Best friends Cookie and Broccoli discover the joy of sharing secrets with friends in this sweet and funny early graphic novel. Shh...Cookie and Broccoli's lips are sealed! That is, until the whole school happens upon Broccoli's hiding spot and overhears his super-secret nickname—and are much more encouraging than he expected. Then, Talking Rock gives the duo a cryptic clue to solving Broccoli’s boredom—the solution is
the opposite of boredom. Well, the opposite of boredom is the Funnest Thing Ever, right? Cookie and Broccoli try a silly screaming contest, a bubble-blowing party, and a real-life food pyramid, but the true Funnest Thing Ever might have been in front of them all along. And it’s even more enjoyable when it’s not a secret anymore!
On sale: November 15, 2022
Age: 5-8 years
Grade: Grades K-3
Page count: 96 Pages
ISBN: 9780593529973
Reading level: Lexile: GN530L | Fountas/Pinnell: P
Bob McMahon is an illustrator and creator of the Cookie & Broccoli series.
Cookie & Broccoli: Ready for School! was a Sunshine State Award nominee and a Little Maverick Graphic novel selection, and
Kirkus Reviews applauded
Cookie & Broccoli: Play It Cool for its “nonstop silliness from start to finish.” Bob lives in Thousand Oaks, California, with his wife and daughter and a dog named Sam.
Praise for Cookie & Broccoli: Ready for School! *Florida's Sunshine State Young Reader Award nominee*
*Texas' Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List selection*
“Delightful, owing in no small part to Cookie and Broccoli’s odd-couple chemistry. . . . A great start to a conversation between early elementary students and their grown-ups about kind, confident social interaction.”—
School Library Journal Praise for Cookie & Broccoli: Play It Cool *Texas' Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List selection* “With nonstop silliness from start to finish, McMahon’s second series entry offers yet another affirming lesson for school-age readers. . . . ‘Fantabulously’ cool.”—
Kirkus Reviews
*“This morality tale about popularity and influence takes a refreshing turn as Cucumber revels in his newfound freedom and Broccoli stresses out as the new leader of coolness. . . . Readers get a powerful, relatable lesson in the kind of coolness that matters: dismantling unfair systems for everyone’s benefit.”—
School Library Journal,
starred review
