Bad Boys Get Cookie!

by Margie Palatini, Henry Cole (Illustrator)

Overview

Those two bad boys — Willy and Wally — are still bad.

Bad. Bad. Really, really bad.

And now they have two big bad sweet tooths.

When the baker's cookie runs off, these newly cloaked private eyes, "Willis and Wallace," see their chance to Get Cookie!

But this is one smart cookie, and the pair may require a plan B. Can this terrible and terribly hungry duo satisfy their hankering before their new disguises land them in ill-fated trouble?

Margie Palatini and Henry Cole reunite for a rollicking fairy-tale follow-up to their hilarious bad boys.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060744366
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/22/2006
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 8.75(h) x (d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Margie Palatini is the author of many outrageously funny books for children, including Piggie Pie!, illustrated by Howard Fine; Moosetache, Mooseltoe, and the Bad Boys series, all illustrated by Henry Cole; The Cheese, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher; No Biting, Louise, illustrated by Matthew Reinhart; and Gorgonzola, illustrated by Tim Bowers. She lives with her family in New Jersey.

Henry Cole was a celebrated science teacher for many years before turning his talents to children’s books. He has worked on nearly one hundred and fifty books for children, including Unspoken, Big Bug, A Nest for Celeste, Jack’s Garden, and On Meadowview Street. Henry loves being outside, where he can sketch and write. His favorite sound is the first robin song of the spring. You can visit him online at www.henrycole.net.

Editorial Reviews

The hilarious illustrations brim with rib-tickling details and plenty of slapstick cartoon action.” — Publishers Weekly

“Another pun–filled adventure replete with tomfoolery, fairy–tale references, and attempted cookie thievery. A rollicking read–aloud.” — School Library Journal

From the Publisher

Willy and Wally, the hapless wolves from Bad Boys (which PW's starred review called "a sublimely silly story") set out to catch a runaway cookie, posing as incompetent detectives, Hansel and Gretel and more in Bad Boys Get Cookie! by Margie Palatini, illus. by Henry Cole. The hilarious illustrations brim with rib-tickling details and plenty of slapstick cartoon action. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

K-Gr 3-Palatini and Cole follow up their hilarious Bad Boys (HarperCollins, 2003) with another pun-filled adventure replete with tomfoolery, fairy-tale references, and attempted cookie thievery. Willy and Wally are still "Bad. Bad. Really, really bad." When a baker's little treat hops off the cookie sheet and is on the lam, the wily wolves pose as detectives and attempt to capture the delicious runaway. After going out on a limb fails to land the prize, the duo switch gears and try plan B, disguising themselves as Hansel and Gretel. Failing again, they experience another moment of "brain ditto" and plan to trap the runaway with honey. But the spicy cookie continually taunts Willy and Wally with the refrain sure to be repeated by children: "Na-na-ni-na-na! Lookee! Lookee!/You can't get me. I'm one smart cookie!" Eventually the sassy cookie gets his comeuppance in the form of a hungry croc, and, although their attempts at capturing and snacking are repeatedly foiled, the scheming wolves find a new target. Those who enjoyed this dastardly duo in the previous title are sure to get a kick out of this entry, which will make for a rollicking read-aloud.-Piper L. Nyman, formerly at Fairfield Civic Center Library, CA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Palatini riffs on the Gingerbread Man and Hansel and Gretel stories in this return of her two bad boy wolves. Willy and Wally, aching to satisfy their sweet tooth, chase after a smart little cookie that has escaped from the bakery ("I'm afraid I added too much spice," moans the baker). Needless to say, Willy and Wally, despite being wolves, are outfoxed by the demon cookie even when they are dressed as Hansel and Gretel. There is a lot of good badinage between Willy and Wally, with their knowing exchanges, but some of that humor may be lost on younger readers, who may also be confused as to why honey-laid out as a trap by the wolves-would make the cookie slip and slide. Yet these lapses are smoothed over by Cole's merry, slapstick art. Never has a runaway cookie been so annoying looking, and never did Hansel and Gretel observe with such longing the witch's derriere. Yes, they are "Bad. Bad. Really, really bad" in all senses of the word. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews