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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
Read this out loud to the 4 yo who absolutely loved it and asked to be read parts of it over and over again. I love that I thought the main character was a boy when I picked this up, but actually, it's a tough little girl. There are some fairly big questions left unanswered at the end, and I really wanted them answered!
This book is fantastic! So fun and the art is perfect and I love the characters. So impressed with Aguirre and Rosado! This book is so awesome.
Very cute story about Claudette's journey to become a giant killer
Graphics were fun and the overall plot to the story was a good one: brave/adventurous girl teaches friends, albeit in a less than honest manner, that they can be what they want to be in life if they make the effort and does so on a quest to kill the baby-feet-eating giant that has their village living in fear.
The fact that they learn they can be whatever they want to be is incidental and not intentional on Claudette's part, but still, Claudette, as the main character, is a strong-willed one and it matters not in the least bit that the hero turns out to be a girl (if you're like me, you'll assume from her appearance that she's a little boy until she's revealed as a little girl a page in); I don't see boys caring about this and see it as more appealing overall to young boys.
It also encourages kids to be clever, to not judge a book by its cover (the giant), be true to who you are and that it's okay to be scared but not to let that fear rule you. The only thing I found lacking at times was the writing but it was enjoyable overall.
The fact that they learn they can be whatever they want to be is incidental and not intentional on Claudette's part, but still, Claudette, as the main character, is a strong-willed one and it matters not in the least bit that the hero turns out to be a girl (if you're like me, you'll assume from her appearance that she's a little boy until she's revealed as a little girl a page in); I don't see boys caring about this and see it as more appealing overall to young boys.
It also encourages kids to be clever, to not judge a book by its cover (the giant), be true to who you are and that it's okay to be scared but not to let that fear rule you. The only thing I found lacking at times was the writing but it was enjoyable overall.
I don't typically like graphic novels, but read this one since its a Bluebonnet nominee. I really enjoyed it. The artwork is fantastic, the frames are varied, and the characters are likable.
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Somewhat conflicted on this...it's crazy cute and made me giggle, and I love the French fairy tale aspect, and I love that a girl is the brave giant-hunter and her friends were equally heroic. But why-oh-why must the one black character in the entire comic fall into the same "super-duper magical Negro" archetype? I even kinda liked the little historical context-ish nod at the end that he appears to be a Moor (not that kids will likely get that), but even this detail just seemed to be thrown in there. Hmmm...I'm going to continue to think about this....
Reminded me a lot of reading Asterix when I was a kid; very exciting, great characters, humor. Ahhh. Read it with my 5-year-old too, and that was fun. Enjoyed the twists & turns--wasn't predictable.