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The Cat Kid Comic Club is back! Can Flippy, Molly, and Li'l Petey get the tadpoles to work together and appreciate one another's perspectives, or will their differences tear the club apart?
Flippy, Molly, Li'l Petey, and twenty-one baby frogs each have something to say. Naomi and Melvin don't see eye to eye and Poppy perceives the world differently than her siblings. The baby frogs have to figure out how to work together and appreciate one another's point of view -- both inside and outside the classroom.
The shenanigans are nonstop and the baby frogs' minicomics are funny and full of heart. Creating stories within a story, author and illustrator Dav Pilkey uses a variety of techniques -- including acrylic paints, colored pencils, Japanese calligraphy, photography, collage, gouache, watercolors, and much more -- to portray each frog's perspective. The kaleidoscope of art styles, paired with Pilkey's trademark storytelling and humor, fosters creativity, collaboration, independence, and empathy. Readers of all ages will relish this joyful graphic novel adventure.
Pilkey effectively mixes instruction and empowerment into the chaos, the frenetic panels... making both immensely enjoyable. Supa fun.
School Library Journal
Starred Review
Colorful, compelling, and laugh-out-loud funny. Every elementary school library needs this graphic novel. Copyright 2021 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Publishers Weekly
Starred Review
Irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny and... downright moving, it's a heartfelt celebration of coming into one's own as an artist, with all its frustrations and joys. Copyright 2021 Publisher's Weekly, LLC Used with permission.
Kirkus
Starred Review
Pilkey effectively mixes instruction and empowerment into the chaos, the frenetic panels... making both immensely enjoyable. Supa fun.
School Library Journal
Starred Review
Colorful, compelling, and laugh-out-loud funny. Every elementary school library needs this graphic novel. Copyright 2021 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Publishers Weekly
Starred Review
Irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny and... downright moving, it's a heartfelt celebration of coming into one's own as an artist, with all its frustrations and joys. Copyright 2021 Publisher’s Weekly, LLC Used with permission.
Student
March 14, 2023
cat kid prespectives
The cat kid comic club perspective was amazingly good and I loved the dramatic part in the beginning I also loved how energetic the beginning was before the crying scene.
User
November 11, 2022
awsome book
i loved the dog man series and cat kid series LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT
When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Dav was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hallway every day. Luckily, Dav loved to draw and make up stories. He spent his time in the hallway creating his own original comic books -- the very first adventures of Dog Man and Captain Underpants. In the second grade, Dav's teacher ripped up his comics and told him he couldn't spend the rest of his life making silly books. Fortunately, Dav was not a very good listener.
Cuando Dav Pilkey era niño, le diagnosticaron TDAH y dislexia. Dav era tan disruptivo en clase que sus maestros lo hacían sentarse en el pasillo todos los días. Por suerte, a Dav le encantaba dibujar e inventar historias. Pasaba su tiempo en el pasillo creando sus propios cómics originales: las primeras aventuras de Hombre Perro y el Capitán Calzoncillos. En segundo grado, la maestra de Dav rompió sus cómics y le dijo que no podía pasar el resto de su vida haciendo libros tontos. Afortunadamente, Dav no era muy bueno escuchando.
