Niblet & Ralph by Zachariah OHora has a real classic look to it but at the same time it gives it a refreshing look. There is nothing flashy about the illustrations therefore, it does not distract from the story itself. Also, while there is detail, they are subtle and you have to pay attention to them. The humor of the unrealness of the cats talking on the phone will have the younger crowd snickering but all ages will relate to the fact that sometimes you […]
Fox and the Bike Ride
There are a few things I am not crazy about (foxes “trick” is not cool fox, not cool at all). But the joke about the snack that is meant for Fox is amusing. Fox and the Bike Ride is a modern story that does not always resonate with me. I like parts of the book but mostly I do not. The modern child will like the fact that fox is sneaky and the adventure. The illustrations are interesting. Why does a turtle need a […]
Graphic Novel Flop
I am not sure if there were pages missing from my copy or there is a series before this that filled in some blanks, but the entire time I was reading I felt like I was in the middle of the story. I never saw what I would consider a beginning and when it ended I was thinking “Wait…that’s it? Shouldn’t there have been some kind of wrap up?” I know this is a series, but still the story ends where it started, in the […]
The Billionaire and the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, part 9,342
Harrison Troy, billionaire in a start-up trying to get to Mars (oh, boy), is dreading going home this summer to help out with the family travel business. His family is eccentric, and though the family’s tours are now popular (thanks to that book), the ancestral castle needs a lot of repairs and is possibly a hazard. Nicole Sullivan, on the other hand, can’t wait to start her new life across the pond. She’s just broken up with her latest unworthy boyfriend and needs the change […]
Big Nate and friends
While this book is not in a novel format, there are books in the Big Nate series. These comics in Big Nate: What’s a Noogie Between Friends by Lincoln Peirce were in newspapers from mid-October 2012 to mid-April 2013. The comics are about an over confident middle-schooler who does not always understand why the world does not go as planned. A number of modern images are shown (a single dad, multi-cultural students) there are the themes that are timeless: girl troubles, best friends and school. […]
Not your parent’s sheep meets wolf story
Baabwaa and Wooliam: A Tale of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, and Friendship written by David Elliott and illustrated by Melissa Sweet is not your parent’s sheep meets wolf story. Baabwaa loves to knit (a very practical hobby for a sheep) and Wooliam is a sheep who likes to read (which is not very common in the sheep world). They are content to do this day in and day out. Until one day they decide they need to go on an adventure. They go out, turn left […]
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