Beanotown: Search and Find is a 32 page hardback book that you can have personalised with your own name as a character throughout. You (or your child) becomes the hero of the adventure. As each book is obviously printed to order and every edition will carry a different name/character, the price reflects that at £24.99 but it's a unique item ideal for Christmas.
The spread I drew includes The Bash Street Kids charging out of school and, as with the other spreads, there are characters and items the reader has to find in the picture. But wait, you might be thinking, there are only 11 Bash Street Kids so how can that comprise a busy picture? Well, remember that in the early days of the strip in the 1950s there were many more kids featured in the scenes, and this reflects that. The comic strip only focuses on one class. There are loads of kids attending Bash Street School, and here they are.
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The other spreads are set in various areas of Beanotown and are by artists such as Laura Howell, Nigel Parkinson, Hugh Raine, and more, plus a strip drawn by Nigel. Interested? Here's the link where you can order your copy. Because of each book being unique, they won't be available in any shops and are only available from the publisher...
https://shop.beano.com/build-a-beano-personalised-search-and-find-book
12 Bash Street Kids - everyone (including the designer of the strip's masthead) always forgets Cuthbert. Seems to be a recent running gag for the character, lol. Of course Harsha and Mandi were only added recently, so a lot of people probably still think there's only nine Bash Street Kids.
ReplyDeleteYou're right about the school, of course. Don't most of the kids in the Beano now attend Bash Street?