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by Laine Falk (Author), Shannon Wright (Illustrator)
Meet the Pine School Pals in the first installment of this full-color, graphic novel-style series, perfect for beginning readers!
Pick a book. Grow a Reader!
This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!
Meet the Pine School Pals! Ms. Perez and her second-grade class are welcoming a brand-new student. They are excited to show Tate what being a Pine School Pal is all about: making friends, being kind, and learning new things! The classmates navigate friendships, encounter common conflicts, and work out solutions together. Across five stories, the Pine School Pals rescue their class pet Ribbit, put on a shark show, start an exclusive club, and more!
With full-color artwork and color-coded speech bubbles throughout, this graphic novel-style series is perfect for new and beginning readers!
Author Biography
Laine Falk has spent her career writing fiction, nonfiction, and videos for children at Scholastic Classroom Magazine +. She lives in New York with her family.
Shannon Wright is an illustrator and cartoonist based in Richmond, Virginia. She is the co-creator, with Varian Johnson, of Twins, and she illustrated two picture books, My Mommy Medicine by Edwidge Danticat and I'm Gonna Push Through! by Jasmyn Wright. Shannon graduated with a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, where she co-teaches a comics course during the summer. To learn more, visit her online at shannon-wright.com.
