Comics Squad: Recess! is an anthology book with contributions from various authors and illustrators. It is the first book in the Comics Squad Series. There is a total of eight stories that embrace a theme that deals with school or recess, but all in very distinctive ways. Dan Santat explores his first love and the idea of homework sharing. It also has a very interesting and very public incident that involves vomit. We also have knock-off versions of Princess Peach, Iron Man and President Barack Obama competing in a schoolyard game of kickball. We also see Babymouse dealing with Zeus; as well as Jimmy Sprinkles having a run in with some rude vegetables. The reader will have a field day being able to read different stories from different authors/artist in one book. It is the who's who in this terrific graphic novel. It is a great book for fans of this genre and a great book to introduce children to the world of graphic novels. The illustrations are beyond belief and will just make you smile from ear to ear when you see them.
A book trailer can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jHXAvpd-9I
Teachers can find ideas in how to incorporate this book in their lessons at http://www.teachmentortexts.com/2014/08/comic-squad-recess.html#axzz4QnL24V1X
Readers also enjoyed the Lunch Ladies Series by Jarrett Krosoczka and the HiLo Series by Judd Winick
Other books in this series include Comics Squad: Lunch and Comics Squad #3: Detention
Krosoczka, J., Yang, G. L., Wight, E., Holm, J. L., Holm, M., Vernon, U., . . . Pilkey, D. (2014). Comics Squad: Recess! New York: Random House.
No comments:
Post a Comment