Bob and Joss Get Lost!: A Hilarious Picture Book About Best Friends on a Boat Trip for Kids

by Peter McCleery, Vin Vogel (Illustrations)

Perfect for fans of I’m Bored, Bob and Joss Get Lost! is a hilarious story about two friends who get shipwrecked on what may or may not be a deserted island.

“I’m bored,” Bob said, “Let’s do something.”
“Let’s take a boat trip,” said Joss.
“We will get lost,” said Bob.
"We won’t get lost,” said Joss.

From debut author Peter McCleery and esteemed children’s book illustrator Vin Vogel comes a fun, comical escapade where two best friends get more excitement than they bargained for. Full of bold illustrations and clever one-liners, Bob and Joss Get Lost! is sure to have young readers laughing along.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Friendship, Adventure, Humor, Fiction, Summer

32 pages, Hardcover

First published February 28, 2017

About the author

Peter McCleery is the author of the hilarious Bob and Joss series of children's books, Bob and Joss Get Lost! and Bob and Joss Take a Hike! He lives with his wife and two children in Portland, Oregon where he occasionally gets lost. His favorite things include kids (and adults) who laugh. He’s also written for Highlights magazine and for grown-ups on the McSweeney’s humor website. You can find him at www.petermccleery.com, on Twitter: @pmccleery and on Facebook: @petermccleeryauthor

Reviews

[Brigitte Brulz]

My daughter kept wondering where Bob and Joss's parents were in this book. If you can get past that, though, this book had my daughters and I laughing throughout..."scuttlebutt!", "Technically, we're the ones getting closer.", the monster they ran from (have to see the illustration to understand the humor in this one), what the shelter needed more of, "I don't speak wave." and how Joss "helps" Bob not miss his mom so much. Joss is very laid back and Bob is more serious, which makes for some entertaining circumstances. The ending wrapped back around to the beginning page, so who knows what Bob and Joss will end up doing next.

[Carol Gordon Ekster]

This is a silly one that kids older than five will enjoy reading with their parents.I think by that age they'll get the fun humor. As a retired teacher I'm always looking for the connections teachers can make with a book, and though I didn't come up with many, I do think you could discuss getting lost by yourself compared to with a friend, and then perhaps write about a scary experience they've had or a fun adventure with a friend.

[Gina Perry]

My kids LOVE Bob and Joss. What a super funny read! From shouts of SCUTTLEBUTT to mystery fruit kebabs, this book twists and turns. Good thing we have coordinates at the top to remind us of our location. It's a friendship story wrapped in adventure, with lots of fun details to make this a family book to read over and over again.

[Pam Lilley]

This book tells a fun story with humor kids will love. What I love about it, though, is that there are coordinates on each page which easily this book in with research skills. I'll be looking into how to add this as a maker center next year. Which resort do Bob and Joss wind up at? Map out the coordiantes!

[Jessica Petersen]

A hilarious book perfect for reading aloud as well as for kids just getting the hang of reading! My 7-year-old son loved the clever circular structure of the book. He had a million questions about the word "scuttlebutt" (mostly because he just liked saying "scuttlebutt"), which led to looking it up and us both learning something entertaining!

[Sheri]

Two characters who get lost and have different ideas on how to get back is fun and are interesting characters to read about. Shows the pessimistic and optimist viewpoints of being lost. This picture book is fun with boy characters, fun words, and nautical location coordinates and would appeal to picture book audience of boys and girls.

[Diane]

Bob is bored so Joss suggests they go for a boat ride. And they get lost, just as Bob thought they would. Their luck worsens when they are caught in a storm and then washed up on a deserted island. And while Bob stresses out about island monsters, building a shelter and building a fire, Joss is annoyingly calm. What is Bob missing?

[Corinne]

A silly adventure on the sea with two friends. One is optimistic and relaxed, finding light in their misfortune, and the other is pessimistic, concerned and up tight. They make the perfect pair. Fun book. cute illustrations.

[Colette]

If I knew how to read navigation I might have laughed even harder! Funny little book. Bob and Joss are a funky team. Joss is an airhead, dreamer, and lazy, while Bob is a thinker, doer and diligent. Yet who is the one who gets them out of this LOST jam?

[Christine Irvin]

What happens when two friends get bored? They decide to take a boat trip. Bob warns that they will get lost. Joss is convinced they won't. But, of course, they do. They are also shipwrecked on what appears to be a deserted island. But, is it?

[Edward Sullivan]

Best friends get lost and find lots of excitement.

[MaryLibrarianOH]

Two boys take an imaginary boating adventure to beat the boredom.

[Kerri Kokias]

Fun story full of one-line jokes and situational humor, would work well as a beginning reader.

[Viviane Elbee]

The kids and I had fun looking at the coordinates at the top of the page. The characters (and the craziness they get themselves into) were funny too.

Loved the ending. Kids voted to give it 5 stars.

[Avery Robot Soda]

I think it's weird at the end that Joss finally finds a person to keep them safe. The finally find a whole beach full of kids, on the island that gets them lost.

[Sarah]

This is a story that is about how you look at the world. Two people can see the same thing as good or bad. How do you look at the world?

Theme: Dialog, glass half empty o half full?

[Zonia]

Would be a good book for a summer story time.

[Karen Johnson]

Funny book and I liked the artwork. The location coordinates were a nice touch too. A kid winner in my view.

[Lynn Davidson]

This is such a fun and cute story with funny conversations between Bob and Joss ... who get lost. Funny ending and fun illustrations with clues as to how lost they really are.

[Kirsten Murphy]

TOPICS:
* humor
* friends
* beach
* island
* shipwrecked

BOOK CONNECTIONS
* other books by illustrator: Music Class Today, The Thing About Yeti’s, Maddy’s Fridge

[SJ Kid's Reads]

So good!

Funny, clever (tongue in cheek humour), silly illustrations, and a cute story.
Great choice for older storytimes, class visits, Reading Buddies etc.

[Jurene]

Fun to read. Especially if you do voices!

[Lacy]

[Ariel]

My son has pretty much requested this book every night since we got it, sometimes multiple times in one night. The odd-couple characters of Bob and Joss are wonderfully matched, and the text is hilarious to read aloud! I hope there are many more Bob and Joss books!

[Ariel]

My son has pretty much requested this book every night since we got it, sometimes multiple times in one night. The odd-couple characters of Bob and Joss are wonderfully matched, and the text is hilarious to read aloud! I hope there are many more Bob and Joss books!

[Jennifer Miera]

Great adventure with humor. K - up.

[Rebecca]

A hilarious adventure for Bob and Joss. While bored one day, Bob and Joss decide to set sail and they get lost...or do they. I love the use of coordinates on the pages.

[Jason June]

This is such a hysterical picture book! The laid back personality of Joss paired with the Type A Bob allows for a lot of comedy. Plus, it's so fun to have coordinates at the top of each page during the duo's journey. This is a must read for the people in your life that love a good laugh!

[Jess Verzello]

I love how you can follow along with the coordinates. So fun!

[Annie Silvestro]

A clever and funny friendship book! Multiple interesting ways to engage with the narrative and illustrations. My son especially loved the ending and declared the story, "awesome."