Say Cheese

Author Jan Carr
Illustrated by Kris Mukai
“Boisterous” and “bustling” Buddy and Bea make some unexpected—and hilarious—memories on school picture day in their fourth chapter book.

It’s picture day at school! Lots of people are dressed up, and Bea is even wearing a fluffy dress, which she’s not exactly excited about. When she tells Buddy that he should take his glasses off for the photo, he listens. Everything will be blurry without them, but he decides he won’t take them off for long. Except then his glasses go missing. Are they lost? Did someone take them? Bea volunteers to help track them down, though  her “help” isn’t always helpful. The perfect tension between these two second graders—a hallmark of this series—is front and center in this fast-paced, spot-on fourth installment.
Jan Carr's first job was as a Head Start teacher in New York City's Hell's Kitchen. She has extensive series writing experience for licensed properties and is also a picture book author. She has taught writing at The New School and SVA. Visit her at jancarr.net.

Kris Mukai is a cartoonist and writer who lives and works in Los Angeles. She has drawn illustrations for The New Yorker and the New York Times. She currently works as a writer at Cartoon Network and has written for Adventure Time, Craig of the Creek, We Bare Bears, and the WBB spin-off We Baby Bears. In her spare time, she monitors hawk nests in her neighborhood. See more of Kris’s work at hikrismukai.com.

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“Boisterous” and “bustling” Buddy and Bea make some unexpected—and hilarious—memories on school picture day in their fourth chapter book.

It’s picture day at school! Lots of people are dressed up, and Bea is even wearing a fluffy dress, which she’s not exactly excited about. When she tells Buddy that he should take his glasses off for the photo, he listens. Everything will be blurry without them, but he decides he won’t take them off for long. Except then his glasses go missing. Are they lost? Did someone take them? Bea volunteers to help track them down, though  her “help” isn’t always helpful. The perfect tension between these two second graders—a hallmark of this series—is front and center in this fast-paced, spot-on fourth installment.

Author

Jan Carr's first job was as a Head Start teacher in New York City's Hell's Kitchen. She has extensive series writing experience for licensed properties and is also a picture book author. She has taught writing at The New School and SVA. Visit her at jancarr.net.

Kris Mukai is a cartoonist and writer who lives and works in Los Angeles. She has drawn illustrations for The New Yorker and the New York Times. She currently works as a writer at Cartoon Network and has written for Adventure Time, Craig of the Creek, We Bare Bears, and the WBB spin-off We Baby Bears. In her spare time, she monitors hawk nests in her neighborhood. See more of Kris’s work at hikrismukai.com.

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