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Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000 (Frankie Pickle)
by
Eric Wight (Goodreads Author)
Frankie Pickle returns for another imaginative adventure and this time it all comes down to race cars. Well, not quite race cars, but the Pine Run Derby for scouts. Frankie is in danger of not advancing to the next ranking with the rest of his troop unless he can win the Pine Run 3000. But Frankie wants to do everything on his own so he imagines himself as a world-class sc...more
Hardcover, 96 pages
Published
February 9th 2010
by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
(first published January 15th 2010)
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Pa: Shoot.
Miloš: What?
Pa: I mean go.
Miloš: Oh. Um ... I don't know. So the dog, Argyle, they didn't make it right how the dog can stand up and cheer for his owner when he wins a race, jump and down and be smart enough to wake up just before someone trips on him. No way.
Pa: Isn't it just pretend?
Miloš: Yeah, but I like the book.
Pa: You're just bitter about Argyle.
Miloš: No, the dog's cool. I like how on the back Frankie says: "Reality is for grown-ups." And all these cool clothes on him are in hi...more
Miloš: What?
Pa: I mean go.
Miloš: Oh. Um ... I don't know. So the dog, Argyle, they didn't make it right how the dog can stand up and cheer for his owner when he wins a race, jump and down and be smart enough to wake up just before someone trips on him. No way.
Pa: Isn't it just pretend?
Miloš: Yeah, but I like the book.
Pa: You're just bitter about Argyle.
Miloš: No, the dog's cool. I like how on the back Frankie says: "Reality is for grown-ups." And all these cool clothes on him are in hi...more
When Frankie does not receive his knot-tying badge with the other Possum scouts in his troop, he is doomed to remain a Pygmie while the others will become Shrews the next session. He begs his troop leader, otherwise known as his mom, to advance with the others, but she sticks to the rules. He can't advance until he completes another badge at a troop meeting, a month away.
At least that's what Frankie thinks until his Dad mentions the Pine Run 3000. The winner would net five points. Racing to the...more
At least that's what Frankie thinks until his Dad mentions the Pine Run 3000. The winner would net five points. Racing to the...more
Reason for Reading: Next in the series, read aloud to my son.
Summary: Frankie Pickle is the only member of his Possum Scout group who didn't earn enough points to move up to the next level so he decides to participate in the annual model car derby. If he can win he will earn enough points to move up with everyone else.
Comments: My son is really enjoying Frankie Pickle! Being a cub scout himself and participating each year in the cub car rally, he knew exactly what Frankie was facing. He laughed...more
Summary: Frankie Pickle is the only member of his Possum Scout group who didn't earn enough points to move up to the next level so he decides to participate in the annual model car derby. If he can win he will earn enough points to move up with everyone else.
Comments: My son is really enjoying Frankie Pickle! Being a cub scout himself and participating each year in the cub car rally, he knew exactly what Frankie was facing. He laughed...more
Frankie Piccolini knows how to find adventure in even the most mundane aspect of everyday life. Nothing is too ordinary or boring for his imagination to spice up with scenarios that might find him as a stage magician, sculptor, race car driver, mad scientist, superhero, or just about anything else. Each time his imagination takes him out of reality and into fantasy, the text on the page is replaced with graphic novel style images and word bubbles.
The Pine Run 3000 is a pinewood model car race Fr...more
The Pine Run 3000 is a pinewood model car race Fr...more
I gave this one 4 stars not because I particularly enjoyed it (not my style, although very fun) but because I think it will be a hit with kids, especially boys and might even be a good recommend for those reluctant readers.
Booktalk:
If a chapter book and comic book collided, Frankie Pickle by Eric Wight is what you would end up with. While there are more Frankie Pickle adventures, in this one he must win the Pine Derby race in order to get enough points to advance to the next level with the rest...more
Booktalk:
If a chapter book and comic book collided, Frankie Pickle by Eric Wight is what you would end up with. While there are more Frankie Pickle adventures, in this one he must win the Pine Derby race in order to get enough points to advance to the next level with the rest...more
I can't believe I am saying this about anything for kids, but I thought Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000 was too focused, too one-track, not frenetic enough.
I know, I know, our fragmented culture is turning enough of our kids into ADHD pill poppers, but once in a while certain stories and characters need to be free to shift and shift and shift again. Frankie Pickle is one of those characters.
What I loved about The Closet of Doom was that Frankie bounced around from his Indiana Jones homage...more
I know, I know, our fragmented culture is turning enough of our kids into ADHD pill poppers, but once in a while certain stories and characters need to be free to shift and shift and shift again. Frankie Pickle is one of those characters.
What I loved about The Closet of Doom was that Frankie bounced around from his Indiana Jones homage...more
My 8 year-old sons first pinewood derby is coming up on Saturday so this was a particularly good time to read Frankie Pickle and the Pinerun 3000. It was a short, fast read-aloud that left him asking for "just one more chapter" and since they were short and fast chapters, and because I wanted to know how things turned out for our hero, Frankie, I obliged. We read the whole book in two evenings along with several picture books and now I have been instructed to seek out other Frankie Pickle chapte...more
What a fabulous combination of pictures to words! Frankie Pickle Series: What a hilarious book series! Perfect for me to refer Bad Kitty fans to in addition to any boy who is ready to move from reading graphic novels to early chapter books or vice versa. I’m excited about this series since it has wonderful illustrations, is entertaining, and easy for a fun read aloud. Plus there are a number of other fun early chapter book series I can think of that I could refer my students to if they like it!
Mar 25, 2011
Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
early-chapter-books,
graphic-novel
Eric Wight achieves the perfect balance of comic book to early chapter book that really works. You find yourself really liking Frankie and nodding your head at both what he gets himself into as well as his dreams/thoughts. In this book, Frankie misses his chance to move up in his scouts troop and needs to fall back on a different plan. And he learns some lessons the hard way. Can't wait for third book.
Frankie is a member of the Possum Scouts and when he fails at his knot tying, he's unavailable to move up in the Possum Scout ranks...until he finds out about the Pine Run 3000 from his dad! This book was a perfect book for me to read to my 4 year old boy: a great mixture of story and illustrations. He really liked this book and wants to read others in the series! Go, Frankie, go!
Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000 by Eric Wight is the second book in this series of chapter book / graphic novel hybrids. The first in the series was short listed in the Cybil's last year. That's how my son and I first came across the series.
This time Frankie needs only a handful of points to move up to the next level in scouts. Since he didn't complete the knot tying badge his only other option is to win the Pine Run 3000, a model car race held once a year.
Plot wise the book is very similar...more
This time Frankie needs only a handful of points to move up to the next level in scouts. Since he didn't complete the knot tying badge his only other option is to win the Pine Run 3000, a model car race held once a year.
Plot wise the book is very similar...more
Like the Secret Life of Walter Mitty with a graphic novel twist, Frankie Pickles is a young boy who finds it difficult to concentrate and has an out of this world imagination. A hybrid of novel and manga, this is a delightful book for Cub Scouts, young readers and moms. Not difficult to read, this is wonderful look at a kid with 'challenges' and his understanding family.
Second story has just as much entertainment as the first. These books have lots of references for parents (Speed Racer being the obvious one in many of the graphics), but the focus remains firmly on its intended audience of kids, which keeps them fun and charming. This one will be a favorite of Scouts.
This is a great book/series for that beginning or reluctant reader who is just starting to read chapter books on his/her own. Funny and creative, Frankie's adventures and the cool classic comic book-style illustrations ...(click for the full review http://storysnoops.com/detail.php?id=...).
I enjoyed reading this to my 4 and 5 year old boys. They adored it! I even caught them playing around pretending to be Frankie Pickle. The story switches between chapter style and a little comic book style. The comic is to depict Frankie's imagination, it was fun.
I didn't think it was possible, but this book is even more incredible than the first. It is action packed at every turn and the hobby shop goes down in history! Must read!!!
Perfect for beginning readers. Plenty of pictures to help break up the text. Plus Frankie is a fun-loving boy with a great imagination.
I loved this cute and funny story! I read it to my 8 and 10 year old and I was so thoroughly amused and so were they.
Very funny. Highly recommended for boys, especially beginning chapter book readers.
A winning combination of early chapter book and graphic novel.
Not as good as the first Frankie Pickle, but cute.
Dec 30, 2012
Jessica
added it
Another fun adventure of Frankie Pickle.
boys- car race - "i can do it myself attitude.."
"Go forth with your awesomeness."
Finding a book that really appeals to boys is a great find. Eric Wight certainly delivers in his second installment in the series. The only reason I gave this one a 4/5 was because I really loved the Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom the best. The drawings are wonderful and really entertaining. Can't wait to see the next book!
i loved this book!!!!
I unabashedly adore Frankie Pickle and I don't care who knows it. In this installment, Frankie must build a car and win the Pine Run 3000 in order to advance in Possum Scouts.
I liked it because there are a whole bunch of cool racecars and tracks. I thought his first car was ugly but his next car was cool looking.
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Eric Wight is the author and illustrator of FRANKIE PICKLE, a new chapter book series published by Simon & Schuster. Prior to that, he was an animator for almost ten years for such companies as Walt Disney, Warner Bros., and Cartoon Network. Wight's comic book adaptation of the AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY helped garner both the Harvey and Eisner Awards for Best Anthology, as well a...more
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