Kate DiCamillo is the author of The Magician’s Elephant, a
New York Times bestseller; The Tale of Despereaux, which was
awarded the Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, a Newbery Honor
book; and six books starring Mercy Watson, including the Theodor
Seuss Geisel Honor Book Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride. Kate
DiCamillo lives in Minneapolis.
Alison McGhee is the award-winning author of books for all
ages, including Song of Middle C, illustrated by Scott Menchin; the
#1 New York Times bestseller Someday, illustrated by Peter H.
Reynolds; the young adult novel All Rivers Flow to the Sea; and the
adult novel Shadow Baby, a Today Show Book Club selection. Alison
McGhee lives in Minnesota.
Tony Fucile is the author-illustrator of Let's Do Nothing!
chosen as a Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal. He has
spent more than twenty years designing and animating characters for
numerous feature films, including The Lion King, Finding Nemo, and
The Incredibles. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
As in the previous books, the fresh, wry dialogue and Fucile's
witty cartooning are as dynamic a pairing as Bink and Gollie
themselves.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Fans of Bink and Gollie will be pleased to welcome them back in
three more humorous linked adventures that, as in their earlier
appearances, play off their differences but ultimately affirm their
mutual affection...Fucile’s digital artwork extends both the humor
and the broad appeal. With wide-eyed, smiling characters, crisp
black outlines and exaggerated details, they’re reminiscent of
(really good) old-fashioned Saturday-morning cartoons.
—Kirkus Reviews
Just as in the first two series entries, the friends’ wildly
different sensibilities—and their interests, both shared and
disparate—tumble out through personality-filled dialogue and
digital illustrations of barely contained chaos.
—The Horn Book
DiCamillo andMcGhee once again cleverly merge early reader, graphic
novel, and picture book into a delightful ode to an unlikely
duo...Droll, and with spot-on emotions, this return of the dynamic,
roller-skating pair will make fans cheer.
—Booklist
[T]he text (almost all dialogue) retains its comic joy as it veers
between Gollie’s formal drawl and Bink’s ebullience. As usual,
Fucile packs his lines with springy energy... The page design has
the lively paneled momentum and theatrical views of a graphic
novel, and it effectively partners with the few swift sentences per
spread to move novice readers easily through the book.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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