Each chapter has simple, repetitive words to support beginning readers. A smelly foot, a hungry dog and some manners drive this uproarious story of two friends.
Move over Dick and Jane! Enter Chick and Brain.
“Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot!” written and illustrated by Cece Bell and published by Candlewick Press. “Captivating illustrations featuring diversity and inclusion, this book is a fun accessible read for beginning readers,” said Geisel Award Committee Chair Jean Gaffney. The illustrations pair effectively with black speech bubbles with bold white font while the short sentences respect a child’s eye span of a few words per line overall providing exemplary support for beginning readers. Yang’s playful, digital art centers action with emotive faces and masterful illustrations in a vertical book. As the bot drifts up each floor of the skyscraper, the tenants try creative and extreme strategies to no avail leading up to a surprise rooftop captor and an ingenious rescue. When a child loses control of a flying bot, a diverse group of apartment residents attempt to stop it. Award and honor book recipients will receive their awards in Chicago during the ALA Annual Conference in June. Award winners are recognized for their literary and artistic achievements that demonstrate creativity and imagination to engage children in reading. The Geisel Award is given to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year. The award was announced today by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibition held January 24 - 28, in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA – Author and illustrator James Yang is the 2020 recipient of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for “Stop! Bot!” published by Viking, Penguin Young Readers.
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