Lincoln Peirce

Big Nate Lives It Up Lincoln Peirce

Marc Notes: Unabridged.; Compact discs.; Digitally mastered.; Tracks every 3 minutes for easy bookmarking--Container.; Performed by Fred Berman.; As his school's centennial is coming up, Big Nate is stuck showing the dorky new kid around--; Provided by publisher. Brief Description: "As his school's centennial is coming up, Big Nate is stuck showing the dorky new kid around"--Publisher Marketing: The latest novel from Lincoln Peirce is a laugh-out-loud must-read starring the one and only cartooning genius, king of detention, and Cheez Doodle connoisseur, Nate Wright. Principal Nichols wants Nate to be buddies with dorky new kid Breckenridge Puffington III and show him around the school. That s no easy task when Breckenridge is a total fun-sponge and his greatest passion is drawing plants. There s also something really familiar about this guy What in the world could it be? The shocking answer is sure to blow your pants off!" Contributor Bio:  Peirce, Lincoln Lincoln Peirce (pronounced "purse") is a cartoonist/writer and New York Times bestselling author of the hilarious Big Nate book series (www.bignatebooks.com), now published in twenty-five countries worldwide and available as ebooks and audiobooks and as an app, Big Nate: Comix by U! He is also the creator of the comic strip Big Nate. It appears in over three hundred U. S. newspapers and online daily at www.gocomics.com/bignate. Lincoln's boyhood idol was Charles Schulz of Peanuts fame, but his main inspiration for Big Nate has always been his own experience as a sixth grader. Just like Nate, Lincoln loves comics, ice hockey, and Cheez Doodles (and dislikes cats, figure skating, and egg salad). His Big Nate books have been featured on Good Morning America and in the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and the Washington Post. He has also written for Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. Lincoln lives with his wife and two children in Portland, Maine. Contributor Bio:  Berman, Fred Fred Berman is a five-time winner of the "AudioFile" Earphone Award for Audiobook Narration and the recipient of the 2013 Audie Award for narration in "Spy the Lie". He has read a number of audiobooks for young listeners, including Judy Blume's "Soupy Saturdays with The Pain & The Great One" and Andrew Clements's "The Last Holiday Concert". He has also narrated the audiobooks for Robert Kirkman's popular series, "The Walking Dead."Berman is an accomplished actor of both the stage and screen as well, performing on Broadway as Timon in "The Lion King" and off-Broadway in "Hamlet", "Twelfth Night", and "King Lear". On television, Berman has had roles on NBC's hit series "Smash" as well as "All My Children "and "Law and Order". He lives in New York City.