Top Ten Tuesday: Dynamic Duos

What I love about Top Ten Tuesday posts is that they can go in so many different directions. But as soon as I heard Dynamic Duos, my mind immediately went to Frog and Toad an iconic children’s book duo. So I took that inspiration and ran with it, highlighting dynamic duos in the easy reader format. I struggled a little with the lack of diversity in easy readers, but in the end, came up with a list of both classic characters and new faces!

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Dyamic Duos

Bink & Gollie

by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, illustrated by Tony Fucile

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Meet Bink and Gollie, two precocious little girls — one tiny, one tall, and both utterly irrepressible. Setting out from their super-deluxe tree house and powered by plenty of peanut butter (for Bink) and pancakes (for Gollie), they share three comical adventures involving painfully bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.

Charlie & Mouse

by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Emily Hughes

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Join Charlie and Mouse as they talk to lumps, take the neighborhood to a party, sell some rocks, and invent the bedtime banana.

Elephant and Piggie: We Are In a Book!

by Mo Willems

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Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In We Are in a Book! Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends?

Fox & Chick: The Party

by Sergio Ruzzier

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Join the dynamic duo as they learn to appreciate their differences: Fox and Chick don’t always agree, but Fox and Chick are always friends.

Frank and Bean

by Jamie Michalak, illustrated by Bob Kolar

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Frank likes peace and quiet. He likes his tent, his pencil, and writing in his secret notebook. Bean likes noise. He likes his bus, his trumpet — toot, toot! — and making music. Loud music. But Bean is missing something: he does not have words. What will happen if Frank shares his words with Bean?

Frog and Toad Are Friends

by Arnold Lobel

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From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other—just as best friends should be.

Henry and Mudge: The First Book

by Cynthia Rylant

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Henry, feeling lonely on a street without any other children, finds companionship and love in a big dog named Mudge.

King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats

by Dori Hillestad Butler, illustrated by Nancy Meyers

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Kayla made peanut butter treats for Jillian’s new puppy Thor. But now the treats are missing.

What does Kayla know?

– There are three treats missing.
– King was in the kitchen.
– King’s breath doesn’t smell like peanut butter.

What does King know?

– There’s an intruder in the house.

How will they solve the mystery?

Ling & Ting Not Exactly the Same

by Grace Lin

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Ling and Ting are two adorable identical twins, and they stick together, whether they are making dumplings, getting their hair cut, or practicing magic tricks. But looks are deceiving–people can be very different, even if they look exactly the same.

Rafi and Rosi

by Lulu Delacre

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Rafi amazes Rosi with the magic he finds everywhere. He can move sand with his magic fingers. Rafi can shoot stars from the sky. He can even find the smallest tree in the forest. Then one day Rafi’s pet hermit crab runs away. Now it’s Rosi s turn to show that she knows where to look for magic too. Can she find the crab in time for them to watch it shed its shell?

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