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Product Details
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, February 2009
Hardcover, 40 pages
ISBN-10: 0689856164
ISBN-13: 9780689856167
Grades: P - 3
Awards and Nominations
- Bank Street Best Books of the Year
- Golden Kite Award Honor
Description
Bella wants to write poems.
Bean wants to go for a walk.
Bella wants to write poems.
Bean wants Bella to look at her cute toes.
Could these two best friends be more different? But as Bean's attempt to coax Bella away from her notepad become ever more over the top, Bella finds her poetry taking unexpected twists.
You might be a Bella or you could be a Bean - either way, this sweet, clever tale will remind you there is perfect poetry to mismatched friends.
How did you come to write this book?
Ann Bobco @ Simon & Schuster contacted me about illustrating Bella & Bean. I immediately fell in love with the story when I read it, but it took a while for us to figure out what the characters looked like. The two little mice became part of my life. Illustrating this book was wonderful and I can't wait to create images for Bella & Bean's next adventures.
