Max's Words -- Kate Banks, Hardcover

Max's brothers have grand collections that everyone makes a big fuss over. Benjamin collects stamps and Karl collects coins, and neither one will share with their little brother. So Max decides to start a collection of his own. He's going to collect words. He starts with small words that he cuts out of newspapers and magazines, but soon his collection has spilled out into the hall. All the while, his brothers are watching. Benjamin brags that he has one thousand stamps. Karl is just a few coins short of five hundred. But a thousand stamps is really just a bunch of stamps, and a lot of coins is only a heap of money. A pile of words, however, can make a story.

Bright, bold pictures incorporating clever wordplay accompany this highly original tale about a younger brother's ingenuity. This title has Common Core connections.

Max's Words is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author: Kate Banks
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 08/08/2006
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.10h x 10.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780374399498
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 109414 / Max's Words

Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Lupine Award - Honor Book
Award: Red Clover Award - Nominee
Award: Monarch Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Florida Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee
Award: Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award - Nominee
Award: Buckaroo Book Award - Nominee
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/17/2006 pg. 157
Kirkus Review - Children 08/01/2006 pg. 780
School Library Journal 09/01/2006 pg. 158
Booklist 09/01/2006 pg. 132
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2007 pg. 18 - Recommended, Satisfactory
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2006 pg. 37

About the Author
In addition to Max's Words, Kate Banks and Boris Kulikov have collaborated on The Eraserheads and the sequel to Max's Words, Max's Dragon. Ms. Banks has written many other books for young readers, including And If the Moon Could Talk, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and The Night Worker, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award. She lives in the South of France. Mr. Kulikov has illustrated a number of books for children and lives in Brooklyn, New York.