The World of Hank
Part of the collectionThe World of Hank→Best for children who enjoy naughty-animal comedy, big expressions, silly escalation and stories about learning not to annoy everyone around you.
- Books4 / 4
- Arcs1
- Span2022–2024
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
The World of Hank is a picture-book series written by Maudie Powell-Tuck and illustrated by Duncan Beedie. Hank Goes Honk introduces Hank as a goose whose noise and behaviour make him a comic problem for everyone around him. Hank Meets Frank and Don't Do It, Doug! extend the same world through further chaos, responsibility and relationship trouble, while Hank Goes Peck appears to be a younger or companion entry in the same sequence. The series is especially strong for children who like expressive animal characters behaving badly in ways that are funny, recognisable and ultimately repairable.
Best for children who enjoy naughty-animal comedy, big expressions, silly escalation and stories about learning not to annoy everyone around you.
Primary themes
Overall tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Irreverent
- Warm
Start with Hank Goes Honk, which introduces Hank's noisy personality. The other books can be read flexibly, though Hank Meets Frank and Don't Do It, Doug! follow naturally as further World of Hank stories.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- IStandalone collection arcBooks 1–3 · 2022–2024Low sensitivity
Hank causes chaos
Four funny picture books about Hank's honking, pecking, impulsive behaviour and eventual emotional repair.
The World of Hank works as one standalone comic collection. Hank Goes Honk establishes the noisy goose and the central joke of a character who takes up too much space. Hank Meets Frank and Don't Do It, Doug! continue the world through friendship, trust, responsibility and doing exactly what you were told not to do. Hank Goes Peck appears to sit in the same comic behaviour territory, with a slightly younger age profile in the seeded data. The series is low sensitivity: the disruption is social and comic, not frightening, and the emotional repair is clear.
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 7
- 9
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- 15
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- 19
- Best fit · 3–6
- Read aloud · 3–6
- Independent · 5–7
Reluctant-reader friendliness
High
Read-aloud quality
Strong
Adult crossover
High
Grows with the reader
Not especially
Sensitivity envelope
Low overall, and consistent.
Where it sits
In conversation with other series.
Read this after…
Series that pick up where The World of Hank leaves off.
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