Yorick and Bones
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Initial publish date
- May 2020
- Category
- Historical, Friendship, Animals, Strangers, Violence, Dogs, Humorous, Runaways, Paranormal, Classic Adaptation
- Recommended Age
- 8 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 3 to 7
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780062854315
- Publish Date
- May 2020
- List Price
- $12.50
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780062854308
- Publish Date
- May 2020
- List Price
- $21.00
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Description
Hear ye, hear ye! Father-daughter duo Jeremy and Hermione Tankard are pleased to introduce the first book in a rib-tickling, heartfelt full-color graphic novel series perfect for fans of Bird & Squirrel!
Yorick is a skeleton who was just dug up after a few hundred years of sleep. He speaks like it too. “Forsooth, my joy, I barely can contain!”
Bones is the hungry dog who did the digging. Though he cannot speak, he can chomp.
What will become of these two unlikely companions? Will Yorick ever find the friend he seeks? Will Bones ever find a tasty treat that does not talk back?
The course of true friendship never did run smooth.
About the authors
JEREMY TANKARD est le créateur de Gros grognon, un livre favori du Los Angeles Times, et de ses compagnons Gros bobo, Gros gâté et Gros dodo. Il vit à Vancouver avec sa femme et ses deux enfants
Jeremy Tankard is the creator of the Los Angeles Times Favorite Book Grumpy Bird and its companions Boo Hoo Bird, Hungry Bird, and Sleepy Bird, and the illustrator of several acclaimed picture books, including Rachel Vail’s Piggy Bunny and David LaRochelle’s It's a Tiger!. The beloved Bird books are bestsellers in Tankard’s native Canada. He lives in Vancouver with his wife and two children.
Hermione Tankard discovered her love of Shakespeare in fourth grade when she asked her father to buy her a copy of Romeo and Juliet. She read it to herself as a bedtime story for the next two weeks. Little did she know it would one day lead to a job writing new Shakespearean adventures with her dad. When not helping her dad with their book Yorick and Bones, she enjoys acting and singing onstage.
Awards
- Bank Street Children’s Best Books of the Year
Editorial Reviews
“The Tankards’ debut collaboration is a delightfully quirky and lively introduction to Shakespearean conventions and iambic pentameter. Fun, forsooth.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"[A] joyous, cross-generational read-aloud. A true comedy.” — Booklist
“Hermione’s droll text is slyly matched with Jeremy’s fast-paced, emotive art, often with an inside-comics flair. It’s tragedy and comedy combined, and that — plus flashes of merriment — captures the spirit of Yorick and his adorable companion.” — The New York Times Book Review
