THE PANCAKE PROBLEM is the second book in the Weenie series featuring Frank and Beans.
Once again Weenie’s unrelenting appetite gets him into trouble. Bob, his owner refuses to get up at the crack of dawn to make Weenie pancakes. Weenie, ever the problem solver makes a pancake making machine. Unfortunately the machine doesn’t make pancakes but it does produce a gigantic pile of brussel sprouts. Weenie tries to get rid of them by holding a yard sale. To attract more customers Weenie against the advice of Frank and Beans sells some of Bob’s household possessions at a bargain rate hoping to attract a buyer for the brussel sprouts.
THE PANCAKE PROBLEM is an entertaining addition to the series. The illustrations are colourful and delightful. I enjoy this series and hope Maureen Fergus and Alexandra Bye continue to collaborate on the Weenie series.
Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada and NetGalley for allowing me to read an advanced digital edition of this book.

I can appreciate the cat trying to be a voice of reason for the dog's choices and actions. Yes, I realize these are animals, but the humor didn't work for me and the choices made for solving a problem came across as quite flippant.

The Weenie books are so colourful and funny! I love the illustrations and the conversations between Weenie, Frank, and Beans. Weenie is so dramatic, Frank is such a bad influence, and Beans is the voice of reason although never listened to. They make a great little group!

We love animal books here. Make them a graphic novel and it's instalove for my 7 year old! She enjoyed this book very much and asked that we please buy it and the 1st book immediately. Highly recommended for those beginning readers who are ready for more.

If you want to encourage a beginning reader, The Pancake Problem is the perfect choice for him or her. Written in graphic, comic book style, it’s a chapter book that tells the story of Weenie, his friends Frank and Beans, and his long suffering owner Bob. Because Bob likes to sleep late on the weekends, Weenie constructs the Supersonic Pancake Maker. There’s one problem: it only makes Brussels sprouts. Lots of them. The story follows the three friends desperate attempts to get rid of the “stinky” sprouts. Although they try increasingly creative methods, nothing works until Bob surprises them.

The Pancake Problem is well written and illustrated and just silly enough. Parents can read it out loud to preschoolers and watch their early readers enjoy it by themselves. This is Book #2 in a series, so be sure to look for #1! 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Penguin Random House Canada, Maureen Fergus and Alexandra Bye for this ARC.

This was a really fun graphic novel about a dog, a cat, and a guinea pig. My son loved Weenie the dog, but I loved the interactions with Frank and Beans as well. All of the animals each have their own personality (which seems to tie to what type of animal they are quite well). The illustrations were bright and detailed. This would be a good graphic novel for a child just starting to get into this genre.

Reads like comic strips and that's why I love this series more now.

The second in the series, it doesn't disappoint.

The comic is hilarious featuring Frank and Beans, our beloved dog and cat funky characters.
The story teaches some important bodily functions when it comes to the gut and digestion. However, learning is always fun when it comes as a funny comic series with some cute but crazy animal characters. Isn't it?

Thank you, Penguin Random House Canada, for the advance reading copy.

Weenie, Frank, and Beans are quickly becoming my favourite cast of early reader characters. I love their shenanigans, their personalities, and the absolutely ridiculous goofs that go on between them.