Friendbots: Blink and Block Build a Fort

by Vicky Fang, Vicky Fang (Illustrator)

Overview

Let’s read comics! I Can Read Comics is an early reader line that familiarizes children with the world of graphic novel storytelling and encourages visual literacy in emerging readers.

Blink and Block are back in another STEM-inspired I Can Read Comic by author-illustrator Vicky Fang!

Blink is silly and Block is logical, and they’re best when they’re working together! Whether they’re searching for treasure, playing pretend, or learning to compromise, Blink's imagination and Block's clever ideas turn any ordinary day into the most fun ever. This time, the pair find a pile of boxes perfect for making a fort. But when the friendly competition starts heating up, will they be able to find a middle ground?

Friendbots: Blink and Block Build a Fort is a Level Two I Can Read Comic, geared for kids who are comfortable with comics and can read on their own but still need a little help.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780063289642
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	02/06/2024
Series:	I Can Read Comics Level 2
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	326,495
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.12(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Vicky Fang is a children’s product designer who invents things—like cars that talk to each other, or buildings that play music, or games you can play with your voice. She’s even designed robots for kids! She is the author of Invent-a-Pet, the Layla and the Bots series, the I Can Code board book series, and the Blink and Block I Can Read Comics titles.

Vicky Fang is a children’s product designer who invents things—like cars that talk to each other, or buildings that play music, or games you can play with your voice. She’s even designed robots for kids! She is the author of Invent-a-Pet, the Layla and the Bots series, the I Can Code board book series, and the Blink and Block I Can Read Comics titles.

Editorial Reviews

"Kids will enjoy this cute, early-reader comic and want to befriend these two wide-eyed, jovial characters who prove that true pals resolve differences amicably and help each other." — Kirkus Reviews

“Amply demonstrates the values of a positive attitude and a little creative thinking.” — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2023-11-04
Two robot pals decide that collaborating beats competing.

Block, who’s square and purple, and Blink, who’s round and blue, are ambling along when they notice an assortment of empty boxes. Each claims to have been the first to think of making a fort with them. They quarrel briefly; then, miffed, each sets about building a fort—alone. Before long, each robot is curious about what the other is doing. It turns out each robot constructed something simply to obstruct the other’s view. Then…surprise! Each friend’s better nature wins out. Blink and Block join forces, combine their separate cache of boxes, share tools and compliments, and decorate their collective project. By story’s end, the friends have proudly done what they set out to do—create “the best fort ever!” Kids will enjoy this cute, early-reader comic and want to befriend these two wide-eyed, jovial characters who prove that true pals resolve differences amicably and help each other. Emergent readers will find the text accessible, with a few basic sight words and simple sentences per page; vocabulary includes short and long vowels and vowel blends. The pages preceding the story contain useful tips to help children navigate comic panels and word balloons. Colorful, crisp illustrations are funny and uncluttered, allowing readers to focus on the action and the lively, expressive protagonists.

The message here: Real pals build their friendships up. (what is a robot?) (Graphic early reader. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews