Freddy & Frito and the Clubhouse Rules

by Alison Friend, Alison Friend (Illustrator)

Overview

Freddy and Frito play together every day—sometimes at Frito's and sometimes at Freddy's. But there are rules. Rules aren't fun! So what do these best buddies do? They build their own clubhouse in a tree in the park! With no rules, there's plenty of fun—until all of their friends come by for a party, and suddenly Freddy and Frito wish for a way to make them all leave!

Like Mo Willems's Elephant and Piggie and the classic Frog and Toad, Freddy and Frito are a perfect pair. With adorable art and relatable text, Freddy & Frito and the Clubhouse Rules captures all the most important moments of friendship in a joyful, rambunctious story.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780594803300
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	10/15/2016
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Alison Friend is the author and illustrator of Freddy & Frito and the Clubhouse Rules, which Kirkus called "a playful, lighthearted lesson about peacekeeping and place-keeping." She is also the illustrator of Making a Friend by Tammi Sauer. She lives with her family in the Lake District in England.

Alison Friend is the author and illustrator of Freddy & Frito and the Clubhouse Rules, which Kirkus called "a playful, lighthearted lesson about peacekeeping and place-keeping." She is also the illustrator of Making a Friend by Tammi Sauer. She lives with her family in the Lake District in England.

Editorial Reviews

This playful, lighthearted lesson about peacekeeping and place-keeping serves as the introduction of Friend’s Freddy & Frito, and readers will look forward to their further adventures. — Kirkus Reviews

Friend’s digitally-colored pencil drawings have painterly detail, and the expressive animals have plenty of child appeal. — School Library Journal

From the Publisher

03/01/2015
K-Gr 2—Freddy the fox and Frito the mouse play together every day, but rules always seem to get in the way of their fun. Hoping to find their own place that isn't too crowded, small, noisy, or dark, the youngsters decide to build a tree house with no rules. While constructing it, they learn about the give-and-take of friendship (not to mention one smelly way to deal with rambunctious guests at their clubhouse-warming party). Friend's digitally colored pencil drawings have painterly detail, and the expressive animals have plenty of child appeal. The artwork varies between full spreads and smaller thumbnail vignettes throughout. Changing layouts (including a vertical page) lend a frenetic quality to the story. Full paragraphs of text make for a lengthy read. VERDICT This is an enjoyable choice for prompting discussions of cooperation and friendship.—Emma Carbone, Brooklyn Public Library

School Library Journal

2015-01-20
Fox kit Freddy and little mouse Frito's imaginative play dates are hampered by the rules of their respective homes, so why don't these two friends build a big clubhouse all their own?One day, when both Frito's and Freddy's homes are unavailable for play, they schedule a meet-up at the local park to search for a place of their own: "A place with no rules!" they agree. Settling on an inviting tree, the two friends get started on a clubhouse, building with borrowed items from home. They soon find homemaking is no easy task and friendship is not without conflict, but their small spat is quickly resolved. They build bigger and announce a clubhouse-warming party, inviting their families to join in on the "No rules!" clubhouse fun. Horrified by the resultant rule-free chaos, they devise a clever scheme, brewing a foul clubhouse stew in order to drive off the guests and restore peace to their new home away from home. Lively illustrations and varied layouts add to the appeal of this story, which features descriptive language well-suited for emerging readers to grow their vocabularies. This playful, lighthearted lesson about peacekeeping and place-keeping serves as the introduction of Friend's Freddy & Frito, and readers will look forward to their further adventures. (Picture book. 6-9)

Kirkus Review