Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom

CRITICS HAVE SAID

• Wight matches a silly story to black-and-white cartoon graphics in a chapter-book format. Readers who have graduated from Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants and Ricky Ricotta series (both Scholastic) will be charmed by this longer story.
  –School Library Journal

IF YOU LOVE THIS BOOK, THEN TRY:

Benton, Jim. The Fran That Time Forgot. Simon & Schuster, 2005. (And others in the Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist series.)

Bruel, Nick. Bad Kitty Gets a Bath.Roaring Brook, 2008.

Davis, Eleanor. Stinky. Little Lit Library, 2008.

Fucile, Tony. Let’s Do Nothing! Candlewick, 2009.

Holm, Jennifer L., and Matthew Holm. Babymouse: Our Hero. Random House, 2005. (And others in the Babymouse series.)

Look, Lenore. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things. Schwartz & Wade, 2008.

MacDonald, Betty. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.Lippincott, 1947.

Pilkey, Dav. The Adventures of Captain Underpants: An Epic Novel.Scholastic/Blue Sky, 1997.

Stadler, Alexander. Julian Rodriguez: Episode One: Trash Crisis on Earth. Scholastic, 2008.

Vernon, Ursula. Dragonbreath. Dial, 2009.

Wight, Eric. Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000. Simon & Schuster, 2010.