![]() ![]() As in the previous books, the fresh, wry dialogue and Fucile's witty cartooning are as dynamic a pairing as Bink and Gollie themselves. Meet Bink and Gollie, two precocious little girls one tiny, one tall, and both utterly irrepressible. Readers may recognize some aspects of their own close friendships in Bink and Gollie's odd-couple relationship, but these two remain true originals. I regret to inform you that I am going home." In the second tale, Bink's desire to be taller leads her to order a highly dubious "Stretch-o-Matic" machine that promises "dramatic change," and in the third, the girls hatch a scheme to become world-record holders. ![]() ![]() She soon learns it can be lonely as queen: when Gollie "regret to inform" pancakes-obsessed Bink that "royalty does not cook for others," Bink replies, "Okay. In the first of three stories, Gollie discovers a photograph of a royal distant relative and immediately embraces her newfound regal bloodline ("I have long suspected that royal blood flowed in my veins," she muses), donning a crown, cape, and holier-than-thou expression. In their third chapter book, Bink and Gollie remain as thick as thieves and just as prone to squabbling. Welcome back, Bink and Gollie (from Bink and Gollie, BCCB 10/10, and Bink and Gollie: Two for One, BCCB 7/12) In this new set of adventures, the friends negotiate Gollies belief that she is of. ![]()
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