Tiny Fox and Great Boar Book Three: Dawn

by Berenika Kolomycka, Crank! (Letterer), Karol Bulski (Translator)

Overview

Tiny Fox and Great Boar bravely face new challenges in volume three of this charming comic for early readers by award-winning Polish cartoonist Berenika Kolomycka.

Tiny Fox and Great Boar have spent much of their time together playing, exploring, and adventuring. From beautiful forests all the way to the enchanting seaside, they have had such joyous times! When they set their sights on the marshy wetlands, they meet a young mayfly and become quick friends. But when their time with the mayfly is unexpectedly cut short, Fox and Boar experience true sadness. This sadness feels too much for Fox to bear, but luckily he has Boar by his side to teach him how to be brave and remain hopeful for the adventures that lie ahead.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781637152058
Publisher:	Oni Press
Publication date:	04/04/2023
Series:	Tiny Fox and Great Boar , #3
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	8.46(w) x 11.41(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Berenika Kolomycka is a comics author, sketch artist, sculptor, and graphic artist. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and earned the Grand Prix for comics at the International Festival of Comics and Games in Lódz. Her works have been published in both Polish and foreign magazines, as well as in schoolbooks. She regularly conducts comic workshops for adults and children. The children's comic book series Tiny Fox and Great Boar is her first solo project. Outside of her work, she enjoys taking care of her cat Mami and her dog Kuka.

Editorial Reviews

"Watercolors capable of evoking not simply the splendor of a new dawn, but also this little book’s emotional pitch are wielded with surgical skill."

—Kirkus

"Brief and beautiful, much like the mayfly’s life—children will come for the comics and leave with much to chew on."

Kirkus Reviews

"Every page is a pleasure to turn and behold."

—The Stranger

"It’s not so much what happens, but how it happens in this unvarnished friendship tale."

—Publishers Weekly

2023-03-29
The inevitability of death is the name of the game in this tale of a mayfly on her Most Beautiful Day in Life.

While exploring the forests and meadows, friends Tiny Fox and Great Boar meet and befriend a nymph who is looking forward to growing her wings. The next day the little bug gets her wish and flies off immediately, leaving Fox and Boar behind. Fox is miffed, but all is forgotten when the mayfly returns and immediately dies. Distraught, Fox runs from the shadow of sadness now chasing him. It’s only when Boar finds him and the two are able to talk about their feelings and the mayfly they loved that the healing can begin. The watercolor art of this graphic novel takes on a distinctly atmospheric tone. The illustrations convey transitions between different moods and capture beams of light as adeptly as they do darkness and dusk. This Polish import—the third starring these woodland pals—gives adequate time and attention to the seriousness of its topic. For those children for whom the mayfly’s death is a shock, the book does an excellent job of showing methods for navigating grief.

Brief and beautiful, much like the mayfly’s life—children will come for the comics and leave with much to chew on. (Graphic early reader. 6-9)

Kirkus Reviews