Perspectives (Cat Kid Comic Club Series #2)

by Dav Pilkey, Dav Pilkey (Illustrator)

Overview

Cat Kid Comic Club is back in session in this groundbreaking graphic novel narrative by Dav Pilkey, the worldwide bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of Dog Man.

Flippy, Molly, Li'l Petey, and twenty-one baby frogs each have something to say. Naomi and Melvin don't see eye to eye and Poppy perceives the world differently than her siblings. Will the baby frogs figure out how to work together and appreciate one another's point of view — both inside and outside the classroom?

The shenanigans are nonstop and the baby frogs' minicomics are funny and full of heart. Creating stories within a story, author and illustrator Dav Pilkey uses a variety of techniques — including acrylic paints, colored pencils, Japanese calligraphy, photography, collage, gouache, watercolors, and much more — to portray each frog's perspective. The kaleidoscope of art styles, paired with Pilkey's trademark storytelling and humor, fosters creativity, collaboration, independence, and empathy. Readers of all ages will relish this joyful graphic novel adventure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338784855
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	11/30/2021
Series:	Cat Kid Comic Club Series
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	44,621
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Dav was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hallway every day. Luckily, Dav loved to draw and make up stories. He spent his time in the hallway creating his own original comic books — the very first adventures of Dog Man and Captain Underpants. In the second grade, Dav's teacher ripped up his comics and told him he couldn't spend the rest of his life making silly books. Fortunately, Dav was not a very good listener.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Cat Kid Comic Club:

★ "Downright moving... it's a heartfelt celebration." — Publishers Weekly, starred review

★ "Colorful, compelling, and laugh-out-loud funny." — School Library Journal, starred review

★ "Deceptively chaotic, devilishly clever... another winner." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★ "Wise, funny, and whiplash inducing: Pilkey delivers again." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

From the Publisher

★ 2021-12-15
Li’l Petey and the young frogs of the Cat Kid Comic Club return for a second session that intersperses classroom and family drama with the froglets’ own comics.

This week’s lesson is perspective, both the graphical kind and the broad concept. The latter is perhaps best articulated by the froglets’ dad, Flippy, as he adjudicates Melvin and Naomi’s sibling bickering: “PERSPECTIVE isn’t just about DRAWING!!!…It’s about seeing the world from someone ELSE’S point of view!!!” Indeed, lessons in perspective abound: Curly and Gilbert’s Time Wasters comic reveals the Great Chicago Fire to have been a crashing bore…to time-traveling frog-kids who spent it playing video games; Poppy’s Skelopup gently shows how a dead dog and a dead girl, both grieving the losses of their former companions, find comfort over time through sharing their feelings with one another; and Summer and Starla’s Shodo Gardens readjusts assumptions with a series of haiku paired with photographs. Melvin and Naomi’s journey to détente, which forms the volume’s narrative throughline, includes an examination of unearned male privilege. Sharing coloring duties with Garibaldi, Pilkey deftly applies his trademark sly mix of revelation and in-your-face zaniness in busy, froglet-filled panels that take advantage of the anthology format to showcase comics’ versatility.

Mind-bending, in the best possible way. (notes and fun facts) (Graphic fiction. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews