Forever Friends (Drag and Rex #1)

by Susan Lubner (Author) Blythe Russo (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Drag and Rex

Meet Drag and Rex, the sweet, silly best friends who find joy and adventure in the simplest places in this charming and cheery modern Frog and Toad.

Drag is a dreamy, literal, impulsive, (and sometimes a little bit scatter-brained) dragon. Rex is a dapper, practical, methodical (and sometimes a little bit stuffy) T.rex. The two may have their differences, but they are both gentle and caring, and the best friends. Forever friends.

Whether it's deciding what to have for breakfast, working through those tricky zippers, buckles, and buttons to bundle up tight, how to make the best of a snowy day, or how to face down something scary, through patience, cooperation, and a good dose of silliness and humor, these buddies always figure out how to push through their challenges. Together.

Forever Friends features three stories told in short chapters, accompanied by bright, joy-filled full color illustrations, allowing developing readers to gain confidence and a sense of accomplishment as they follow the adventures of their new forever friends.

A Kirkus Reviews' Best Beginning Reader of the Year

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Kirkus Reviews

The cozy, lively illustrations portray Rex and Drag's tight bond.

Booklist

A promising start to a sweet new series.

Horn Book Magazine

Approachable for young chapter-book readers.

Review quotes

★ [An] appealing, humorous charmer, the first in a winning new series about a pair of endearing BFFs. . . . Young readers will be delighted by these two and will clamor to join them for forthcoming adventures. The cozy, lively illustrations portray Rex and Drag's tight bond.—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

The gentle action and silly escapades are just right for youngsters, who will have no trouble following these friendship stories. . . A promising start to a sweet new series. —Booklist
Susan Lubner
Susan Lubner is the author of the middle grade novels Lizzy and the Good Luck Girl and The Upside of Ordinary, as well as three picture books. Her Noises at Night, co-authored with Beth Glass, was featured on the Today Show as a "Best Book for Young Children."

She grew up in Bangor, Maine, and currently lives in Massachusetts.

Blythe Russo is an author-illustrator currently living just outside Cincinnati, Ohio. Her books include Sloth Sleeps Over, Posie the Pika by Paige Braddock, A Flood of Kindness by Ellen Leventhal, and One More Wheel by Colleen AF Venable. She holds a masters in illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design and is an active member of SCBWI.

When she's not drawing, you can find her sewing, building puppets, or in the kitchen on a never-ending quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781645951155
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Pixel+ink
Publication date
November 20, 2023
Series
Drag and Rex
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV002270 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical
JUV044000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Intermediate
Library of Congress categories
Dinosaurs
Friendship
Best friends
Tyrannosaurus rex
Kirkus Reviews' Best Beginning Reader of the Year

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