- Comedy
- Picture Books
- Ages 3–6
The shape of it
The shape of this universe.
Frank and Bert is Chris Naylor-Ballesteros's warm, very funny picture-book series about a fox and a bear who are the very best of friends. Each book is a small, self-contained comedy of friendship: playing hide-and-seek, learning to ride a bike, resisting a box of biscuits, sharing a football, or facing a fear together. The humour is deadpan and read-aloud-perfect, built on Frank's schemes going gently wrong and the two friends putting things right. Naylor-Ballesteros pairs bold, expressive artwork with knowing final winks to the reader, and each story lands a big-hearted lesson lightly: kindness beats winning, trust is worth mending, and owning up is a relief. Published by Nosy Crow, it is an easy, reassuring choice for the youngest readers.
A warm, laugh-out-loud picture-book series about a fox and a bear whose friendship survives every small scrape, with deadpan humour and a big heart in every book.
The series
One way in.
Cultural footprint
A shelf of evidence.
Cultural ubiquity
3/ 5Well-known to people who know the room.
Sensitivity
Low, and collection-wide.
Across the collection
All 5 books.
About the creator