Ogres Awake!

by James Sturm, Alexis Frederick-Frost, Andrew Arnold

Overview

The knight and her horse, Edward, have made a startling discovery: there are three huge ogres asleep at her doorstep! When they wake up, the kingdom is in big trouble! The knight, Edward, and some garden gnomes fight back, not with swords and shields, but with potato peelers and spoons. It turns out that ogres are pretty friendly when they have full stomachs!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626728554
Publisher:	First Second
Publication date:	07/12/2016
Series:	Adventures in Cartooning
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	45 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

James Sturm is a cartoonist and educator whose books include The Golem's Mighty Swing, Market Day, and Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow. He is the co-founder of The Seattle alternative newspaper The Stranger and The Center for Cartoon Studies, an MFA degree granting college in White River Junction where he currently serves as the school's director.

Alexis Frederick-Frost is a co-author and illustrator of the Adventures in Cartooning series of graphic novels. Alexis's illustrations have appeared in a variety of publications by Nickelodeon Magazine, First Second Books, and others. Alexis currently lives with his wife in Maryland.

Andrew Arnold is one of the co-authors of the Adventures in Cartooning series, as well as the illustrator for Little Green at Men at the Mercury Inn, written by Greg Leitich Smith. His work has also appeared in several publications from Cambridge University Press and Nickelodeon Magazine. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Editorial Reviews

"This fun graphic novel for prereaders and beginning readers is filled with colorful, deceptively simple art and easy-to-read panels." —Booklist

From the Publisher

07/01/2016
Gr 1–3—The knight and her trusty horse Edward from the popular series are back in this short graphic novel. When sleepy ogres are spotted outside the kingdom, the overly enthusiastic knight is ready to take them on, while the king and the others have their own ways of dealing with the problem. Unlike the previous books in the series, this title focuses on the characters and the jokes, rather than trying to teach about comics. This is somewhat beneficial, as those instructional bits were often too brief to be informative and slowed down the storytelling process. There is a quick tutorial on how to draw some of the characters on the inside book covers, so it's good to see that the instructional aspect has not been completely dropped. VERDICT This is a quick and funny read, and the simple word choice makes it ideal for reluctant readers. A fine addition to graphic novel and picture book collections.—Peter Blenski, Greenfield Public Library, WI

School Library Journal

2016-04-13
The Knight and Edward find their kingdom besieged by sleeping ogres—what should they do?On a day seemingly like any other, the Knight and steed Edward (who's shaped like a kidney bean) discover that giant, sleeping ogres are right outside their castle (and using sheep as pillows!). The Knight immediately alerts the king, who sends the headstrong protagonist on a noble quest: to help the garden gnomes pick and transport vegetables, then to peel a veritable mountain of potatoes and carrots. The Knight, ready for battle, quickly learns that the king has another, gentler tactic to deal with the cranky giants. This third installment in the Adventures in Cartooning Jr. series keeps a lively pace with its predecessors, missing nary a step and employing the same clean lines, oversized panels, and deceptively simple plotting. The Knight is always ready to act first and think later, but as ever, is slowed down by an outside force and made to re-examine the situation at hand. Endpapers provide instructions to draw the Knight and Edward as well as the newly introduced characters of the gnomes and the ogres, including such tongue-in-cheek flourishes as an Elvis ogre or "struttin' " gnome. The Knight's helmet never comes off, allowing readers to imagine the character however they choose; all the other humanoid characters are depicted with a diverse variety of skin tones.Guaranteed to make readers feel like they've woken up on the right side of the bed. (Graphic early reader. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews