Popcorn Bob Series
popcorn bob
Illustrated by Martijn van der Linden
Translated by Nancy Forest-Flier
Ellis loves popcorn. Who doesn’t?
But one day her school goes on a healthy eating campaign and her dads decide to follow suit, banning all snack foods from their house, INCLUDING POPCORN. Unfair. Ellis has got to get around that edict, so one night she pops a bag of popcorn out back in the garage...and she’s met with more than just her favorite salty snack. One kernel refuses to pop, and soon it’s sprouted a face, arms, and legs! He introduces himself as Popcorn Bob, and he is NOT in a good mood. (Ever, really.) He’s absolutely ravenous, and no amount of food keeps him from being hangry. Bob causes no end of chaos for Ellis, and she decides to rid herself of him once and for all, except...she actually starts to like him.
A chapter book for all ages, Popcorn Bob is a laugh-out-loud story about the power of friendship, and a perfect bowl of popcorn.
$14.99
Pages: 152
Format: Paper Over Board
Publication: April 20, 2021
ISBN: 9781646140404
POPCORN BOB 2: THE POPCORN SPY
Illustrated by Martijn van der Linden
Translated by Nancy Forest-Flier
Ellis is now best friends with a grumpy, talking popcorn kernel. Yes, REALLY!
Together, they’re secretly handing out popcorn to Ellis’s classmates (since her school is now officially a “Healthy School”—blech), and everything is great. Bob is even learning how to control his hanger. (Kind of.) But Ellis and Bob are in danger—visitors from the possibly nefarious Popcorn & Co. are following them, and it’s clear they’re after Bob!
Will Ellis be able to keep Bob out of their clutches?
$14.99
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Publication: September 7, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-64614-095-4
POPCORN BOB 3: In America
Illustrated by Martijn van der Linden
Translated by Nancy Forest-Flier
Ellis, Dante, and Popcorn Bob are on an important top-secret mission in America. (Ellis’s dads are there too. But they don’t know about the mission.)
When Popcorn Bob last escaped the clutches of Coraline Corn (the evil owner of Popcorn & Co.), she said that there are more live popcorn kernels in America — just like Bob!
Bob can’t wait to meet his family. But when he finds them, they’re trapped in a chicken coop on the Popcorn & Co. grounds, living at the mercy of Coraline Corn, and whatever experiments she wants to run on them. Bob, Ellis, and Dante must team up once again to defeat Coraline Corn and free Bob’s newfound family.
The third installment to this chapter book series brings back all the zaniness that readers know and love, plus a new cross-continental adventure, and lots more friends.
$14.99
Pages: 205
Format: Hardcover
Publication: August 30, 2022
ISBN: 978-164614-174-6
Praise
“Comedic hijinks and unlikely friendship ensue...an amusing series starter that’s just right for young fans of the absurd.” — Publishers Weekly
“A bowl of crunchy fun.” — Booklist
“For readers with a taste for the bizarre. Gloriously muddy foolery.” — Kirkus Reviews
About maranke rinck
Maranke Rinck is an award-winning children’s book author who seeks to make reading and writing fun for the young and old. She often works with her husband, illustrator Martijn van der Linden. With their three children they live in a former butcher shop in Rotterdam. You will not find sausages and meatballs in their house anymore, though; the cold stores are full of manuscripts, drawings and paintings.
About martijn van der linden
Martijn van der Linden is a Dutch illustrator of children's books. He has won multiple awards including the certificate of honor (IBBY), the Golden Parent's Choice Award, and the Goldfinch award for the picture book I Feel a Foot! In 2016 he won the Dutch national award for the best Children's book (the Woutertje Pieterse award) for his book Vote for the Okapi. His books have been translated into over 12 languages. Martijn works from his home in Rotterdam where he lives with his wife, children’s book writer Maranke Rinck, and their three children. Maranke and Martijn have created several picture books together.
About nancy forest-filer
Nancy Forest-Flier is an American-born translator, editor, and writer living and working in the Netherlands. She has translated several adult and children’s novels from Dutch to English, her writing has appeared in many British and American museums, and she has translated for numerous Dutch museums and institutes including the Anne Frank House. She has six children, ten grandchildren, and one cat.
