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Meaner Beaner and Rat Zakary: The Terrible Two of Tin City

by Robert Harry Kerr; Illustrated by Rick Taylor

139 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-0237; ISBN 1-4251-1827-5; US$13.84, C$15.92, EUR10.79, £7.16

The Meaner Beaner and Rat Zakary are truly the 'terrible two' of Tin City! This is a great chapter book for young readers - VERY WILD, VERY CRAZY, AND VERY FUNNY!

About the Book

MEET THE MEANER BEANER - the kid who lives at 11 Brick Street - the one with the soup-bowl haircut, flinty eyes, and garter-snake smile. This kid wears spooky t-shirts that make kindergarten kids wish they were home.

MEET RAT ZAKARY - the Meaner's one true friend, his furry little buddy, his partner in crime. Zakary has coal-back fur, red eyes, sharp teeth, and a tail as long as a shoe string.

THE MEANER BEANER AND RAT ZAKARY are like no one else in Tin City, Ohio. They are like no one else on the planet, Earth! As every Brickstreeter knows, the boy and his pet rat are wily and sneaky and mean. They are the 'terrible two' of Tin City!

IN THEIR DARK BASEMENT the Meaner and Zakary have a 'Secret Box of No-Good Dirty Rotten Tricks' - and inside are their treasures. Things that will help them 'caper' of those "goodie-goodies" on Brick Street. - spoil their parties, ruin their holidays, and foil their fun.

READ ABOUT THE WILD 'CAPERS' OF THE MEANER BEANER AND RAT ZAKARY. About their dirty caper to ruin Valentine's Day at Brick Street School, about their wild 'joy ride' in Jimmi Ho's new Hummer H2, and their frightening trick at Frannie O'Neill's 'Super Sleepover.' Read all about their Halloween caper - and the surprising visit from the Headless Horseman of Tin City. And join the fun in their grand caper to steal Christmas on Brick Street. The 'terrible two' have a 'dirty, rotten caper' for every occasion!

'MEANER BEANER AND RAT ZAKARY' is a chapter book that is full of fun and spookiness and misadventure. VERY WILD, VERY CRAZY, AND VERY FUNNY!

Reviews

"The 'Terrible Two' are terribly funny." - Michelle N.

"Meaner Beaner and Rat Zakary are the 'baddest' tricksters on the planet, Earth. I wish the 'Terrible Two' were in my class!" - Johnny S.

About the Author

Robert Harry Kerr lives on a dirt road in Southern Ontario, Canada. He loves his family, his friends, and his two cats. Too, he loves playing pool, traveling around, and writing funny stories. Robert Harry Kerr was born in the low-down, one-horse town of Duart, Ontario. Other than that, not much else is known about him.

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