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Banana Fox and the Secret Sour Society: A Graphix Chapters Book (Banana Fox #1) Spiral-Bound | 2021-02-02

James Kochalka

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Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka makes his Graphix Chapters debut with this laugh-out-loud mystery series!

Get drawn into reading with Graphix Chapters!

Graphix Chapters are ideal books for beginning and newly independent readers aged 6-8. With approachable page counts, easy-to-follow paneling, and artwork that supports text comprehension, these engaging stories with unforgettable characters help children become lifelong readers.

Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka brings his trademark humor to Banana Fox, an uproariously funny series from Graphix Chapters!

Wowie Pow!

The great detective Banana Fox is called back to duty to find a missing turtle. But the deeper he digs, the more he discovers, and it's worse than he thought! The Secret Sour Society is back, and they're mixing up a bunch of trouble. Can Banana Fox and his sidekick, Flashlight, put an end to the Secret Sour Society once and for all?

Publisher: Scholastic (Trade Publishing)
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 80 pages
ISBN-10: 1338660489
Item Weight: 0.4 lbs
Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.3 x 8.9 inches

"Laughs from beginning to end!" -- Jim Benton, New York Times bestselling creator of Dear Dumb Diary

"Over-the-top goofiness guarantees abundant giggles." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Younger readers are sure to enjoy Banana Fox's shenanigans." -- Publishers Weekly

"Kochalka's trademark is off-the-wall cartoon humor, and his latest is no exception... the wacky plot and absurd humor echo the imaginative games kids play, and the candy-bright, boldly outlined figures that practically bounce off the page are tailor-made for early-elementary-school comics fans." -- Booklist

Praise for Banana Fox and the Gummy Monster Mess:

"Fishy high jinks at high verbal and visual volume." -- Kirkus Reviews

"The Gummy Monster Mess, like the entirety of the Banana Fox series, is all-around fun, all-ages comics." -- School Library Journal

Praise for Banana Fox and the Book-Eating Robot:

"Sure to have kids laughing out loud... Plenty of silliness and action will make this a sure hit with early chapter book and graphic novel readers." -- School Library Journal

"Over-the-top zaniness, exquisitely eye-popping colors, and quickly plotted chapters... Exuberantly silly." -- Kirkus Reviews

James Kochalka is one of the most unique and prolific cartoonists working in America today. His comics have been published internationally, and he's developed animated cartoons for Nickelodeon. Among his best-known work is the Johnny Boo series, for which he won an Eisner Award in 2019. In 2011, James became the first official Vermont Cartoonist Laureate. He and his wife, Amy, continue to live in Vermont, where they raised their family of two boys and too many cats.