We Love Bubbles! (Bobo and Pup-Pup): (A Graphic Novel)

by Vikram Madan, Nicola Slater (Illustrator)

Overview

A hilarious book about best friends Bobo and Pup-Pup—a monkey and a dog with very different personalities. Perfect for fans of Elephant & Piggie!

Did you ever have a friend who likes doing something that you find completely annoying? Well, Bobo and Pup-Pup both LOVE bubbles. Bubbles are the absolute best—on that they can agree! While Pup-Pup loves blowing them, Bobo LOVES popping them...way too much for Pup-Pup's taste. It's getting frustrating! Pup-Pup has a clever idea to stop Bobo from popping them. But, then Bobo gets carried away...literally!

This hilarious and relatable book will have kids as young as 2 years old on up to age 7 laughing out loud. New readers will gain confidence and want all the books in the series: Let's Make Cake!; The Funny Book!; and Hatch an Egg! Graphic chapter books serve as a great bridge to graphic novels and longer chapter books.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593120651
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	11/09/2021
Series:	Bobo and Pup-Pup: A Stepping Stone Book (TM) , #1
Pages:	72
Sales rank:	268,447
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Vikram Madan grew up in India and spent many years working in the tech industry before coming to his senses and following his heart into the visual and literary arts, creating work that can be in turn humorous, quirky, fun, lighthearted, philosophical, thought-provoking and, sometimes, all of these at the same time. When not painting and making public art, Vikram writes and illustrates humorous poetry.

NICOLA SLATER is a New York Times bestselling children's book illustrator and popcorn aficionado. She is the illustrator of Bobo and Pup-Pup graphic chapter book series, which includes The Funny Book; We Love Bubbles!; and Let's Make Cake! She has also illustrated many children's picture books and middle grade novels for various publishers, including the Little Golden Book Margaret Wise Brown's Manners. Nicola studied at Buckingham Chilterns University. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolaslater.

Editorial Reviews

Grab some bubble mix and join Pup-Pup and Bobo for a good read.” —Kirkus Reviews

Review of companion Bobo and Pup-Pup book, Let's Make Cake!:

“For readers who’ve battered the spines of their Elephant and Piggie books, Bobo and Pup-Pup are their next best pals” —The Bulletin, starred Review

From the Publisher

2021-07-14
Blowing bubbles almost blows up a beautiful friendship.

Pup-Pup, a dog, loves bubbles, and so does Pup-Pup’s monkey friend Bobo. And even better, Pup-Pup loves to blow bubbles, and Bobo loves to pop them—that is, until Bobo insists on popping all the bubbles before Pup-Pup can enjoy them. When Pup-Pup brings in a “SUPER BUBBLE MIX” for making “super-strong bubbles” that “NO ONE can POP,” the challenge is on. Can Bobo pop these new bubbles that Pup-Pup is working so hard to blow? No! And that creates quite a problem when Bobo becomes trapped inside a large bubble and begins to float away. After Pup-Pup rescues Bobo, the two friends recognize how important their friendship is and swear off bubbles…at least for a little while. Kicking off the Bobo and Pup-Pup series (No. 2 publishes simultaneously), this book consists of six short, fast-paced chapters generally with one or, sometimes, two short sentences on each page and plenty of pages of “PHOOO”ing (as Pup-Pup huffs and puffs), popping, and poking, all begging reader participation, for fun. Pup-Pup and Bobo are simply drawn, typically set against an ever changing solid-color background with minimal details other than bubbles. Continuity-minded readers will notice that the final illustration is inconsistent with the storyline, as it shows Pup-Pup easily popping bubbles made from the super-strong mix. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Grab some bubble mix and join Pup-Pup and Bobo for a good read. (Graphic novel. 5-8)

Kirkus Reviews