More than 25 years later, the pen of another name meets a new generation of wordsmiths. By Jon Agee Jon Agee is the author, most recently, of the picture book “My Dad Is a Tree.” There’s a moment in ...

Twenty-eight years after the late Andrew Clements introduced his iconic debut novel Frindle, Random House Books for Young Readers will posthumously publish its follow-up, The Frindle Files, on August ...

In this story by Andrew Clements, there are four main characters – Nick, Mrs. Granger, Nick’s mom and Nick’s dad. Nick is in the fifth grade, is a trouble-maker and has many creative ideas. All the ...

Josh Willett is a sixth-grader who loves biking, skateboarding and, most of all, computers. He practices coding after school and uses his laptop in every class. Every class, that is, except English.

Nicholas Allen decides to invent a new word: from now on, a pen will be known as a Frindle! Before long, to the dismay of his Language Arts teacher Mrs. Granger, Nicks word begins to spread. This ...

From the number of times Griffin Theatre's "Frindle" has played the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, it's apparent this children's tale has lots of fans in the Northwest Suburbs. Griffin Theatre's ...