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Chip Plays Grown-Up

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Meet the newest I Can Read Comics character, Chip! I Can Read Comics is an early reader line that familiarises children with the world of graphic novel storytelling and encourages visual literacy in emerging readers. Meet Chip, a lively penguin with big ideas, created by Maddie... Read More
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"Meet Chip, a lively penguin with big ideas ... Chip doesn't want to go to bed, so he has a great idea--switching roles with Mom so he can stay up like a grown-up!"--

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Meet the newest I Can Read Comics character, Chip! I Can Read Comics is an early reader line that familiarises children with the world of graphic novel storytelling and encourages visual literacy in emerging readers.

Meet Chip, a lively penguin with big ideas, created by Maddie Frost, one of the funniest author-illustrators around! Chip doesn’t want to go to bed, so he has a great ideaβ€”switching roles with Mum so he can stay up like a grown-up!

Join Chip’s adventures in this Level Two I Can Read Comics, perfect for shared reading.

Social and emotional learnings aboundβ€”but always in a way that will appeal to young readers’ funny bones!

  • Initiative
  • Self-advocacy
  • Delayed gratification
  • Setting goals
  • Identifying solutions
  • Communicating effectively

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780063306479

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 October 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: HarperCollins

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Maddie Frost

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 75g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Maddie Frost creates her illustrations by making handmade textured and patterned swatches with materials like watercolour paint, crayon, pencils, and even kitchen spices! She scans the swatches into Photoshop and digitally cuts the shapes she needs to make something. Her final images can consist of anywhere from fifty to five hundred pieces that are all layered together. Maddie lives in Arlington, Massachusetts, with her husband. Maddie Frost creates her illustrations by making handmade textured and patterned swatches with materials like watercolour paint, crayon, pencils, and even kitchen spices! She scans the swatches into Photoshop and digitally cuts the shapes she needs to make something. Her final images can consist of anywhere from fifty to five hundred pieces that are all layered together. Maddie lives in Arlington, Massachusetts, with her husband.

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