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Step aboard the Word Express. It's leaving from the station. The only ticket needed is your own imagination. Have you ever wanted to climb to the top of Everest with one hand behind your back? Kiss a crocodile all by yourself on the Nile river? How about learning how to bottle moonlight, or track a distant star? There are endless things to discover and whole universes to explore simply by reading a book. But books are only smears of ink without the reader's mind to give their letters meaning and bring them to life. With a rollicking, rhyming text and delightful artwork, poet and storyteller Allan Wolf and illustrator Brianne Farley remind us that books, no matter how they may be consumed, give readers of every background an opportunity to expand their world and spark their imagination. With infectious enthusiasm, No Buddy Like a Book offers an ode to the wonders of language - written, spoken, and everything in between.
About the author
Allan Wolf is an author, poet, performer and educator who lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with his wife and three kids. He has written many award-winning books for children and teens, including The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic, New Found Land: Lewis and Clark’s Voyage of Discovery and Zane’s Trace. Brianne Farley is a children’s picture book author-illustrator from Michigan. Her debut, Ike’s Incredible Ink, was the recipient of a Marion Vannett Ridgway Book Award Honor. Her other books for children include Secret Tree Fort and Worm Makes a Sandwich. She has also illustrated for several other projects, including Dozens of Doughnuts by Carrie Finison and No Buddy Like a Book by Allan Wolf. Brianne lives in Michigan with her husband, son and dog. Find Brianne online at briannefarley.com or on Instagram as @briannehfarley.
