- Comedy
- Frank and Bert collection
- Ages 3–6
Frank and Bert
Part of the collectionFrank and Bert→Frank the fox and Bert the bear are best friends whose small adventures always come back to kindness, honesty and catching each other when it counts.
- Books5
- Arcs1
- Span2022–2026
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
Chris Naylor-Ballesteros's picture-book series follows Frank the fox and Bert the bear, best friends whose adventures are small in scale but big in feeling. The founding Frank and Bert sets the pattern: a game of hide-and-seek that Frank could win, but chooses not to, because keeping his friend happy matters more. The books that follow each take a relatable childhood moment — learning to ride a bike, temptation and telling the truth, feeling left out, facing a fear — and play it for gentle, deadpan comedy that reads aloud beautifully. Every story turns on Frank's good intentions going comically awry and the two friends catching each other in the end. Warm, funny and reassuring, the series is ideal for the youngest readers and for talking through feelings together.
Frank the fox and Bert the bear are best friends whose small adventures always come back to kindness, honesty and catching each other when it counts.
Episodic — each book stands alone with no continuing story, so any order works. Frank and Bert is the first and introduces the pair.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- IStandalone collection arcBooks 1–5 · 2022–2026Low sensitivity
The Frank and Bert stories
Every Frank and Bert book — a fox, a bear, and one small friendship lesson each.
The series is fully episodic, so this single arc gathers every Frank and Bert story. Each one takes a small, recognisable childhood situation and plays it for warm, deadpan comedy: winning versus kindness in the original hide-and-seek tale, trust and perseverance in the bike book, temptation and owning up in the missing biscuits, loyalty and feeling left out over football, and facing a fear together with the frog at the pond. The books can be read in any order, though the first introduces the pair most cleanly. Throughout, the register stays gentle and reassuring, the lessons land lightly, and every story ends with the two friends putting things right — making the whole run a dependable bedtime and talk-about-feelings choice.
Book 1Frank and BertNosy Crow · MMXXIIFrank and BertBook 2Frank and Bert: The One Where Bert Learns to Ride a BikeNosy Crow · MMXXIIIFrank and Bert: The One Where Bert Learns to Ride a BikeBook 3Frank and Bert: The One With the Missing BiscuitsNosy Crow · MMXXIVFrank and Bert: The One With the Missing BiscuitsBook 4Frank and Bert: The One Where Bert Plays FootballNosy Crow · MMXXVFrank and Bert: The One Where Bert Plays FootballBook 5Frank and Bert: The One Where Bert is Scared of FrogsNosy Crow · MMXXVIFrank and Bert: The One Where Bert is Scared of Frogs
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 7
- 9
- 11
- 13
- 15
- 17
- 19
- Best fit · 3–6
- Read aloud · 2–6
- Independent · 5–7
Reluctant-reader friendliness
Very high
Read-aloud quality
Excellent
Adult crossover
High
Grows with the reader
Not especially
Sensitivity envelope
Low overall, and consistent.
Where it sits
In conversation with other series.
About the author