Noodleheads Lucky Day (Noodleheads #5)

by Tedd Arnold (Author)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Noodleheads

You'll laugh out loud when Mac and Mac try to hatch a kitten. . . out of a watermelon. This easy-to-read intro to graphic novels is perfect for "fans of all things goofy" according to School Library Journal.

Twin brothers Mac and Mac are soooo lucky. How lucky are they? - When they get hit on the head with an acorn, they're lucky that little acorns and not big watermelons grow on trees.

  • When their frenemy Meatball gives them a bag full of bees, they're lucky that Mom has just built a beehive to put them in.
  • And when their watermelon DOESN'T hatch a kitten, they're lucky that there's another way to get a pet.

Illustrated by Tedd Arnold, whose Fly Guy series is a kid favorite, this fifth book in the Noodleheads graphic novel series is perfect for comic fans and reluctant readers, with short, funny chapters following Mac and Mac through ridiculous adventures. Full of wordplay, jokes, and slapstick humor, the Noodlehead series is sure to delight.

Based on traditional world folktales and stories of fools, the Noodleheads also encourage critical thinking, inviting kids to use their noodles- spotting the holes in the brothers' grand plans, and anticipating how things will go awry.

Source notes from professional storytellers Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss provide more information about the traditional stories that inspired Mac and Mac's mishaps, showing how these comic motifs feature in folklore and legends all around the world and offering opportunities for further reading.

A Junior Library Guild Selection!

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Kirkus Reviews

Fun-loving kids will laugh out loud as Mac and Mac make mistakes but end up OK. Adults will enjoy the excellent story source notes. Children who appreciate being a little smarter than the characters they read about will relish it.

Review quotes

"Fun-loving kids will laugh out loud as Mac and Mac make mistakes but end up OK. Adults will enjoy the excellent story source notes. Children who appreciate being a little smarter than the characters they read about will relish it."—Kirkus Reviews
Tedd Arnold
Tedd Arnold is the bestselling author and illustrator of the Fly Guy (Zig Zag et Zazie) series, Green Wilma, Parts, and other popular picture books. He is also the illustrator of Detective Blue. He has received Theodor Seuss Geisel Honors for Hi! Fly Guy (Salut Zig Zag!) and I Spy Fly Guy! (Où es-tu Zig Zag?). Tedd lives with his wife, Carol, in Florida.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780823451074
Lexile Measure
400
Guided Reading Level
L
Publisher
Holiday House
Publication date
February 20, 2022
Series
Noodleheads
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV044000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Intermediate
JUV008110 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Humorous
JUV008070 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends & Mythology
Library of Congress categories
Humorous stories
Brothers
Graphic novels
Cartoons and comics
Comics (Graphic works)
Fortune
Luck
Fools and jesters

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