Invisible Inkling audiobook

Hank Wolowitz is missing his buddy Alexander Wainscotting. How will he make it through 4th grade without his best friend? Then he discovers Inkling, the invisible bandapat, after saving him from Rootbeer, the dog. Now Hank has an invisible friend. And this invisible friend is not imaginary. Hank soon realizes that Inkling is a resourceful and entertaining friend who also has a voracious appetite -- for squash. How does a 4th grader convince his mom to buy squash from the grocery store, especially since he claims he will eat it raw? Awkward! There are some heartwarming and humorous moments. I predict that kids will be adding bandapats to their Christmas lists after reading this inventive and magical tale. One thing I did not like was the trouble Hank had in convincing the adults around him that Gillicut is truly bullying him. So frustrating. Inkling was the only one to believe for quite some time. In contrast, the aha moment Hank has after trying to force Inkling to hold still in front of the bathroom mirror is gold.

Lots of ideas that would lead to class discussions: bullying, friendship, honesty, family, imagination. The main character is in fourth grade, but this book would be good as a read aloud for second or third, maybe even first. Good book for beginning of the year. It would be interesting to use as a quick draw when reading the parts that describe the invisible friend. The only thing I really did not like in the story is the school's non-action to the bullying. It plays into the humor at the end, but I prefer to have kids believe in their teachers and their schools. It would have otherwise been a 5 star book for me. I look forward to reading the next book.

I love this series! Fourth grader Hank stumbles upon and befriends a furry, squash loving invisible creature known as a bandapat. Inkling, as he names Bandapat, becomes a close friend and confidant for young Hank, who is missing his recently moved away best friend and dealing with a bully at school. Hank's family is portrayed as busy and loving, and occasionally wrong about things....aka realistically. I've been reading this aloud with Leo and he and I both love it. Would make a great rec for a family read aloud or a classroom read aloud.

I listened to this audiobook with my children. They LOVED it. It is a cute story of a boy who finds an invisible inkling who helps him overcome the challenge of starting a new school year after your best friend has moved away. It discusses the subjects of friendship, bullying, being respectful of children and it is a short and sweet chapter book. Both my 6 and 8 year old loved the book and I am glad I took the time to read it with them.

This is a fun chapter book about Hank, a fourth grade boy with an invisible friend. Not imaginary, but invisible. Inkling is a bandapat, an unusual animal that can speak many languages and who craves squash. Inkling's craving creates hilarious situations, and his understanding of human nature allows him to help Hank when a bully at school causes problems.

Another book from the 3rd grade Battle of the Books competition. Read this one with my son this week and we really enoyed it. It's a great way to normalize invisible friends, which can come to help us through tough times, a way to address bullying and how we treat bullies, and how to recognize friendships when they show up. What a great book for an elementary school audience.

We enjoyed reading this as a family. Who wouldn't want a fun invisible friends? There is a lot about bullying in it, so we talked about what to do if someone is being a bully. We might read one of v the sequels too.

Still love this. Still love introducing more of my nephews to this story.

Eine super süße Reihe über Freundschaft und einem unsichtbaren Bandapat der einfach nur zum knuddeln ist.

** spoiler alert ** This book is pretty good. I would recommend it to kids 3rd grade and up. Who wouldn't want to have an adorable invisible best friend?

Slade gives it two thumbs up!

My 6-yr-old nephew absolutely loved this book! He begged me to read it to him every day until we finished it.

Invisible Inkling is the first volume in a new chapter book series by Emily Jenkins. Jenkins is the author of quite a few books that I love, including the picture books What Happens on Wednesdays (illustrated by Lauren Castillo), Sugar Would Not Eat It (illustrated by Giselle Potter) and The Little Bit Scary People (illustrated by Alexandra Boiger). As E. Lockhart, she has also written many of my favorite YA novels. This book is nothing like those, but I am still grateful to have received a digital ARC from Balzer & Bray / HarperCollins via NetGalley.The premise of this book is bizarre, and that’s not something I ordinarily consider a strength. This is an exception, however. Hank, whose best friend has recently moved away, has a new, invisible best friend. But unlike other invisible friends, Inkling, a bandapat who has come to New York in search of the squash he needs to survive (see? bizarre) is not imaginary. He’s quite real, and he’s Hank’s only defense against the school bully, who continually steals Hank’s lunch and charges him a daily “sprinkle tax.”I know this sounds ridiculous, and maybe it is, somewhat, but if you can suspend your disbelief, there is more depth to this book than mere fantasy. Specifically, this book contains what I believe to be the most truthful depiction of bullying I have ever seen in children’s fiction. Often I think books solve bullying too easily, using cliches about self esteem and carefully placing well-meaning adults in the right place at the right time. This story, though, shows adults as the ineffective or disinterested people they can sometimes be, and Hank’s desperation to triumph over his bully really makes the reader want to believe in invisible, furry, sentient beings that can exact the revenge mere mortals can’t manage.I did spend much of the book trying to figure out whether Hank had invented Inkling to make himself feel better about his best friend moving away, and my logical brain didn’t want to fully give in and accept that this is legitimately a fantasy book, with a truly fantastical creature roaming its pages. But once I did accept it, I realized this book indulges the wish that many kids have when things are difficult. I think all of us can relate to the need for that one person who understands us and can rescue us from unhappy situations.I’m really looking forward to seeing what other adventures Hank and Inkling have together. I really think this will be an appealing book for boys, given how sympathetic and real Hank’s voice is, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the kids who read this book start pretending they have bandapats of their own. A great work of imagination, this book is highly recommended.

Hank Wolowitz, please call him Wolowitz, lives with his sister and parents in an apartment above their Brooklyn ice cream shop called the “Big Round Pumpkin: Ice Cream for a Happy World.” His best friend Wainscotting has moved to Iowa City leaving Wolowitz feeling alone. It doesn’t help that Wolowitz is being bullied at school by Gillicut who is taking his sprinkles at lunch each day Even worse – upon complaining to his teacher, Ms. Cherry, Wolowitz is given lame advice and later is accused of being the bully. One day, while at the ice cream shop, Wolowitz drops sprinkles on the floor. When he reaches under the sink to get the fleeing sprinkles he feels something soft but sees nothing there. Later, he watches as a waffle cone walks itself to the edge of the counter and disappears. In the hallway of his apartment, with a neighbor’s dog on a leash, the dog goes crazy wild at an empty corner. Wolowitz swipes his hand through the area to show the canine that nothing is there and feels the furry object again, this time it is shaking in his would-be shoes. Wolowitz has found a lone bandapet.Bandapets, an endangered species, need lots of Vitamin A, so they feed mainly on squash, which is getting scare in their own land. So this bandapet, named Inkling, has come to Brooklyn looking for squash, hoping he has hit the jackpot at the Big Round Pumpkin. Now that Wolowitz has saved Inkling from the dog Inkling is bound by the bandapet code of honor which requires the bandapet stay with the one who saved his life until he is the savior. Inkling and Hank, oops, Wolowitz spend afternoons playing games and eating, simply enjoying their friendship. Soon, Inkling realizes squash is not as plentiful as he thought in Brooklyn and must head north and Wolowitz must face his tormentor and get his sprinkles back. Together they work out a plan that may solve their problems.Invisible Inkling is a fast read and a fun read. Hank Wolowitz is a lovable character and a typical 10 year old boy. Inkling comes along at the best time for Hank, right after his best friend moves away, leaving him without a close companion. With Inkling, Hank has both a new friend and a truly invisible friend. What kid wouldn’t love that! Hank’s father is still stuck in the 1960’s, talking like a hippie and extremely mellow with a sense of idealized peace. Not much help for a boy being bullied. Inkling is a chronic fibber, changing his background story enough to confuse even himself. Still this only endears Inkling more to Hank and the reader. This book won’t help anyone deal with bullies or learn where bandapets originally came from, but it is a funny read most kids will enjoy. note: received from Netgalley, courtesy of the publisher

While Hank Wolowitz's family runs the Big Round Pumpkin, an ice cream shop, his life is anything but sweet as he starts fourth grade on a nervous note. His best friend, Wainscotting, moved away from their Brooklyn neighborhood, leaving Hank to start the year alone. Sure, Sasha Chin from his building is in his class, but she has her official friends in the class as well. Bully Bruno Gillicut begins stealing the best parts of Hank's lunches as a sprinkie tax after Hank makes an embarrassing soccer mistake during gym class. There's another problem confronting Hank and it isn't his imagination like his parents think. No, Hank's problem is his newest friend, Inkling. Inkling's invisible, but he's not the imaginary friend Hank's dad thinks he is. Inkling is also a bandapat, a furry creature that might be found in Peru or Ethiopia or the Ukraine (Inkling keeps changing the story). Hank rescued Inkling while out helping his older sister walk a bulldog named Rootbeer.While Hank is trying to think of how to get squash for Inkling (as bandpats love squash and require it), Gillicut's hazings escalate. Hank tells the lunch aides, his teacher, and his dad, but their advice and directions do not help. Inkling suggests plan after plan to help Hank against the bully, but most of these are fit for a jungle and not a school cafeteria. It isn't until Hank says something he shouldn't, something that will land him in even more trouble with Gillicut, that he agrees to try one of Inkling's schemes.I enjoyed Hank's inventiveness, though I would never want to try one of the ice cream flavors he used to invent - especially not the caramel popcorn (though I could see someone liking marshmallow peep). He makes mistakes when he's distracted, flustered or hurt. They are realistic mistakes for both children and adults. He realizes these mistakes and has to deal with the consequences. Some of this problems, such as dealing with a bully and conflicts with his family, are ones with which many children can related. Even the problems relating his most unusual companion Inkling are often ones kids might have dealing with a friend. Hank's first person narration is on the witty side. I could see readers of Clementine and Hank Zipzer enjoying this book.Inkling's near misses with disaster, such as a grocery store incident when the bandapat couldn't keep his teeth off the squash, lighten up the story. While Inkling can't always be trusted to tell the truth, as evidenced by the multiple stories of where he came from, he makes Hank's life very interesting.I received an ARC of Invisible Inkling from a Goodreads giveaway.