(Humor, children's cookbook) a wisecracking book about the short (shelf) life of a bunch of bruisers--with 7 yummy banana recipes to save families from "I'm bored" disease. While banana characters try crazy stunts and start turf wars, this cautionary kid's cookbook provides easy, low-sugar recipes for children (including banana muffins, smoothies, cookies and pancakes-more free recipes at Premiobooks.com). The clever multicultural story is filled with conjunctions and diverse characters. The perfect family activity book, Bad Bananas facilitates tasty, funny, hands-on fun (ages 4-12). Called "bizarrely funny" in Horn Book's blog, it's also an ebook., 24-page, perfect bound 8"x10," paper picture book with black/African-American character, 320 words (before recipes) by Karl Beckstrand, illustrated by Jeff Faerber, Premio Publishing & Gozo Books, LLC (worldwide rights (c) 2011), available via Premiobooks.com (SEE INSIDE Free recipes), Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Follett, Brodart, Bn.com/NOOK, Kindle/Amazon.com, iBooks and select retailers. ISBN: 978-0977606511 (ebook: 978-1452415598), LCCN: 2010910826, JUV050000, JUV011010, JUV019000, JUV054000, JUV020000