Band Camp! 1: All Together Now! (Band Camp! #1)(A Little Bee Graphic Novel Series for Kids)

by Brian "Smitty" Smith

Overview

The band is getting together in this brand-new, laugh-out-loud graphic chapter book series starring four musical instruments in their first year at Band Camp!

Cordelia the accordion, Trey the triangle, Kaylee the ukulele, and Zook the kazoo meet when they're assigned to Bunk J—nicknamed "Junk Bunk" by the other instruments. Despite their differences, they'll have to become fast friends as they explore the wonders and challenges of the camp, including experiences with nature, food fights, and camp pranks. Can they learn to be in tune with each other by the time the big relay race comes around?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781499815160
Publisher:	little bee books
Publication date:	05/07/2024
Series:	Band Camp
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	GN530L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Brian "Smitty" Smith is a former Marvel Comics and DC Comics editor. He is the cocreator and writer behind the New York Times bestselling graphic novel The Stuff of Legend, the author/illustrator of the Pea, Bee, and Jay series, the cartoonist of Tree Mail, and the winner of the Kids Read Comics "Most Epic Adventure" award. Smitty lives in Greensboro, NC.

Editorial Reviews

Smith has crafted a strong series starter with this graphic novel. The vibrant art evokes old-time comics, rich in color and detail. Pacing, characterization, and conflict are deft and engaging. A five-chapter overture to a series that campers and noncampers will tune into with glee.

Kirkus Reviews

Smith's playful, simple character designs hit classic camp-story beats (food fight, ghost story, relay race) in a quick, entertaining story full of feeling. Lots of jokes and open panels make this early reader comic easy to like.

Booklist

2024-05-04
Four wildly different anthropomorphic instruments experience their first summer sleepaway camp.

Ah, camp! Where lucky kids can enjoy nature, play games…and be subjected to terrifying ghost stories as well as mean jokes and pranks. Trey the triangle is skittish but also quick with a riposte. Zook the kazoo is cluelessly confident. Overenthusiastic Kaylee the ukulele can’t stop talking but has real leadership potential. Nerdy Cordelia the accordion eagerly spouts laughable statistics and factoids. The four share Bunk J—cruelly labeled “Junk Bunk” by a too-cool-for-school trio who won last year's Big Bunk Battle. When our quartet catches on, Kaylee swings into coaching mode. They're all eager to take home the prize this summer. But their divergent interests—nature, model building, reading, video games—divide them until they discover a shared passion for performer MC Mica. Will Bunk J be able to pull together to beat the odds? Smith has crafted a strong series starter with this graphic novel. The vibrant art evokes old-time comics, rich in color and detail. Pacing, characterization, and conflict are deft and engaging.

A five-chapter overture to a series that campers and noncampers will tune in to with glee. (Graphic chapter book. 6-9)

Kirkus Reviews

This series opener is sure to be a hit in library collections specialized for younger elementary readers where music is a high interest.

School Library Journal