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FRIENDS DO NOT EAT FRIENDS

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4 July 2021 THUNDER AND CLUCK: FRIENDS DO NOT EAT FRIENDS by Jill Esbaum and Miles Thompson, Simon Spotlight/Ready to Read Graphics, Level 1, June 2021, 64p., ISBN: 978-1-5344-8652-2

Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton. Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble. The Skipper and Gilligan. Those of us of an older generation grew up with pairs of characters where one was always big, loud, and huffing and puffing. The other was more mellow, accentuating and drawing attention to the qualities of the loud one.

THUNDER AND CLUCK features a similarly-hilarious new duo. Thunder is a huge T-rex and Click is a pterodactyl. As soon as Cluck meets Thunder, Cluck begins pushing for the couple to become good friends. At the same time, Thunder expects Cluck to react appropriately to his terrifying roar and the possibility of Cluck getting eaten:

“‘HELLO?! Did you hear me roar?

That means I am hungry!

You should run! Run away!’

‘No, thanks.

I am resting, see? You have such nice, soft grass around here. Aah…’

‘THAT IS NOT HOW THIS GOES!’

‘How does it go?’

‘I roar.

You run.

I chase…

and CHOMP you!’

‘Hmm…

What if…

I do not run?

Can you still chomp me?’

‘Uh…

Wait, let me think.’

‘Pfft. You do not fool me.

I think you are secretly...nice.”

So Thunder huffs and puffs, while Cluck is selling him on becoming buddies. Illustrator Miles Thompson, a veteran animator, creates a pair of loveable characters who are a total crack-up.

THUNDER AND CLUCK is the Level 1 entry of the three Simon & Schuster titles inaugurating their new Ready to Read Graphics imprint. The story is preceded by the two characters explaining to their audience “How to read this book.” They provide instruction on the order in which the panels are read in a graphic novel, and discuss speech bubbles versus cloud (thought) bubbles.

I really hope this title takes off and leads to a bunch more adventures between this pair of delightful goofballs.

Richie Partington, MLIS

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