Pine & Boof: The Lucky Leaf

by Ross Burach, Ross Burach (Illustrator)

Overview

Frog and Toad meets Elephant & Piggie in the first installment of a humorous and heartfelt new picture book series about the adventures of Boof the bear and Pine the porcupine, from the acclaimed author-illustrator of There’s a Giraffe in My Soup and I Am Not a Chair!

One blustery day, Boof the bear’s lucky red leaf gets swept away by the wind. Fortunately for him, Pine the porcupine just happens to walk by with his lucky compass—and the two set off on an adventure to find the lost leaf, only to discover true friendship in the process.

In a tale both silly and sweet, Pine & Boof: The Lucky Leaf tells the story of an unlikely friendship through highly original characters and vibrant illustrations that are impossible not to love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062418500
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/12/2017
Series:	Pine & Boof Series
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Ross Burach is an author and illustrator with a degree in fine arts from the University of Massachusetts. Since graduation, Ross has focused on designing characters and backgrounds for animation studios within children’s media. He has always loved combining words and pictures to create humor and has since found the perfect blend for a career in children’s books. Ross currently lives with his wife and daughter in a concrete jungle called Brooklyn. You can find Ross online at www.rossburach.com.

 

Ross Burach is an author and illustrator with a degree in fine arts from the University of Massachusetts. Since graduation, Ross has focused on designing characters and backgrounds for animation studios within children’s media. He has always loved combining words and pictures to create humor and has since found the perfect blend for a career in children’s books. Ross currently lives with his wife and daughter in a concrete jungle called Brooklyn. You can find Ross online at www.rossburach.com.

 

Editorial Reviews

The [...] text and the humorous pencil-and-acrylic drawings, with richly colored backgrounds in natural tones that reflect the woodland setting, are skillfully balanced, conveying the slapstick quality of the hair-raising adventure.”   — Booklist Online

From the Publisher

The [...] text and the humorous pencil-and-acrylic drawings, with richly colored backgrounds in natural tones that reflect the woodland setting, are skillfully balanced, conveying the slapstick quality of the hair-raising adventure.”  

Booklist Online

09/01/2017
PreS-K—Boof the bear is a nervous type, but his lucky leaf keeps him safe. He and the leaf do everything together, until a strong breeze blows his sidekick away. Luckily, Pine the porcupine is only too eager to help. Some of the assistance he offers is a little iffy (performing calculations, swinging on vines), but in the end, Boof's fears are calmed as he's lost his leaf but found a new friend. Burach has created an enjoyable story that is accompanied by muted, relaxing pencil and acrylic paint images. A little too much happens in the story for young audiences to keep track of, though, and some of the elements presented, such as a bikini top on the bear's head and the use of a compass, might mystify them. VERDICT Additional. A better finding-a-friend book is Phyllis Root's Toot Toot Zoom! and better losing-your-comfort-object titles are Mo Willems's Knuffle Bunny and Amber Stewart's I'm Big Enough.—Henrietta Verma, National Information Standards Organization, Baltimore

School Library Journal

2017-05-24
Meet Pine the Porcupine and Boof the Bear and the lucky red leaf that brings them together. Boof loves to collect and play with stuff he finds in the forest. But out of all his discoveries, he loves his lucky red leaf the most. Naturally, misfortune soon befalls the good-natured bear: he loses his buddy during a "very windy day." In one fantastic double-page spread, Burach (I Am Not a Chair!, 2017, etc.) depicts Boof's loss in a tragic sequence, skillfully injecting a trace of emotional resonance to the story. What's Boof to do without his leafy pal? Enter Pine, a wannabe adventurer—and a klutz. The plucky porcupine offers his help, and the newly formed duo heads off to search for Boof's leaf. After looking everywhere, even in Boof's underwear, Pine and Boof find the leaf on a sleeping boar's snout. A mad dash follows, as the duo swings from a vine (which turns out to be a snake) and gets stuck in a log. The illustrations feature action and bright colors on each page, depicting the wacky antics with dynamic energy. Burach's dry narratorial voice frames Pine and Boof's adventure in a sardonic attitude that pokes light fun at the somewhat commonplace story. Alas, Boof's leaf escapes the duo's clutches, but Boof discovers something better in the end: a new friend. A predictable yet humorous origin story for an endearing pair. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews