# Ebb and Flo: Short Cut and Brain Freeze

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- Authors: [Philip Bunting](https://www.bookquiver.com/philip-bunting)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2026-06-04
- Genres: Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: General interest

## Description

Small words, big feelings! Each book includes two stories, and each stand-alone tale features a hilarious and relatable friendship story, featuring Ebb (stubborn lover of rocks) and Flo (expert in helping Ebb out of scrapes). Written and illustrated by wife-and-husband team Laura and Philip Bunting; picture book creators who want to bring fun and laughter to reading as a family. Woven into these stories are decodable phonetic words, common tricky words and high-frequency words . . . and lots of adventure! Learn to read! Love to read! Short CutAfter a bad haircut, Ebb lets his hair grow long, long, long! Brain FreezeEbb eats his ice-cream in one big gulp. Oh no! Brain freeze!‘Ebb and Flo are the friends your child needs by their side on their learn-to-read journey!’ – award-winning teacher-librarian Megan Daley, author of Raising ReadersCarefully crafted to support literacy and deliciously funny to hook kids on books. Perfect for enjoying together as a read-aloud for pre-readers (ages 4+) and as a read-together for emerging readers and newly independent readers (ages 5 to 8). Relatable stories about the ups and downs of friendship, perfect for helping kids through the early years of school. A series the whole family will love, and enjoy reading again and again. Designed to complement school readers, ideal for home or the classroom.

## Editions

### Ebb and Flo: Short Cut and Brain Freeze

- Publisher: Penguin Books
- ISBN: 978-02-4179-672-6
- Pages: 96
- Published: 2026-06-04
- Language: en_US