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Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000[FRANKIE PICKLE & THE PINE RUN][Hardcover]
Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000 <> Hardcover <> EricWight <> Simon&SchusterBooksforYoungReaders
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First published January 15, 2010
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November 19, 2018
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September 25, 2011
Pa: Shoot.
Miloš: What?
Pa: I mean go.
Miloš: Oh. Um ... I don't know. So the dog, Argyle, they didn't make it right how the dog can stand up and cheer for his owner when he wins a race, jump and down and be smart enough to wake up just before someone trips on him. No way.
Pa: Isn't it just pretend?
Miloš: Yeah, but I like the book.
Pa: You're just bitter about Argyle.
Miloš: No, the dog's cool. I like how on the back Frankie says: "Reality is for grown-ups." And all these cool clothes on him are in his head.
Pa: If reality is for grown ups, then you must be a grown up.
Miloš: Why?
Pa: Because you wanted argyle to be realistic. You didn't like that --
Miloš: I liked it! I am just saying there's no way that can be true.
Pa: That's what I mean, though. You prefer it to be real.
Miloš: I don't prefer it to be real.
Pa: So you're just pointing out that it's not.
Miloš: Yeah, I am just pointing out that there's no way that could happen. Unless it was an ape.
Pa: I see. Like Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Miloš: Right. I liked how when he raced the cars down something he imagined that he was in a real car. Something to do with race cars. And everybody that was racing there --
Pa: Was this a soap box derby?
Miloš: Yeah. It was. Only they took wood and made their cars run down hills. They didn't have soap boxes. See, like right here this is a big car, but that's not true. This is a toy car. This is a real car. Frankie made it small in real life and big in his head. This is what they raced down.
Pa: That can't be what they really raced down.
Miloš: Well they didn't race down a slide.
Pa: Looks pretty cool.
Miloš: It was pretty cool, yeah. And I liked it.
Miloš: What?
Pa: I mean go.
Miloš: Oh. Um ... I don't know. So the dog, Argyle, they didn't make it right how the dog can stand up and cheer for his owner when he wins a race, jump and down and be smart enough to wake up just before someone trips on him. No way.
Pa: Isn't it just pretend?
Miloš: Yeah, but I like the book.
Pa: You're just bitter about Argyle.
Miloš: No, the dog's cool. I like how on the back Frankie says: "Reality is for grown-ups." And all these cool clothes on him are in his head.
Pa: If reality is for grown ups, then you must be a grown up.
Miloš: Why?
Pa: Because you wanted argyle to be realistic. You didn't like that --
Miloš: I liked it! I am just saying there's no way that can be true.
Pa: That's what I mean, though. You prefer it to be real.
Miloš: I don't prefer it to be real.
Pa: So you're just pointing out that it's not.
Miloš: Yeah, I am just pointing out that there's no way that could happen. Unless it was an ape.
Pa: I see. Like Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Miloš: Right. I liked how when he raced the cars down something he imagined that he was in a real car. Something to do with race cars. And everybody that was racing there --
Pa: Was this a soap box derby?
Miloš: Yeah. It was. Only they took wood and made their cars run down hills. They didn't have soap boxes. See, like right here this is a big car, but that's not true. This is a toy car. This is a real car. Frankie made it small in real life and big in his head. This is what they raced down.
Pa: That can't be what they really raced down.
Miloš: Well they didn't race down a slide.
Pa: Looks pretty cool.
Miloš: It was pretty cool, yeah. And I liked it.
December 2, 2011
I can't believe I am saying this about anything for kids, but I thought Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000 was too focused, too one-track, not frenetic enough.
I know, I know, our fragmented culture is turning enough of our kids into ADHD pill poppers, but once in a while certain stories and characters need to be free to shift and shift and shift again. Frankie Pickle is one of those characters.
What I loved about The Closet of Doom was that Frankie bounced around from his Indiana Jones homage to super-hero love to disgusting room-alanche to lessons in hygiene to sandwich monsters in one coherent story that lived in the imagination of a little boy that I loved to love.
But The Pine Run 3000 lost that bouncy, spastic charm. There's a little bit of imagination going on, but not enough. There's really only one focus, which is the Pine Run car race -- and yes there are a couple of nice lessons and a mildly suprising yet satisfying finish -- but it's not enough to keep my love burning for Frankie.
I like him, though, and I liked this book. It was good. It just wasn't great, and I really wanted it to be great. I hope The Mathematical Menace embraces Frankie's wide-ranging spirit once again. That would rekindle my love.
I know, I know, our fragmented culture is turning enough of our kids into ADHD pill poppers, but once in a while certain stories and characters need to be free to shift and shift and shift again. Frankie Pickle is one of those characters.
What I loved about The Closet of Doom was that Frankie bounced around from his Indiana Jones homage to super-hero love to disgusting room-alanche to lessons in hygiene to sandwich monsters in one coherent story that lived in the imagination of a little boy that I loved to love.
But The Pine Run 3000 lost that bouncy, spastic charm. There's a little bit of imagination going on, but not enough. There's really only one focus, which is the Pine Run car race -- and yes there are a couple of nice lessons and a mildly suprising yet satisfying finish -- but it's not enough to keep my love burning for Frankie.
I like him, though, and I liked this book. It was good. It just wasn't great, and I really wanted it to be great. I hope The Mathematical Menace embraces Frankie's wide-ranging spirit once again. That would rekindle my love.
October 10, 2011
I unabashedly adore Frankie Pickle and I don't care who knows it. In this installment, Frankie must build a car and win the Pine Run 3000 in order to advance in Possum Scouts.
February 17, 2020
I am trying to read the first book in each one of our series in the library so I can try to sell them to my readers.
Frankie, after not being able to successfully pass the knot tieing, fails to gain enough points to move up with the rest of his troop from Pygmy to Shrew.
In order to move up he has to win the Pine Run 3000. He has to build a model car and win. Just like many kids his age he doesn't read the directions when putting his car together and it tanks. He finally has to ask his dad for help.
It is cute the story is in paragraphs, then it shoots to comics and is just like a kids imagination.
Argyle, his dog, is so cute!
Frankie, after not being able to successfully pass the knot tieing, fails to gain enough points to move up with the rest of his troop from Pygmy to Shrew.
In order to move up he has to win the Pine Run 3000. He has to build a model car and win. Just like many kids his age he doesn't read the directions when putting his car together and it tanks. He finally has to ask his dad for help.
It is cute the story is in paragraphs, then it shoots to comics and is just like a kids imagination.
Argyle, his dog, is so cute!
April 28, 2021
In this second book Frankie’s attempt at knot tying leaves him short of the required points needed to advance to the next Possum Scout level along with the rest of his troop. His only hope lies in the extra points possible at the Pine Run 3000. “Only the greatest race ever invented.” In true Frankie style he brushes aside the help of his dad and lets his imagination run wild. When things don’t quite work out Frankie rethinks his strategy, but will it be too late? Wight’s blend of black and white illustrations and graphic novel feel gives this early intermediate book instant appeal and makes it easily read by reluctant readers.
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January 27, 2024
Nice try bud, didn't get a really good reward. But at least he has one!
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July 11, 2024
Read with my daughters. They enjoyed it!
April 9, 2010
Reason for Reading: Next in the series, read aloud to my son.
Summary: Frankie Pickle is the only member of his Possum Scout group who didn't earn enough points to move up to the next level so he decides to participate in the annual model car derby. If he can win he will earn enough points to move up with everyone else.
Comments: My son is really enjoying Frankie Pickle! Being a cub scout himself and participating each year in the cub car rally, he knew exactly what Frankie was facing. He laughed out loud when he saw the race tracks they had to run and found plenty of other moments to laugh as well. This book is a combination of text with graphic panels interwoven throughout. Frankie's imagination often runs away with him and in these instances the format will turn into a graphic novel as he becomes a magician, superhero, artist, race car driver, etc.
The story is a lot of fun from a kid's point of view but what I also like as a parent is the family dynamics of the Piccolini's. Frankie's parents are a vital part of the story, especially the dad this time, and Frankie is a respectful kid with no backtalk or whining. Frankie learns a lesson in the end about asking for help and being a good sportsman. This is a great follow up to Closet of Doom and we look forward to book 3 due out later this year, The Mathematical Menace.
Summary: Frankie Pickle is the only member of his Possum Scout group who didn't earn enough points to move up to the next level so he decides to participate in the annual model car derby. If he can win he will earn enough points to move up with everyone else.
Comments: My son is really enjoying Frankie Pickle! Being a cub scout himself and participating each year in the cub car rally, he knew exactly what Frankie was facing. He laughed out loud when he saw the race tracks they had to run and found plenty of other moments to laugh as well. This book is a combination of text with graphic panels interwoven throughout. Frankie's imagination often runs away with him and in these instances the format will turn into a graphic novel as he becomes a magician, superhero, artist, race car driver, etc.
The story is a lot of fun from a kid's point of view but what I also like as a parent is the family dynamics of the Piccolini's. Frankie's parents are a vital part of the story, especially the dad this time, and Frankie is a respectful kid with no backtalk or whining. Frankie learns a lesson in the end about asking for help and being a good sportsman. This is a great follow up to Closet of Doom and we look forward to book 3 due out later this year, The Mathematical Menace.
April 8, 2011
When Frankie does not receive his knot-tying badge with the other Possum scouts in his troop, he is doomed to remain a Pygmie while the others will become Shrews the next session. He begs his troop leader, otherwise known as his mom, to advance with the others, but she sticks to the rules. He can't advance until he completes another badge at a troop meeting, a month away.
At least that's what Frankie thinks until his Dad mentions the Pine Run 3000. The winner would net five points. Racing to the local hobby store, Frankie has his Dad buy a slick little car kit. He won't listen to his Dad's advice or accept help in building the car. When he sets up a race at school with the best scout's car as a practice, Frankie's car has a horrible crash. Only then does Frankie learn his family's history with the Pine Run 3000.
After encountering multiple recommendations for the Frankie Pickle books, I settled down to read the newest that my school library had. Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000 was an excellent read. Frankie's more imaginative thoughts are captured in comic strip format. The short chapters are packed with energy and realistic kid emotions. Frankie wrestles with impatience, envy, and failure. The illustrations and text are well integrated. I wish there was a soundtrack for the hobby store commercial that's in the middle of the book.
At least that's what Frankie thinks until his Dad mentions the Pine Run 3000. The winner would net five points. Racing to the local hobby store, Frankie has his Dad buy a slick little car kit. He won't listen to his Dad's advice or accept help in building the car. When he sets up a race at school with the best scout's car as a practice, Frankie's car has a horrible crash. Only then does Frankie learn his family's history with the Pine Run 3000.
After encountering multiple recommendations for the Frankie Pickle books, I settled down to read the newest that my school library had. Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000 was an excellent read. Frankie's more imaginative thoughts are captured in comic strip format. The short chapters are packed with energy and realistic kid emotions. Frankie wrestles with impatience, envy, and failure. The illustrations and text are well integrated. I wish there was a soundtrack for the hobby store commercial that's in the middle of the book.
December 30, 2010
Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000 by Eric Wight is the second book in this series of chapter book / graphic novel hybrids. The first in the series was short listed in the Cybil's last year. That's how my son and I first came across the series.
This time Frankie needs only a handful of points to move up to the next level in scouts. Since he didn't complete the knot tying badge his only other option is to win the Pine Run 3000, a model car race held once a year.
Plot wise the book is very similar to Babymouse Burns Rubber, a graphic novel nominated for this year's Cybils, being a combination of actual race events and imaginary scenes. Of the two race themed graphic novels, I preferred Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000.
My son has had this book on his wishlist since he read the first in the series. He loved this book, tearing through it in about an hour.
This time Frankie needs only a handful of points to move up to the next level in scouts. Since he didn't complete the knot tying badge his only other option is to win the Pine Run 3000, a model car race held once a year.
Plot wise the book is very similar to Babymouse Burns Rubber, a graphic novel nominated for this year's Cybils, being a combination of actual race events and imaginary scenes. Of the two race themed graphic novels, I preferred Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000.
My son has had this book on his wishlist since he read the first in the series. He loved this book, tearing through it in about an hour.
February 25, 2011
Frankie Piccolini knows how to find adventure in even the most mundane aspect of everyday life. Nothing is too ordinary or boring for his imagination to spice up with scenarios that might find him as a stage magician, sculptor, race car driver, mad scientist, superhero, or just about anything else. Each time his imagination takes him out of reality and into fantasy, the text on the page is replaced with graphic novel style images and word bubbles.
The Pine Run 3000 is a pinewood model car race Frankie hopes to win for bonus Possum Points so he can join the rest of his Possum Scout troop in moving from Pygmy rank to Shrew after missing his knot-tying badge. I didn't find this book quite as entertaining as Frankie's first one, The Closet of Doom, but still recommend it for imaginative young readers.
The Pine Run 3000 is a pinewood model car race Frankie hopes to win for bonus Possum Points so he can join the rest of his Possum Scout troop in moving from Pygmy rank to Shrew after missing his knot-tying badge. I didn't find this book quite as entertaining as Frankie's first one, The Closet of Doom, but still recommend it for imaginative young readers.
September 7, 2011
I gave this one 4 stars not because I particularly enjoyed it (not my style, although very fun) but because I think it will be a hit with kids, especially boys and might even be a good recommend for those reluctant readers.
Booktalk:
If a chapter book and comic book collided, Frankie Pickle by Eric Wight is what you would end up with. While there are more Frankie Pickle adventures, in this one he must win the Pine Derby race in order to get enough points to advance to the next level with the rest of his Possum Scout troop. The story is alternately told with words and pictures and Frankie has many mishaps before he even gets to the race. To find out if he wins, read Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000.
Booktalk:
If a chapter book and comic book collided, Frankie Pickle by Eric Wight is what you would end up with. While there are more Frankie Pickle adventures, in this one he must win the Pine Derby race in order to get enough points to advance to the next level with the rest of his Possum Scout troop. The story is alternately told with words and pictures and Frankie has many mishaps before he even gets to the race. To find out if he wins, read Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000.
June 20, 2019
This is a decent middle grade series. There's plenty of good vocabulary, and a nice amount of standard text vs. graphic novel pages. I wish Frankie's friend, Kenny, and the pet dog, Argyle, had been better incorporated. Kenny's supposed to be Frankie's best friend, but there's no relationship development and barely any interaction between the two boys. Rather, Kenny seems to occasionally pop up out of no where for a bit of added humor. The idea that Kenny never talks, but only communicates through means of music (playing his trumpet, whistling, etc) is a fun idea that feels underused.
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January 25, 2012
My 8 year-old sons first pinewood derby is coming up on Saturday so this was a particularly good time to read Frankie Pickle and the Pinerun 3000. It was a short, fast read-aloud that left him asking for "just one more chapter" and since they were short and fast chapters, and because I wanted to know how things turned out for our hero, Frankie, I obliged. We read the whole book in two evenings along with several picture books and now I have been instructed to seek out other Frankie Pickle chapter books.
March 26, 2012
What a fabulous combination of pictures to words! Frankie Pickle Series: What a hilarious book series! Perfect for me to refer Bad Kitty fans to in addition to any boy who is ready to move from reading graphic novels to early chapter books or vice versa. I’m excited about this series since it has wonderful illustrations, is entertaining, and easy for a fun read aloud. Plus there are a number of other fun early chapter book series I can think of that I could refer my students to if they like it!
March 26, 2011
Eric Wight achieves the perfect balance of comic book to early chapter book that really works. You find yourself really liking Frankie and nodding your head at both what he gets himself into as well as his dreams/thoughts. In this book, Frankie misses his chance to move up in his scouts troop and needs to fall back on a different plan. And he learns some lessons the hard way. Can't wait for third book.
September 9, 2013
After flipping through this book on a trip to the library, I couldn't wait to introduce my six-year-old son to Frankie Pickle. He LOVED this book and has since read the rest of the books in the series. Frankie Pickle is adorable and his adventures are fun to follow as well as easy for kids to relate to. I highly recommend these books as either read-alongs or chapter books for the young, confident reader from 1st to 3rd grade.
April 22, 2010
Finding a book that really appeals to boys is a great find. Eric Wight certainly delivers in his second installment in the series. The only reason I gave this one a 4/5 was because I really loved the Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom the best. The drawings are wonderful and really entertaining. Can't wait to see the next book!
May 19, 2010
Second story has just as much entertainment as the first. These books have lots of references for parents (Speed Racer being the obvious one in many of the graphics), but the focus remains firmly on its intended audience of kids, which keeps them fun and charming. This one will be a favorite of Scouts.
February 13, 2011
Like the Secret Life of Walter Mitty with a graphic novel twist, Frankie Pickles is a young boy who finds it difficult to concentrate and has an out of this world imagination. A hybrid of novel and manga, this is a delightful book for Cub Scouts, young readers and moms. Not difficult to read, this is wonderful look at a kid with 'challenges' and his understanding family.
June 7, 2011
Frankie is a member of the Possum Scouts and when he fails at his knot tying, he's unavailable to move up in the Possum Scout ranks...until he finds out about the Pine Run 3000 from his dad! This book was a perfect book for me to read to my 4 year old boy: a great mixture of story and illustrations. He really liked this book and wants to read others in the series! Go, Frankie, go!
May 23, 2013
Finally, finally, a gentle read that will appeal to reluctant readers who don't want to read about girls! Thank you, Eric Wight! This is perfect for a very sensitive or very young kid who wants to be reading a chapter book but can't actually handle a lot of the adventure stories he says he wants to read.
October 8, 2010
I enjoyed reading this to my 4 and 5 year old boys. They adored it! I even caught them playing around pretending to be Frankie Pickle. The story switches between chapter style and a little comic book style. The comic is to depict Frankie's imagination, it was fun.
May 26, 2011
This is a great book/series for that beginning or reluctant reader who is just starting to read chapter books on his/her own. Funny and creative, Frankie's adventures and the cool classic comic book-style illustrations ...(click for the full review http://storysnoops.com/detail.php?id=...).
April 21, 2015
I love Frankie Pickle. The stories are a great mix of traditional narrative and graphic novel, the plot in this installment is straightforward and easy for kids to follow, and itincludes several important messages.
December 19, 2009
I didn't think it was possible, but this book is even more incredible than the first. It is action packed at every turn and the hobby shop goes down in history! Must read!!!
March 15, 2010
i loved this book!!!!
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