In the never ending struggle against misconceptions about those who are different from us, few people consider what preconceived notions oogly monsters have of humans. Eleanor Davis’ easy reader graphic novel “Stinky” investigates the possibilities through a mix of old-fashioned cartoon good feelings and modern gross humor that sit quite nicely next to each other.
Stinky [...]
It’s an old lesson, but one that each generation has to learn for itself in its own way — be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.
For a kid, that sounds like a promise, to be sure, but any adult with his or her fair share of realistic luck — that is, [...]
The second release in Toon Books’ new line of easy reader graphic novels, “Silly Lilly,” is a charming affair by French author/illustrator Agnes Rosenstiehl. In a series of seasonal sketches, a young girl named Lilly is followed through her reactions to the changes.
That’s a funny thing about being a kid — before you are really [...]
Here’s an idea that never occurred to me before: Easy reader comics. Toon Books has arrived to plant that idea in everybody’s head, however, and wash away any opportunity to use that sort of stunned opening sentence in a review ever again. As evidenced through their inaugural title, “Benny and Penny in Just Pretend” by [...]
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