests sugar and butter, Bobo brings back salt (“Salt is white, just like sugar!”) and lemons (“Lemons are yellow, just like butter”). Predictably, the cake doesn’t turn out as planned, but the friends’ fast-paced journey is nevertheless sure to please newer readers. Simple text by Madan is relayed entirely through speech bubbles as Pup-Pup reads from the cookbook and Bobo gathers ingredients. Rounded, animation-style art against muted monochrome backgrounds by Slater focus on the easily readable emotions of the characters and their antics. Publishing simultaneously: We Love Bubbles. Ages 5–8. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

For readers who’ve battered the spines of their Elephant and Piggie books, Bobo and Pup-Pup are their next best pals” —The Bulletin, Starred Review

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