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Available
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Publication
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2009), Hardcover, 96 pages
Description
Fourth-grader Frankie Piccolini has a vivid imagination when it comes to cleaning his disastrously messy room, but eventually even he decides that it is just too dirty.
Media reviews
It’s entertaining, but with purpose. And I love the character design! Frankie’s big head and eyes make him very expressive, and his dog, Argyle, is cute.
User reviews
LibraryThing member porch_reader
Frankie Pickle is a little boy who imagines that everyday experiences are super hero adventures. Frankie's story is told in chapters, but when he becomes a superhero, the book's format changes to comics. Frankie is a very likable character and the switch from chapters to comics and back again kept
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the story fresh and interesting. My six-year-old son loved this one! Show Less
LibraryThing member sjiwenxuan
A boy called Frankie got a messy room and his mom don't help him to clean it, so he kept it dirty. But a few days after he found out that he don't have any clothes to wear and no space in his room, so he have to clean it. This book is good for people that don't like to clean their room.
LibraryThing member TySe8
Will update soon!
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LibraryThing member michelleannlib
I describe this book as a whole lot of random.
LibraryThing member KimJD
Grades 2-5
Even if kids aren't familiar with all the allusions to Indiana Jones, this hybrid graphic novel has a lot of guy appeal. Franklin Lorenzo Piccolini (aka Frankie Pickle) finds himself in lots of life-or-death tight spots with his trusty sidekick Argyle... even if they are mostly in his
Even if kids aren't familiar with all the allusions to Indiana Jones, this hybrid graphic novel has a lot of guy appeal. Franklin Lorenzo Piccolini (aka Frankie Pickle) finds himself in lots of life-or-death tight spots with his trusty sidekick Argyle... even if they are mostly in his
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imagination. One of the banes of his existence is his mom's requirement that he keep his room clean. When she finally concedes defeat and tells him that she will no longer get on him about his room, he couldn't be happier: justice has prevailed! But as time goes by and his room gets more and more disgusting, he finds himself facing his biggest challenge yet-- the CLOSET OF DOOM. A fun quick read. Show Less
LibraryThing member mirikayla
Actually not bad. Frankie's real life story is interspersed with graphic novel-style pages for the action scenes that he imagines. A fine-don't-clean-your-room-but-you-have-to-deal-with-what-happens story, a la Mrs. Piggle Wiggle.
Awards
Monarch Award (Nominee — 2013)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2011)
South Dakota Children's Book Awards (Nominee — 2012)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Elementary — 2013)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Five to Nine — 2010)
Physical description
96 p.; 7.58 inches
ISBN
1416964843 / 9781416964841
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