Art Attacks! by Chad Sell - ADVISABLE

 Art Attacks! (Doodleville #2) by Chad Sell. GRAPHIC NOVEL. Random House, 2022. $21. 9781984894731 

Content: PG (mild violence, baby from painting “stolen”) 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL – OPTIONAL, MS - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

Drew may be part of the Art Club, but she still has issues to deal with that endanger everything. One of her self-aware doodles, Levi, has taken a baby from a painting in the Art Institute of Chicago. When Drew and others try to return the baby, the other paintings have also come alive and now everything is royally mixed up and messed up. And the director is so mad at Drew – that even if she doesn’t know what Drew actually did, Drew is not allowed into the Institute. 

There’s a whole lot more going on here in a big, chaotic mess that I think kids will understand and like way more than I do. One of the characters is non-binary. While an ethnic mix is portrayed in the illustrations, it is not a plot point. 

Cindy Mitchell, Library Teacher, MLS Nonbinary character