Pinky and Rex and the Double-Dad Weekend (Hardcover)

James Howe

ISBN 10: 0689318715 / ISBN 13: 9780689318719

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1994

About this Item

Hardcover. Early readers will love joining best friends Pinky and Rex on their many adventures! Pinky and Rex are looking forward to a camping adventure with their dads. They'll hike in the woods and roast marshmallows over a campfire. But a thunderstorm has come along to ruin all their plans. How can the best friends save their double-dad weekend? Pinky and Rex are thrilled at the prospect of the coming weekend. Leaving everyone else at home--including Pinky's pesky sister Amanda--they head off with their fathers on a fun-filled camping trip. Even a downpour can't dampen their happy spirits. Full color. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Seller Inventory # 9780689318719

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pinky and Rex and the Double-Dad Weekend (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0689318715
• ISBN 13: 9780689318719
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Sweet, Melissa
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Early readers will love joining best friends Pinky and Rex on their many adventures!

Pinky and Rex are looking forward to a camping adventure with their dads. They'll hike in the woods and roast marshmallows over a campfire. But a thunderstorm has come along to ruin all their plans. How can the best friends save their double-dad weekend?

About the Authors

James Howe is the author of more than ninety books for young readers. Bunnicula, coauthored by his late wife Deborah and published in 1979, is considered a modern classic of children's literature. The author has written six highly popular sequels, along with the spinoff series Tales from the House of Bunnicula and Bunnicula and Friends. Among his other books are picture books such as Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores and beginning reader series that include the Pinky and Rex and Houndsley and Catina books. He has also written for older readers. The Misfits, published in 2001, inspired the nationwide antibullying initiative No Name-Calling Week, as well as three sequels, Totally Joe, Addie on the Inside, and Also Known as Elvis. A common theme in James Howe's books from preschool through teens is the acceptance of difference and being true to oneself. Visit him online at JamesHowe.com.

Melissa Sweet has illustrated more than eighty children's books, including the Caldecott Honor books The Right Word and A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams both written by Jen Bryant. She also wrote and illustrated Tupelo Rides the Rails; Carmine: A Little More Red, which was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book; and Balloons Over Broadway, a picture book biography that was named a 2011 Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Picture Book. When she is not in her studio, Melissa can be found taking an art class, hiking with her dogs, or riding her bicycle. She lives with her family in Rockport, Maine.