Influencers (Cat Kid Comic Club #5)

by Dav Pilkey, Dav Pilkey (Illustrator)

Overview

"After learning that one of their comics will be published, the baby frogs are filled with anxiety and doubt. How will they get their creative groove back? Will Naomi or Melvin emerge as a leader? Will Flippy convince them to finally straighten up and fly right? The story is hysterical, thought-provoking, and full of action-packed mini-comics: 'Frogzilla vs. Mechafrogzilla,' 'I Am Dr. Fredric Wertham,' 'Two Birds,' and 'RoboChubbs.' Pilkey shows the reader that the best way to influence people is to be open, gentle, and kind"

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338896398
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	11/28/2023
Series:	Cat Kid Comic Club Series
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	17,490
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	7 - 18 Years

About the Author

When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Dav was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hallway every day. Luckily, Dav loved to draw and make up stories. He spent his time in the hallway creating his own original comic books — the very first adventures of Dog Man and Captain Underpants. In the second grade, Dav's teacher ripped up his comics and told him he couldn't spend the rest of his life making silly books. Fortunately, Dav was not a very good listener.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Cat Kid Comic Club:

★ "Downright moving... it's a heartfelt celebration." — Publishers Weekly, starred review

★ "Colorful, compelling, and laugh-out-loud funny." — School Library Journal, starred review

★ "Deceptively chaotic, devilishly clever... another winner." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★ "Wise, funny, and whiplash inducing: Pilkey delivers again." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

From the Publisher

★ 2023-12-22
The members of the Cat Kid Comic Club learn how to win friends and influence people.

The story opens with the shocking news that “the Cat Kid Comic Club…is no more.” It will surprise none of the club’s loyal readers to learn that “weeks of bitter fights” among the club’s membership of 22 baby frog siblings have led their exasperated father, Flippy the fish, to dissolve the club as punishment. That hasn’t stopped the fighting, though, so Flippy reaches for Dale Carnegie’s self-help classic and gifts it to drama queen Naomi, telling her, “You’re a very smart kid…but your people skills could use some work!” As in previous volumes, Pilkey proffers a deceptively chaotic, devilishly clever exploration of his theme, here the power of influence, and presents the tricky concepts with profound respect for his audience. While Naomi experiments with compliments and gifts to achieve her ends, the froglets share some of their comics, including “I Am Dr. Frederic Wertham,” an entry in their series Irritating People Ruin the World, which is a parody of the Brad Meltzer–Christopher Eliopoulos series Ordinary People Change the World. This comic introduces readers to Wertham, the comic book–hating author of Seduction of the Innocent. A “Chubbs McSpiderbutt” comic presents the notion that “our viewpoints…influence our experience,” and the first drawing lesson after Flippy’s inevitable restoration of the club unpacks the psychology of cuteness in making us “Feel the Feels!!!”

Controlled hilarity makes the concepts go down easy—another winner. (notes, fun facts) (Graphic fiction. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews