Balloon Toons: A Day in the Office of Doctor Bugspit

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Elise Gravel, creator of Ballon Toons Adopt a Glurb, returns with a A Day in the Office of Dr. Bugspit, an out-of-this-world creature who is visited by an assortment of wacky patients.

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Overview

Elise Gravel, creator of Ballon Toons Adopt a Glurb, returns with a A Day in the Office of Dr. Bugspit, an out-of-this-world creature who is visited by an assortment of wacky patients.

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"Puts the comics medium to good use: tracking the visual elements of the story will help emerging readers decode the text with ease. The full-color palette is simple, and the large panels will make access even easier for inexperience comics readers." — Booklist
Children's Literature - Kathie M. Josephs
The title alone makes you want to open the book. The author starts by asking several general questions. For example, "Got the Cooties?" or "Do your ears waggle instead of wiggle?" Of course, if you do then Doctor Bugspit can help you. In the next several pages Dr. Bugspit introduces the characters that will be in the stories. He explains that creatures come from all over to get help. For example, several animals could not talk so when one said PLWZZ that meant that his neck felt strange and of course, OOOOLP meant the patient could not find his mouth. After explaining his office staff, machines, and secret formula, the nurse brings in his first patient of the day, Mr. Armpit who has to say everything two times. Next there is Mrs. Breadpudding, then a patient who is melting, and then after lunch he sees Mr. Picklepuss and the last patient of the day is Mrs. Quackleduck. Each has very unusual ailments and the remedies are just as unusual. The illustrations are amazing and add much to the story. Children will love this book and spend time looking at it over and over. It would make a perfect gift and is great for reading aloud. Reviewer: Kathie M. Josephs
Kirkus Reviews
Expect delighted choruses of "Eeewww, gross!" at every turn from newer readers taking this tour of an outer-space clinic. Looking like a cross between a slug and a sock puppet in Gravel's crudely drawn, garishly colored cartoons, alien Doctor Bugspit plies his trade. He blithely dispenses jars of "Fix-It-Up Syrup" (made from sock juice, dead flies, moldy meat, pickle juice and ear wax) and other nostrums to extraterrestrial patients complaining of maladies ranging from split brains ("You have two smaller brains," the doctor diagnoses, "like a cow") to an all-body outbreak of toes. Despite nap and lunch breaks ("my favorite sandwich: slug slime and glow-in-the-dark jelly") it's an exhausting routine but the good doctor is up to it--until, that is, the gooey results of a sneeze ("some yellow stuff is coming out of my nose!") send him into panic-stricken calls for "a REAL doctor!" Presented in a loose assortment of graphic panels, page-sized or smaller, this Balloon Toons entry will exert a strong draw on budding graphic-novel fans as well as children fascinated by yucky stuff. Real visits to the doctor are rarely so hilarious. (Graphic picture book. 5-8)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781609050924
  • Publisher: Blue Apple Books
  • Publication date: 10/25/2011
  • Series: Balloon Toons Series
  • Pages: 40
  • Age range: 6 - 9 Years
  • Product dimensions: 8.60 (w) x 6.50 (h) x 0.40 (d)

Meet the Author

Elise Gravel is both a graphic designer and accomplished illustrator. She has written and illustrated several books for children in both French and English, including Super-Dude, Super-Gizmo, Super-Thingamagig, Le Catalogue des Gaspilleurs, and J'élève mon Monstre. Elise lives with her family in Montreal, Canada. The author lives in Montreal, Canada.

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