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the gorgeous colors ALMOST distracted me from the terrible ending --- or just the terrible behavior of the lady's husband and son. "Are you sad about being abandoned by us?" they ask. "No worries - here are some token bivalves to soothe your pain. BYEEEEE." And so they leave the lady alone to be sh...
the gorgeous colors ALMOST distracted me from the terrible ending --- or just the terrible behavior of the lady's husband and son. "Are you sad about being abandoned by us?" they ask. "No worries - here are some token bivalves to soothe your pain. BYEEEEE." And so they leave the lady alone to be sh...
Good graphic retelling for younger readers of a Hawaiian myth
A unique contribution, The Shark King is based on a native Hawaiian tale of the shark god, Kamohoalii's son Nanaue. It is a level 3 chapter book comic for advanced beginning readers, and a book to inspire creative teachers to pair with folk tales from other cultures.
Love love love the way that Johnson captures movement, depth, grandeur, and grime. A story about a high school kid who feels out of place, whose family is disconnected (is his mom dead), grappling with issues of class and privilege and soft emotions when he wants to be/hang out with the harder guys ...
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