Benny and Penny in the Toy Breaker
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- Author：Geoffrey Hayes
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Summary
Benny and Penny hide every toy and tell Cousin Bo he can’t play with them。 Will the three mice find a way to play without something getting torn， ripped， or snatched away？ Geoffrey Hayes， the uncontested master of children's comics， thrills us with this hilarious tale of tiny cousins who discover a game that can’t ever be ruined。
Reviews
Aaron Wright
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My son Julian really loves this book series！ He's fully engaged with the characters throughout， its one of his favorites。 He's really interested right now how children pretend and play。 It gives him an outlet with his limited experience but he can still relate to the characters。 The lessons and characters are not overly idealized。 There's conflict and disagreement throughout play but they come around to emphasizing with each other in the end。 My son Julian really loves this book series！ He's fully engaged with the characters throughout， its one of his favorites。 He's really interested right now how children pretend and play。 It gives him an outlet with his limited experience but he can still relate to the characters。 The lessons and characters are not overly idealized。 There's conflict and disagreement throughout play but they come around to emphasizing with each other in the end。 。。。more
Abigail Adams
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This is a sweet book about friendship and involving others in activities and games。 This book also talks about the impotence of playing nicely with others and how it feels to be left out。 This book is simple enough for a student to read on their own or with a classmate。 This book could also be used to act out in the classroom。Awards:Bank Street College of Education's Best Children'sBooks of the YearKirkus Reviews' Best of 2009 Continuing SeriesA Junior Library Guild SelectionAges 4-8 years This is a sweet book about friendship and involving others in activities and games。 This book also talks about the impotence of playing nicely with others and how it feels to be left out。 This book is simple enough for a student to read on their own or with a classmate。 This book could also be used to act out in the classroom。Awards:Bank Street College of Education's Best Children'sBooks of the YearKirkus Reviews' Best of 2009 Continuing SeriesA Junior Library Guild SelectionAges 4-8 years 。。。more
Terry
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We've got a review on the Reading Tub website We've got a review on the Reading Tub website 。。。more
James Bailey
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Kids are going to eat up this graphic novel series for kids 5-7 years old。
Jess
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January 2018 - despite it feeling a little awkward to read aloud （lots of pointing to who is saying what）， Ben was really into this and chose it over and over。 I think the themes of getting along and dealing with a destructive kid resonated。
Allison Fish
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1。 no awards2。 1-3rd3。 One little mouse named Bo has a bad reputation for breaking toys。 So his cousins， Penny and Benny， do not want to play with him。 In the end they realize that they can have fun playing all together without toys。 4。 The colors and illustrations are nicely done in this book。 Since there are no big words it is a fairly easy read。 Fun book with a good lesson to be learned。5。 a。 Can use if someone in class feels excluded during recess or in general b。 Something students can read 1。 no awards2。 1-3rd3。 One little mouse named Bo has a bad reputation for breaking toys。 So his cousins， Penny and Benny， do not want to play with him。 In the end they realize that they can have fun playing all together without toys。 4。 The colors and illustrations are nicely done in this book。 Since there are no big words it is a fairly easy read。 Fun book with a good lesson to be learned。5。 a。 Can use if someone in class feels excluded during recess or in general b。 Something students can read on their own so they can work on reading longer books 。。。more
Louise Buchanan
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Graciela enjoys reading these and the Patrick books in bed。 Easy enough for her to not feel as if she is 'working' at reading。 She gets through them fast！！ Graciela enjoys reading these and the Patrick books in bed。 Easy enough for her to not feel as if she is 'working' at reading。 She gets through them fast！！ 。。。more
Lisa Lathrop
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1） "Benny and Penny in The Toy Breaker" is a graphic novel designed for early readers ages 5-7。 It very closely resembles comic books in delightfully illustrated full color pictures and just the right about of text in dialogue balloons （often with bold words for emphasis）。 The plot is very easy to follow and flows nicely from frame to frame and page to page throughout the book without text or illustrations competing for attention。 The placement of dialogue balloons from left to right and top to 1） "Benny and Penny in The Toy Breaker" is a graphic novel designed for early readers ages 5-7。 It very closely resembles comic books in delightfully illustrated full color pictures and just the right about of text in dialogue balloons （often with bold words for emphasis）。 The plot is very easy to follow and flows nicely from frame to frame and page to page throughout the book without text or illustrations competing for attention。 The placement of dialogue balloons from left to right and top to bottom make the story easy to read， follow and understand for young readers。2） Any early reader would really enjoy this book。 Tales of animal friends playing together， often one who doesn't play nice， on the playground or outside in their own neighborhood is naturally a fun time for young children。 Delightful little mice wearing overalls， playing dress-up， digging in the sandbox， and having a favorite stuffed animal are situations any young child can relate to。 Sometimes a bully is involved and breaks toys unintentionally， but these little characters find a way to resolve such issues and play well together。 What a great message for children to see and learn！ Especially nice is that this book is just one in a series of several other books featuring Benny， Penny， Bo and their friends in more fun adventures。3） I didn't find any downside to this story but there is one really amazing plus: toon-books。com。 The companion website has fantastic tips for teachers and parents to help get the most out of reading to their children。 Toon Readers allows children to hear the authors read their books not only in English， but also in Spanish， French， Russian and Chinese。。。a fantastic addition for ESL students！ The publisher also believes that young readers are also young writers。 One of the features of the website allows children to create their own cartoons with their favorite Toon characters。 Kids can even send in their cartoons to be featured on the site。 Of course， you can preview books by the publisher， see reviews and order copies of new books as well。 This book was such a great find！ 。。。more
Maggie
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A graphic text for emergent readers。
Yvonne
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The story is about two mice， Benny and Penny， who are going on a treasure hunt。 They have a map and are on the hunt for loot。 That is until cousin Bo comes and wants to join in on the fun。 According to Benny and Penny， cousin Bo breaks everything， so the first thing they do is try to hide all of their toys。 Unfortunately， they missed one or two and the chaos begins。 Bo hits Benny in the face with a bouncing ball paddle， splashes water all over them， and finally tears an arm off of Penny’s teddy The story is about two mice， Benny and Penny， who are going on a treasure hunt。 They have a map and are on the hunt for loot。 That is until cousin Bo comes and wants to join in on the fun。 According to Benny and Penny， cousin Bo breaks everything， so the first thing they do is try to hide all of their toys。 Unfortunately， they missed one or two and the chaos begins。 Bo hits Benny in the face with a bouncing ball paddle， splashes water all over them， and finally tears an arm off of Penny’s teddy bear。 That was the last straw！！ Boo took the hint and left。 However， on his way crawling through a hole in the fence， Bo gets stuck and needs help getting out。 Benny， Penny， and another friend help him out and all is well between the three of them。 This is a wonderful introduction to graphic novels for younger children。 This book would be appropriate for Pre-K through second grade。 Younger children would enjoy hearing the story because it is about friendship and how to handle a friend that just wants to fit in。 Benny and Penny books are a good introduction to graphic novels for beginning readers。 They learn to read the cartoon areas left to right， but also learn how to read the speech bubbles。 A teacher could have the children draw their own cartoon with characters， scenes， and speech bubbles。 They could also continue the story of Benny and Penny in their journal with what they think the three mice did after setting Bo loose from the fence。 。。。more
Peggy Dynek
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1。tThe Benny and Penny books are a series developed at reaching young readers。 The use of bold print emphasizes the important points， and the expressions of the characters really help the student who is not a confident reader to comprehend the meaning of the story。 I think this series/story would be quite an asset for the charm of the pictures， and the caring and positive resolution。 The pictures would make this enjoyable for a child so young they are not yet reading， so would be quite a transit 1。tThe Benny and Penny books are a series developed at reaching young readers。 The use of bold print emphasizes the important points， and the expressions of the characters really help the student who is not a confident reader to comprehend the meaning of the story。 I think this series/story would be quite an asset for the charm of the pictures， and the caring and positive resolution。 The pictures would make this enjoyable for a child so young they are not yet reading， so would be quite a transitional book。2。tThis book would work for Pre-K students all the way to First grade。 There are issues of conflict resolution， family， and making choices that are all universal with students。3。tAdapted citation （July 01， 2010） School Library Journal。http://www。booksinprint。com。leo。lib。u。。。# 。。。more
Jean Coughlin
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1。 This book would be a “next step” book for teaching how to read graphic novels。 There are several bubbles in a frame and students have to figure out whether to read them left to right or top bubble to bottom bubble。 There were a couple times I miss-read them。 2。 This would be a great book to use with pre-school – 2 for a theme on friendship， how to be a friend， or bullying。 3。 （2010， July 1）。 School Library Journal。 http://titlewave。com/search？SID=1bb4a。。。 1。 This book would be a “next step” book for teaching how to read graphic novels。 There are several bubbles in a frame and students have to figure out whether to read them left to right or top bubble to bottom bubble。 There were a couple times I miss-read them。 2。 This would be a great book to use with pre-school – 2 for a theme on friendship， how to be a friend， or bullying。 3。 （2010， July 1）。 School Library Journal。 http://titlewave。com/search？SID=1bb4a。。。 。。。more
Rebecca Ferguson
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Text to text- There are three mice and one is picking on the the other two but really he just wants to play along。 You can see throughout the text the one mice is trying to get attention from the other two by being meanText to self- I can relate back to this and having to play with other children。 We may not always want to play with the bullies but it is good to get along。 Sometimes kids cry for attention in different ways。 Text to world- Children can learn from the one mice who is mean at first Text to text- There are three mice and one is picking on the the other two but really he just wants to play along。 You can see throughout the text the one mice is trying to get attention from the other two by being meanText to self- I can relate back to this and having to play with other children。 We may not always want to play with the bullies but it is good to get along。 Sometimes kids cry for attention in different ways。 Text to world- Children can learn from the one mice who is mean at first and discover that being rude is not how we get our way， we can also learn from the two mice and discover that sometimes people act differently to get what they want， so learn to be open minded。 。。。more
Aknipfel
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Benny and Penny and the Toy Breaker is a Toon Book by Geoffrey Hayes。 This is a great introduction to graphic novels for young children。 One way I would incorporate this into my classroom is maybe let it be a fun book for the children’s free time。 If they wanted to read this book aloud they could。 They could read it with two other children and then each student would play as a character reading when it was his or her turn。 This book shows the importance of sharing and caring。 However， I do wish Benny and Penny and the Toy Breaker is a Toon Book by Geoffrey Hayes。 This is a great introduction to graphic novels for young children。 One way I would incorporate this into my classroom is maybe let it be a fun book for the children’s free time。 If they wanted to read this book aloud they could。 They could read it with two other children and then each student would play as a character reading when it was his or her turn。 This book shows the importance of sharing and caring。 However， I do wish that at the end the author would have had Benny， Penny and Bo sharing a toy instead of solving the problem by just playing without toys。 This does not show that Bo learned a lesson about playing with his cousin’s toys without breaking them。 I guess sometimes the option of playing without toys， if someone cannot play nicely with them， is probably a reality。 All in all， a good graphic novel for younger children and it shows the importance of sharing。To introduce the book to the children I would use a Text to Self-strategy。I would ask them。 What is your favorite toy？I would then ask them if they have ever had a toy that was broken and how they felt。 I would also add a story about one time when I was little and my brother and his friends broke my Barbie’s by taking off their heads。 After they had a few ideas of what toy they had thought of I would let a few of them share。 Then I would ask the children to grab a pencil and paper and draw a face how they felt。 Then， I would tell the children that Benny and Penny and Bo was about Bo being a Toy Breaker。While reading the book I would ask the children questions like:When the book starts off on the first page Benny says， “It shows you loot”。 I would ask the children what they think loot is。When Bo gets stuck I will ask the children， do you think Bo will get out？Do you think Penny and Benny will help him？I would also ask the children to think about what the lesson of the story is。To help the students learn the lesson the book is trying to convey， I would use a text-to-text strategy。 This book closely relates to the wordless book “ A Ball for Daisy”。 Just like in a Ball for Daisy Benny and Penny’s toys get broken。 In a ball for Daisy， Daisy’s ball got popped。 At the end of each story the characters end up playing together and having fun。To incorporate this book using the Text to World stratecy， I would talk about pirates。 Benny and Penny are going to try and play pirates and find loot。 I would ask the children what they know about pirates。 Then I would give them some facts about pirates。 Such as what they did， what they wore， and where they lived。As a lesson I would give the word Sharing to the children and have them draw a picture of them sharing something that starts with the letter S like sharing starts with。Another lesson idea that I would use includes: a treasure map of the classroom in which I would teach the directions North， East， South and West。 。。。more
Barb Keister
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Another Toon Reader that I'm sure my 2nd graders will be passing around the room！ Another Toon Reader that I'm sure my 2nd graders will be passing around the room！ 。。。more
midnightfaerie
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We use these books as our daily read out loud selections occasionally。 My 5 yr old son absolutely loves Benny and Penny and immediately begged for more as well as more Geoffrey Hayes as soon as he was finished。 It reads like a comic book， with fun cartoonish pictures and the dialogue in bubbles above the characters heads。 Still worth the vocabulary learning alone， as the kids all seem to love it。 Highly recommended。
PottWab Regional Library
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Angie
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The little animals are cute。Will have to see what the kids think of this。 Do they recognize the friend that always breaks things？
Sarah
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Benny and Penny must hide their toys before Bo comes。 Bo always breaks their toys。 But after he arrives， will Benny， Penny， and Bo be able to play together without and toys。 A good graphic novel for younger children and it shows the importance of sharing。
Charolette
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The illustrations and facial expressions in this graphic novel are great。 The illustrator captured the expressions without the need for words。 The story line is good but I think it is lacking。 Penny and Benny knew Bo breaks things but they never gave him an opportunity to play with them。 I think all of them learnt a lesson at the end of the book。 However， I was not impressed with the book。 I think the author could have done better with getting the point accross that you need to share toys and pl The illustrations and facial expressions in this graphic novel are great。 The illustrator captured the expressions without the need for words。 The story line is good but I think it is lacking。 Penny and Benny knew Bo breaks things but they never gave him an opportunity to play with them。 I think all of them learnt a lesson at the end of the book。 However， I was not impressed with the book。 I think the author could have done better with getting the point accross that you need to share toys and play together。 。。。more
Kelsey
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Great beginning reader that's a graphic novel。 Panel layout is both easy and complex。 Great beginning reader that's a graphic novel。 Panel layout is both easy and complex。 。。。more
Niki （Daydream Reader）
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I think this could be a fun series for younger students。
Brett Axel
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Two youthful rodent characters， Benny and Penny exclude a third （Bo） in play because he has broken their toys in the past， but they don't explain themselves， they just treat him poorly。 He responds by snatching one of their things and， when they demand it back taunts， "Oh！ Are you going to tell your mommy？"A series of circumstances has them playing together at the end but there is no reconciliation and no aknowledgement at all that the behavior was bad on either side。The eye to detail is no bett Two youthful rodent characters， Benny and Penny exclude a third （Bo） in play because he has broken their toys in the past， but they don't explain themselves， they just treat him poorly。 He responds by snatching one of their things and， when they demand it back taunts， "Oh！ Are you going to tell your mommy？"A series of circumstances has them playing together at the end but there is no reconciliation and no aknowledgement at all that the behavior was bad on either side。The eye to detail is no better in the illustrations。 Toys shown on the cover do not then appear in the story and the antagonist rodent is drawn skinny with a long neck in some panels and chubby with no neck （like the other rodents） in others。It is great for learning to read。 The pictures and the situation draw children in and make them want to read on， but children get social lessons from books as well， and this does not teach a good one。 。。。more
Melanie
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Benny and Penny are happily playing treasure map when they learn that their cousin， Bo， is coming over。 They quickly hide their toys because Bo is not as gentle with belongings as he should be。 When Bo arrives， he immediately begins to boss everyone around and mistreat the toys。When Bo gets himself stuck in the fence he won't admit he needs help until a porcupine shoves him out。 Then he develops a little humility and apologizes for his behavior。 Benny and Penny are happily playing treasure map when they learn that their cousin， Bo， is coming over。 They quickly hide their toys because Bo is not as gentle with belongings as he should be。 When Bo arrives， he immediately begins to boss everyone around and mistreat the toys。When Bo gets himself stuck in the fence he won't admit he needs help until a porcupine shoves him out。 Then he develops a little humility and apologizes for his behavior。 。。。more
David
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Benny and Penny in the Toy Breaker by Geoffrey Hayes tells of cousin Bo who is known as a toy breaker。 Benny and Penny don't want have their toys broken so they try to hide them。 Bo plays rough， takes a map away， and breaks Penny's monkey。 Trying to find someone else to play with， Bo gets stuck in a hole in the fence。 Will be get left there and will the cousins make up？Hayes' illustrations show some exaggerated， emotional expressions in this title。 There is a bit of pain shown in the guise of ph Benny and Penny in the Toy Breaker by Geoffrey Hayes tells of cousin Bo who is known as a toy breaker。 Benny and Penny don't want have their toys broken so they try to hide them。 Bo plays rough， takes a map away， and breaks Penny's monkey。 Trying to find someone else to play with， Bo gets stuck in a hole in the fence。 Will be get left there and will the cousins make up？Hayes' illustrations show some exaggerated， emotional expressions in this title。 There is a bit of pain shown in the guise of physical comedy。 My favorite images include cover， Bo is here， Penny tells of loot， monkey rips， Bo stuck， Bo released， play without toys， and get well card。While there are lessons to be learned in being kind， helpful and friendly to others， Bo is a rather unlikable character at times， even if he is lonely with poor people skills。 Name calling and breaking toys are bad behavior for me。 For this reason I like this less than the other Benny and Penny titles。 Children， however， should get valuable reading practice with this title which should resonate with young readers， who will probably laugh at the "physical comedy"。For ages 4 to 7， graphic novel， beginning reader， humor， series， being nice， and fans of Toon Books and Geoffrey Hayes。 。。。more
Lionel
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A Toon Book。 Like Pixar， Toon Books are consistently good; you can't go wrong no matter which one you pick。 This is the third Benny and Penny book， following Just Pretend and The Big No No， though they're each stand alone stories。 A Toon Book。 Like Pixar， Toon Books are consistently good; you can't go wrong no matter which one you pick。 This is the third Benny and Penny book， following Just Pretend and The Big No No， though they're each stand alone stories。 。。。more
Ms。 B
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Do Benny and Penny have to play with their cousin Bo who is a toy breaker？ Is Bo really as mean as her seems or is he lonely and not sure how to make friends？
Laura
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A great introduction to graphic novels for emergent readers。 Benny and Penny are searching for pirates' loot。 Bo， their toy-breaking cousin shows up and a sweet and funny disagreement ensues。 One of the things I liked best about the story was the realistic ending: Bo， Penny， and Benny decide to play games without things that can get broken。 Initially， I felt like the story had a bit of a dated feel。 The colors are somewhat muted and the kids don't have any electronic toys。 But after a careful re A great introduction to graphic novels for emergent readers。 Benny and Penny are searching for pirates' loot。 Bo， their toy-breaking cousin shows up and a sweet and funny disagreement ensues。 One of the things I liked best about the story was the realistic ending: Bo， Penny， and Benny decide to play games without things that can get broken。 Initially， I felt like the story had a bit of a dated feel。 The colors are somewhat muted and the kids don't have any electronic toys。 But after a careful rereading， I think that my initial impressions are wrong and that the story feels fresh and timeless。 。。。more
Justyn Rampa
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I found this book to be slightly better than Benny and Penny Play Pretend although there was another unlikeable character in this in the form of Cousin Bo who is the toy breaker of the title。 There is conflict and appropriate resolution。 By the end， everyone learns a lesson and apparently there is an interactive element online that I have yet to explore。
Margaret Dilloway
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