Bad Guy
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Sibling rivalry reaches new heights in this delightfully tongue-in-cheek picture book that’s perfect for fans of Lauren Castillo’s The Troublemaker.
Being a bad guy can be lots of fun. You can trap all of the superheroes in a cage with hungry lions or sail the ocean and keep all the treasure for yourself. You can even eat your little sister’s brain…
But this little bad guy is about to learn a valuable lesson from an unlikely culprit.
Hannah Barnaby’s humor and spare text are brought to life by Mike Yamada’s bold illustrations in this charming picture book about the special bond between brothers and sisters.
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"Mom calls me Sweetie Pie and Buddy Bear," says Barnaby's (Some of the Parts) narrator. "But I am not those things. I am bad." In vivid vignettes with the feel of animation stills, the eye-patch-wearing boy lives up to his villainous self-image by vanquishing his sister, Alice, in various pretend-play scenarios. "On Tuesday I sailed the seven seas and kept all the treasure for myself," he recounts (Alice is shown tied to a tree); on Friday, he dumps spaghetti on her head and makes believe that he's eating her brain. But Alice turns the tables on Saturday: she ensnares her brother in a classic net trap, then taunts him by eating "all the orange Popsicles right in front of me." Yamada (Kai to the Rescue!) gives Alice a determined glare that generally makes her look more like someone biding her time than a victim. But her triumph falls somewhat flat her nemesis is bratty and mean, but not much else, and it's hard to care about the comeuppance of a one-dimensional character. Ages 4 8.
