Raw Junior sent me three new easy reader graphic novels and they are mighty impressive. The high production value is evident in the sophisticated color, the heavy paper and color saturation, and the old-fashioned endpapers. Visually, they’re real gems. And I have no doubt that kids will be drawn in, and willing to follow the visual clues when/if the text is too advanced.
Both MO AND JO FIGHTING TOGETHER FOREVER, and STINKY are in portrait format -- a good draw for a beginning reader who wants a book with a more “advanced reader” look. (Judging by my own kids, the cover and format are important.)
I loved both the pictures and plot of STINKY by Eleanor Davis. Stinky is a swamp monster who likes everything smelly and slimy, and believes that kids “don’t like mucky mud, slimy slugs or smelly monsters…” until he (or she? Is Stinky Seymour gender neutral?) meets a boy named Nick. STINKY is rich in detail, including funny forest animals with clothespins on their noses, and a map of the swamp. …
Both MO AND JO FIGHTING TOGETHER FOREVER, and STINKY are in portrait format -- a good draw for a beginning reader who wants a book with a more “advanced reader” look. (Judging by my own kids, the cover and format are important.)
I loved both the pictures and plot of STINKY by Eleanor Davis. Stinky is a swamp monster who likes everything smelly and slimy, and believes that kids “don’t like mucky mud, slimy slugs or smelly monsters…” until he (or she? Is Stinky Seymour gender neutral?) meets a boy named Nick. STINKY is rich in detail, including funny forest animals with clothespins on their noses, and a map of the swamp. …