Sava, Scott Animal Crackers, 107 pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL. First Second, 2017. $16. Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G;
Violence: G. 978-1626729353
Two young children, Owen and Zoe, get to go the circus with
their Uncle Doug. But right away Zoe proclaims that the animals they visit have
been stolen from a zoo and want to go home. Owen meets a mysterious woman who
gives him a box of animal crackers. When the circus ringmaster decides to go
for the trio, due to Zoe’s unusual ability to speak to animals, Owen finds out
just in time that the box of animal crackers is much more than just crackers.
The illustrations are great, but the cover is very dated
looking. Apparently there is a 2017 movie loosely based on this book, the
trailer looked awesome –so you may have some interesting readers just based
upon the student having seen the movie. The story was fast paced but didn’t
really resolve much as far as the introduced plot –that the performer animals
were all kidnapped –maybe that is in a future book. Not my favorite story and a
real disappointment from First Second, who I have come to think highly of. The
artwork in this book is much higher quality than in the first book of this
series. Also I fail to see how these books are related –no continuing
characters at all. So confused.
EL –OPTIONAL. Stephanie,
Elementary School Librarian & Author
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