Welcome to the world of the FLYING BEAVER BROTHERS by Maxwell Eaton (Knopf, January 2012). My ARC was two books in one though they will be published separately. And they do stand alone as well. In THE FISHY BUSINESS, Ace and Bub, aka the Beaver Brothers, are sharing their home with two penguins. Bub and Ace uncover a new industry that is stripping the forest of its trees and polluting the environment to boot. It will be up to Ace, with the assistance of the penguins, to stop this dastardly plot. In THE EVIL PENGUIN PLAN, Ace's surfboard is stolen the night before a big competition. As Ace and Bub track down the stolen board, they uncover (you guessed it) a secret plan to turn their part of the ocean into a penguin pleasure spot. The recurring characters are broadly drawn and the plots are parallel from one book to another making this a perfect GN for newly emergeing readers. However, the humor extends beyond simple and will have older readers (like yours truly) snorting, too. <544> <545>
Had not heard of this GN series. I am always looking for good GN titles, as these are very popular in my library. I will have to search for these with my vendors.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear of this GN series. I also like how they focus on protecting our environment. There are real issues facing our world today that can be told in age appropriate text with fun characters and fun storylines.
ReplyDeleteLove GNs, will put on my ever growing list of wish list books.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! I enjoy reading GN and so do the students at my school. They are always looking for new GN's. They enjoy the illustrations and the stories that are told. I like the fact that it talks about our environment. It would also help my emerging readers to get start reading more frequently.
ReplyDeleteI have not heard of this series. My daughter loves the Baby Mouse series. This looks like another she would like. I will have to find it for her.
ReplyDeleteI'll suggest this one to our librarian. I don't think we actually have a lot of graphic novels geared towards younger students.
ReplyDeleteKids love graphi novels and this story line will get kids thinking about how choice we make affect others. I look forward to reading this soon.
ReplyDeleteGraphic novels are so in and this duo sounds great. I'm more drawn to The Flying Beaver Brothers. I think it's an entertaining way of spreading the message of going green.
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