Bigby Bear (Bigby Bear Series #1)

by Philippe Coudray

Overview

A series of vignettes on imagination, science, mathematics, and the life of our planet...shared from the perspective of a curious bear and his furry, forest-dwelling friends!

Bigby Bear lives peacefully in the lush mountains where he was born. Struggling to figure out nature and its elements, Bigby engages in silly experiments of all kinds. Accompanied by his loyal rabbit friend, he gives us the secret to living a happy, simple life: to follow your curiosity, and make friends along the way. A feel-good tale for all ages!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594658068
Publisher:	Humanoids, Inc.
Publication date:	02/05/2019
Series:	Bigby Bear Series , #1
Pages:	104
Sales rank:	675,922
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Philippe Coudray is a French painter and comics creator most recognized for his miraculous tales of Barnaby Bear (L'Ours Barnabé). When he's not writing for popular magazines, such as Psikopat, or Capsule Cosmique, Philippe often collaborates with his twin brother, Jean-Luc, on his various series in Japan, and the recently-revived Théocrite (originally published by Hélyode).

Interviews

“Clever…. The jokes in the comics play around with physics, the comics medium, wordplay, and more.”

Editorial Reviews

""A thoughtful and amusing choice for most elementary comics collections."" - SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL "“Accompanied by a rabbit friend, Bigby Bear conducts experiments and follows his innate curiosity on his quest to live a simple, fulfilling life. While Bigby Bear is fully appropriate for BIG’s younger target audience, [there is] the undercurrent of off-kilter comedy that should appeal to readers of all ages.”" - PASTE MAGAZINE "“Part of Humanoid’s new all-ages line, BiG, it’s a book that can be enjoyed by anyone, like the comics section of the newspaper if it was taken over by a sculptor bear and his wildlife pals. Funny, clever, and insightful..."" - COMICON.COM "“Clever.... The jokes in the comics play around with physics, the comics medium, wordplay, and more.”" - GEEK DAD "“Some of these jokes are visual, some are word play, some are mathematical in nature (dealing with space and angles), and some are slapstick; it’s enough to keep a child’s mind constantly enraptured. Bigby Bear is a perfect balancing act between whimsical and thoughtful.”" - FANBASE PRESS

From the Publisher

Part of Humanoid’s new all-ages line, BiG, it’s a book that can be enjoyed by anyone, like the comics section of the newspaper if it was taken over by a sculptor bear and his wildlife pals.

Funny, clever, and insightful..."

COMICON.COM

"...this bear’s take on the axis between predictable and surprising is always worth hearing—and especially seeing."

HORN BOOK MAGAZINE

Clever…. The jokes in the comics play around with physics, the comics medium, wordplay, and more.

GEEK DAD

Some of these jokes are visual, some are word play, some are mathematical in nature (dealing with space and angles), and some are slapstick; it’s enough to keep a child’s mind constantly enraptured. Bigby Bear is a perfect balancing act between whimsical and thoughtful.

FANBASE PRESS

Accompanied by a rabbit friend, Bigby Bear conducts experiments and follows his innate curiosity on his quest to live a simple, fulfilling life. While Bigby Bear is fully appropriate for BIG’s younger target audience, [there is] the undercurrent of off-kilter comedy that should appeal to readers of all ages.

PASTE MAGAZINE

02/01/2019

Gr 3–6—In Coudray's newest compendium of comics, Bigby Bear and his forest friends apply scientific, mathematical, and artistic principles as they ask and answer questions about the world around them. Readers may recognize the philosophical and pragmatic Bigby as a close cousin of Benjamin Bear, who appears in a series of early readers also by Coudray. In this longer work, Coudray packs a lot into several single-page comic strips. Many of the panels play with perspective. In one comic, Rabbit asks Bigby to sculpt a human. The result, a stick figure with a spherical head, dots for eyes and a nose, and a straight line for a mouth, is "the most accurate representation of a human face." Bigby and Rabbit use stilts to view the face from above and note that the straight line now appears curved upward in a smile and that it is a frown when seen from below. Bigby concludes that the sphere, like humans, is inclined to look "cheery towards his superiors…and disdainful of his inferiors." The characters, drawing style, and format are similar to those in the "Benjamin Bear" titles, but the vocabulary and philosophical concepts are likely to appeal to more experienced readers. VERDICT A thoughtful and amusing choice for most elementary comics collections.—Jennifer Costa, Cambridge Public Library, MA

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