![]() "It’s a graphic novel by Claude Ponti, a French children’s illustrator, whose work (thanks to Toon Books and Google translate) is full of dream imagery, trying to capture the inner-child. There is another part where one of the chicks makes a scary face which is reminiscent of older comics, but overall these elements should not detract from the overall cuteness and humor of the story." They plan to play with the letter 'B' tomorrow. They tickle him and throw him, and they are rewarded with sounds of happiness from the letter 'A' in the form of Ahhhhhhh’s. They are very creative, and while the masks are colorful, some younger kids might be frightened of them however, this is only a small part of the story, so I would encourage kids to keep reading. "Chick and Chickie are friends and they like to do things together. Ponti’s aesthetic is quite on display, as each page constitutes a single panel and, while its shape and the iconography and symbols within are drawn from comics, even young readers who have never set eyes on sequential art before will be quite comfortable here." "Ponti is a prolific picture-book author in his native France, and TOON Books has modified two of his French works as a single addition to their winning stable. The art is all Ponti, but the book itself is re-imagined for a young American audience." ![]() The editors at TOON Books took illustrations from Ponti’s Tromboline and Foulbazar series (about two little chicks) and created a new book in the classic TOON Books style with a vetted vocabulary. Ponti has a background in fine art, and his books contain stunning visuals, often with surrealistic dreamlike elements. ![]() Chick & Chickie its first volume featuring the art of Claude Ponti, one of the most respected French authors of children’s literature. "No American publisher has attempted what TOON Books is doing, providing interesting graphic novels with educator-approved text for readers as young as four years old.
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