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| Author | Kate DiCamillo Alison McGhee |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Tony Fucile |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | children's book |
| Published | 2010 |
| Publisher | Candlewick Press |
| Pages | 96 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7636-3266-3 |
Bink & Gollie is a children's book by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee. Illustrated by Tony Fucile, this book contains three stories of two best friends: one tiny and one tall. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The magazine Kirkus Reviews compared the two best friends in this book series to James Marshall's George and Martha. The review complimented the cartoonish artwork as "expressive and hilarious", including the "black-and-white scratchy lines and washes" that highlight objects using spot color such as rainbow socks. [5]
This book received the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal in 2011. [6]
The book was followed by two more sequels, Bink & Gollie: Two for One (2012), and Bink & Gollie: Best Friends Forever (2013).
The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award was a literary award that annual recognised one fiction book written for children or young adults and published in the United Kingdom. It was conferred upon the author of the book by The Guardian newspaper, which established it in 1965 and inaugurated it in 1967. It was a lifetime award in that previous winners were not eligible. At least from 2000 the prize was £1,500. The prize was apparently discontinued after 2016, though no formal announcement appears to have been made.
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2021.
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