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Bog Myrtle
Best Books of 2024 lists: NYPL, New York Magazine, Quill & Quire • JLG Gold Standard Selection • Moonbeam Children’s Book Award Winner • Kids Indie Next Pick • Eisner Award nomination
From the Eisner-nominated creator of The Wolf Suit comes another weirdly hilarious, masterfully thought-provoking, and lushly painted early reader graphic novel.
Two sisters, one stubbornly cheerful (Beatrice) and one relentlessly grumpy (Magnolia), live in a drafty old house with a family of helpful spiders. When Beatrice is gifted magic yarn from a giant forest spider obsessed with sustainability named Bog Myrtle, she and the spiders set to work knitting up a perfectly warm sweater.
But greedy Magnolia sees only the opportunity for profit, and quickly converts the old house into a magic sweater factory. The exhausted spiders are driven to strike, and Bog Myrtle is not pleased . . .
Bog Myrtle is a witty modern folktale that touches on themes of capitalism, environmentalism, labor rights, and being a nice person.
“I adore this book as much as I adore empowered spiders, poker-faced narrators, and cooperative bookstores. It’s wry, whip-smart, and freaking gorgeous. Sid Sharp is a maestro of comic timing and subversion.” —Kyo Maclear, author of It Began With a Page
A perfect choice for fans of macabre takes on fairy tales
—, Booklist 110124
The oddity of the story carries over well to the quirky exaggerated illustrations with Beatrice a lively vaguely trianglelike figure bouncing through the pages with the beanpole sourfaced Magnolia as a perfect foil A timely bit of humor is added as the spiders go on strike and march through the pages with signs demanding fair pay and justice
—, Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books 0924
An unconventional graphic novel for the budding young activist with a sense of humor
—, The Horn Book 0125
One of the loveliest twisted tales of the year
—, Betsy Bird School Library Journal 111424
A lighthearted and surreal take on evergreen themes surrounding the benefits of kindness thats more Brothers Grimm than classic Disney
—, Publishers Weekly 072724
The sisters epitomize the classic fairytale binary of good and evil and its wonderfully satisfying when they both get what they deserve at the end all infused with a slightly twisted sense of humor Kindness is key in this droll and charming tale
—, Kirkus Reviews 0824
The artwork is an interesting mix of eerie suspenseful and quirky fun reading with an amusing twist at the end
—, School Library Journal 1024
Like Sharps exquisite debut THE WOLF SUIT heres a contemporary fairy tale that is delightfully strange and weirdly hilarious
—, The Globe and Mail 121424
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Dimensions:
144 Pages
9.0in * 7.5in
Published:
October 08, 2024
Publisher:
ISBN:
9781773218922
Book Subjects:
JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends & Mythology
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Language:
eng
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