Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Boyds Mills Press (2012), Edition: First Edition, 64 pages
Description
Presents a collection of brain teasing comics.
User reviews
LibraryThing member KimJD
Grades 4 and up:
While this isn't the in-your-face humor of Garfield or other popular comic strips, a certain audience will appreciate O'Brien's delightful and thought-provoking cartoons. The cleverness is subtle enough that readers might have to study the panels on each two-page spread before
While this isn't the in-your-face humor of Garfield or other popular comic strips, a certain audience will appreciate O'Brien's delightful and thought-provoking cartoons. The cleverness is subtle enough that readers might have to study the panels on each two-page spread before
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understanding the sly message that O'Brien is sending through unexpected shifts in perspective or plays on words. This collection of cartoons from New Yorker artist O'Brien is divided into six sections, each focusing on a certain character: the dairy farmer, the chef, the woodsmen, the night, the doorman, and the clown. An enjoyable and highly-browsable collection. Show Less
Awards
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Five to Nine — 2013)
Original language
English
Physical description
64 p.; 7.1 inches
ISBN
159078894X / 9781590788943