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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of my all-time favorite memories was about a road trip. My family was driving somewhere, I think it was Disneyland, and we decided to listen to the audiobook of Frindle by Andrew Clements. Despite ...

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.

Chicago’s Griffin Theatre Company has announced a limited five-performance-only run of the company’s most popular touring show for young people, FRINDLE. Based on the novel by Andrew Clements, and ...

Nicholas Allen is a creative kid who achieves unexpected fame in “Frindle.” Griffin Theatre Company’s adaptation of Andrew Clements’ best-selling novel for young people will be presented at Metropolis ...

Andrew Clements, a schoolteacher turned children’s author whose first novel, “Frindle” — about a mischievous fifth-grader who coins a new word for “pen” — was an unlikely bestseller about a kid’s ...