The Frank Show

Name: The Frank Show
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: David Mackintosh
ISBN: 9780007466597

Author: David Mackintosh

Narrator: Stephen Mangan

Unabridged: 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 05/03/2012

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Children's Humor, School

Synopsis

There’s more to Frank than meets the eye… A quirky, witty and utterly brilliant picture book from the award-winning creator of Marshall Armstrong is New to our School, performed by Stephen Mangan. Frank is your typical grandad, but no one has a grandad like him… If you had to stand up and talk, for one whole minute, about a member of your family, who would you pick? Everyone else chooses really cool people, like Tom’s Uncle Marlon who plays drums in a band, or Hannah’s mum with her company car. But there’s nothing cool about grandad Frank… or is there? In this hilarious, wise and heart-warming story, awesome new talent David Mackintosh shows with a supreme lightness of touch just how much the older generation has to teach us, and how much fun learning from them can be. Perfect for young boys and girls from 3+. Stephen Mangan is best known for his role as Guy Secretan in Green Wing.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Beth on May 19, 2013

What's a boy to do when you have to "show and tell" a member of your family at school and the only person available is your cantankerous old Grandpa Frank? In The Frank Show, our young, unnamed narrator has a dilemma. He hears about all the cool, interesting family members his classmates are bringing......more

Goodreads review by Storywraps on October 23, 2013

Ever have to bring a family member in for a Friday show and tell? Ever have your family abdicate and all you have left to take is grumpy, old grandpa who seems to complain about everything there is to complain about? He doesn't like modern gizmos and gadgets, he has no hobbies, doesn't speak another......more

Goodreads review by Jillian on October 28, 2012

"The Frank Show" by David Mackintosh tells the story of a young boy who is SO bored with his Grandpa Frank. Frank does not like the same music that the young boy likes, and he will not even pay to get a haircut. Frank has not even bought a pair of new pants in 10 years! In fact, Frank even told the......more

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Praise for Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School:

“…features a wonderfully eccentric title character. Utterly unpredictable from one page to the next, this is a seriously funny book.” The Independent On Sunday

“A sophisticated combination of faux-naïve pencil drawing, collage and varied layouts makes David Mackintosh’s Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School striking.” Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times Culture

“…a beautifully illustrated first book from the writer and illustrator David Mackintosh.” Daisy Bridgewater, Telegraph Magazine

“Even very young readers will … enjoy how Mackintosh’s beautifully underplayed text and genial drawings manage to be empathic to both the leery narrator and the serenely outré object of his misapprehension. Without a whiff of pedantry, Mackintosh skillfully dismantles the narrator’s defenses and bonds him to Marshall Armstrong, all the while proving that fun doesn’t always fit within the confines of one’s comfort zone.” Publishers Weekly

“I think this book is fantastic because I can read it myself and I love the pictures and the way it looks. The story is really, really good and fantastic because it's strange and weird.” Child’s review on the Guardian’s children’s book site.