Frabbit: Birth of a Superhero!

Gr 2-5–Metzger and Schatell bring nine-year-old twins Walter and Christopher back for another comics-fueled adventure. This time, the brothers are on the hunt for the newest issue of Frabbit, their favorite comic. It turns out that the new issue hasn’t come out yet, but the brothers are shown the series’ elusive first edition. Short on cash but impatient for more Frabbit, Walter and Christopher hatch a plan to help their goofy dad sell his massive collection of baseball caps to raise some funds to buy the rare comic book of their dreams. The catch is that Walter and Christopher only have two hours to get the rest of the money they’ll need in order to buy the book. Readers will giggle aloud as chaos ensues during Walter and Christopher’s attempts to busk for the residents of their town, including juggling baseball caps on their heads as if they were straight out of Esphyr Slobodkina’s Caps for Sale. Metzger and Schatell deliver a hilarious third book that’s sure to amuse fans of “InvestiGATORS,” “Dog Man,” or “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” The brothers are mixed-race and live in a racially diverse town.