Yorick and Bones

by Jeremy Tankard, Hermione Tankard Narrated by Gary Furlong, Maxwell Glick, Morag Sims, Alister Austin, Joel Froomkin

Overview

An original full-cast audio adaptation of the graphic novel from authors Jeremy and Hermione Tankard, performed by Gary Furlong, Maxwell Glick, Morag Sims, Alister Austin, Joel Froomkin, and featuring a full sound design!

Yorick is a skeleton who was just dug up after a few hundred years of sleep. He speaks like it too. “Forsooth, my joy, I barely can contain!”

Bones is the hungry dog who did the digging. Though he cannot speak, he can chomp.

What will become of these two unlikely companions? Will Yorick ever find the friend he seeks? Will Bones ever find a tasty treat that does not talk back?

The course of true friendship never did run smooth.

Editorial Reviews

The New York Times Book Review - Ryan North

…[a] fun, endearing graphic novel…Hermione's droll text is slyly matched with Jeremy's fast-paced, emotive art, often with an inside-comics flair adults will love…It's tragedy and comedy combined, and that—plus flashes of merriment—captures the spirit of Yorick and his adorable companion.

From the Publisher

The Tankards’ debut collaboration is a delightfully quirky and lively introduction to Shakespearean conventions and iambic pentameter. Fun, forsooth.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"[A] joyous, cross-generational read-aloud. A true comedy.”  — Booklist

“Hermione’s droll text is slyly matched with Jeremy’s fast-paced, emotive art, often with an inside-comics flair. It’s tragedy and comedy combined, and that — plus flashes of merriment — captures the spirit of Yorick and his adorable companion.” — The New York Times Book Review

Booklist

"[A] joyous, cross-generational read-aloud. A true comedy.” 

The New York Times Book Review

Hermione’s droll text is slyly matched with Jeremy’s fast-paced, emotive art, often with an inside-comics flair. It’s tragedy and comedy combined, and that — plus flashes of merriment — captures the spirit of Yorick and his adorable companion.

Booklist

"[A] joyous, cross-generational read-aloud. A true comedy.” 

Kirkus Reviews

★ 2020-03-15
A skeleton yearns to find a friend.

In this middle-grade graphic novel by a father-daughter duo, an interred skeleton awakens after an unnamed magical item lands near its resting place, leaching power into the ground. Speaking in appropriately Shakespearean language, Yorick proclaims: “Alack, there is but one thing I desire. / A friend.” Shortly thereafter, the skeleton is exhumed by an adorable gray dog who wants to nibble his tibia (to which Yorick protests, “Oh biteth not me so, thou foul beast!”). Yorick attempts to shoo the dog away but reconsiders, hoping its canine cuteness will help win him some friends. After a handful of bumbling, failed attempts send humans running away screaming, Yorick gives up. But Bones the dog wordlessly (though not always silently) shows the loquacious skeleton that a real friend is closer than he may have realized. Told in a three-act structure, the Tankards’ debut collaboration is a delightfully quirky and lively introduction to Shakespearean conventions and iambic pentameter. Pairing the Elizabethan-era vernacular with visuals works well, and once they become accustomed to the syntax, those unfamiliar with the Bard will be able to enjoy this tale of seeking acceptance and friendship. Jeremy Tankard’s full-color panels blaze vibrantly, defined with heavy black outlines that give this an easily recognizable panache. The few humans that Yorick and Bones encounter present with a range of skin tones.

Fun, forsooth. (Graphic fantasy. 8-11)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176444704
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	04/13/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

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