Frankie and the Creepy Cute Critters

by Caitlin Rose Boyle

Overview

"Frankie grabs readers, and her big heart and zest for life and nature are positively infectious." —KIRKUS

Frankie Fairy loves to learn about creepy crawly critters in her own backyard! Now that she's at a new school, she's excited to learn even more about them! Instead, she learns that the other fairy kids in class think she's the creepy one. Is Frankie really that scary? And if she is—is that really a bad thing? Maybe her creepy crawly friends can help her figure it out!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620107829
Publisher:	Oni Press
Publication date:	10/13/2020
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Caitlin Rose Boyle grew up admiring all sorts of creepy critters in rural southern Maryland. When she isn't drawing comics, she's working as a storyboard revisionist in the animation industry. She lives on the West Coast with her two cats, her husband, and an extensive collection of houseplants.

Editorial Reviews

"An affirming tale of friendship that is both quirky and adorable."

Kirkus

2020-09-29
Can a scary fairy find acceptance among her cute counterparts?

With cornflower-blue skin, a big poof of dark-blue hair, bat wings, and a nose shaped like an upside-down heart, Frankie Fairy lives with her biology-professor mother. They have just moved, and Frankie is the new kid at Mosstown Elementary. Frankie loves all things nature, which she fastidiously records in her field guide, occasional views of which impart facts and her findings for readers. With her big, warm personality, she greets her new classmates—but they aren’t receptive, finding her fangs and wings so different from their insectile ones. Dismayed, Frankie takes a walk in the woods with Tuna, her pet wooly bear, befriending a garter snake and a baby opossum that’s lost its mother. Frankie shares her experiences with her mom, who gives her good advice, buoying her enough to help her assert herself with her classmates. Boyle’s alluringly vibrant, full-colored graphic offering is an engaging and fresh take on a friendship tale. With her keenly attentive face, Frankie grabs readers, and her big heart and zest for life and nature are positively infectious. Although the humanoid characters are all fairies, they display a great deal of diversity in skin and hair coloring.

An affirming tale of friendship that is both quirky and adorable. (animal facts) (Graphic fantasy. 7-10)

Kirkus Reviews