Frankie's Magical Day: A First Book of Whimsical Words

by Michelle Sachiko Romo

Overview

Charmingly illustrated by Michelle Romo, Frankie’s Magical Day is a first word book that introduces a mix of the unconventional and everyday terms. Featuring everything from a post office and a castle to a bunny bandit and a unicorn, this fun-filled book contains hundreds of objects and places clearly labeled to help little readers expand their growing vocabularies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781419728242
Publisher:	ABRAMS
Publication date:	04/03/2018
Pages:	20
Product dimensions:	9.90(w) x 11.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Michelle Romo is on an endless pursuit of drawing blobs with faces, cats in sweaters, and monsters who would really like to hug you. In addition to creating the Crowded Teeth universe, featuring artistic merchandise, Michelle has collaborated with Disney, Sanrio, the Land of Nod, the Flaming Lips, and many more on a variety of projects. She lives in Los Angeles.

Editorial Reviews

…much more than just a catalog of words and corresponding images. It's really an heir to Richard Scarry's Busytown books, updated with groovy, neon-bright digital art…Its generous pages are laid out to show toddlers the teeming life and staggering variety of objects inside a house or a store or a garden, with small stories told through the details…This is a book certain little ones will spend hours poring over and "playing" with.

The New York Times Book Review - Maria Russo

2018-02-03
A tot spends a day with her parents.Frankie is a little girl in a big world. This oversized board book introduces little readers to that world and, by extension, perhaps to their own. As Frankie explores double-page spreads of her house, backyard, neighborhood, and more, little ones are encouraged to look for specific items, such as the "(friendly) ghost" in the attic and the colored pencils at the grocery store, in each scene. Objects are labeled in small, lowercase serif type while the book's narrative is delivered in a bold, uppercase, and multicolored sans-serif. The large pages contain a lot of small details, and little ones won't be able to resist leaning in close to absorb the colorful scenery. Whimsical touches include a masked "bunny bandit" in the backyard and a sneaky kitty who is represented mostly by the parts that peek out. The book works well as a vocabulary expander, but it may well be just as effective in the back seat on long car rides. Purple-haired Frankie is biracial, with a pale-skinned, pink-haired mom and brown-skinned, black-haired dad. Her world is a comfortable, multicultural, suburban one of stand-alone houses and tidy streets.An engaging vocabulary booster that repays careful examination. (Board book. 2-4)

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