Bink and Gollie (Junior Library Guild Selection (Candlewick Press))

By McGhee, Alison & Fucile, Tony

Publishers Summary:
In a brilliant collaboration, best-selling authors Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, along with acclaimed illustrator Tony Fucile, introduce an outrageously funny pair of friends.Meet Bink and Gollie, two precocious little girls — one tiny, one tall, and both utterly irrepressible. Setting out from their super-deluxe tree house and powered by plenty of peanut butter (for Bink) and pancakes (for Gollie), they share three comical adventures involving painfully bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion. No matter where their roller skates take them, at the end of the day they will always be the very best of friends. Full of quick-witted repartee, this brainchild of Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo and award-winning author Alison McGhee is a hilarious ode to exuberance and camaraderie, imagination and adventure, brought to life through the delightfully kinetic images of Tony Fucile.

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978-0-76363-266-3
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School Library Journal

Reviewed on August 1, 2010

Gr 1–3—In three humorous interconnected stories, Gollie, a self-confident girl who lives in a fashionable, contemporary house, and Bink, her rumpled but lovable, impish friend, are adventure-seeking companions, each with her own strong will. In the first tale, Bink's outrageous socks offend Gollie's sartorial eye, but the two compromise for friendship's sake. The second story sends Gollie on an imagined climb up the Andes, shutting Bink out of t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on January 1, 2011  |  

Three short stories star Bink, a petite and excitable dervish with wide eyes and yellow sticky-out hair, and Gollie, Bink's lanky, unflappable, erudite best friend. They live in separate apartments of a funky two-family treehouse: Bink in a gingerbread-style dwelling at the foot of the tree and Gollie in a mod-inspired pad at the tippy top. The pals agree about many things—roller-skating, pancakes—but there's also some real friction. In "Don't You Need a New Pair...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2010

Three short stories star Bink, petite and excitable, and Gollie, lanky and unflappable. The pals agree about many things, but there's also some re...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Junior Library Guild

Reviewed on October 1, 2010

Bink and Gollie are a tremendously appealing pair, and their friendship is full of give and take. The somewhat stylized dialogue (“I must journey forth into the wider world . . .”), combi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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