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Creepy Crawly Crime (2009)

by Aaron Reynolds(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0805087869 (ISBN13: 9780805087864)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Square Fish

series

Joey Fly, Private Eye

review 1: Genre: Junior Graphic NovelSummary: This is the first book in the Joey Fly, Private Eye series. Joey and his sidekick Sammy are hired by the beautiful butterfly Delilah to find her missing diamond pencil box. Joey attempts to solve the crime while having to keep Sammy out of mischief. He is eventually fired by Delilah but goes on to solve the crime anyway.Critique:(a) The book is accurate in the graphic novel sense. The characters of the book are all insects and the world in which they live in is realistic and their interactions are typical interactions. The occurrences are realistic to us and readers can relate to the comedic elements as well.(b) The story is funny and animated and will be entertaining, especially to young readers. I do think however that some of ... morethe phrasing in the book could be difficult for some younger readers to comprehend.(c) At one point the text says “Crime sticks to this city like a one-winged fly on a fifty-cent swatter." I think that this would be difficult for younger readers to understand and relate to in any fashion.Curriculum Connection:This book would be a wonderful tool to use when presenting a literary unit about graphic novels in particular.
review 2: Cute, uberstylized noir starring an insect cast. I imagine most kids won't get the gumshoe references, but there's some silly humor and the illustrations are accessible and fun with a fair amount of jokes in the detailed backgrounds. Interesting use of color - most of the panels are washed with a color, with virtually no contrasting colors, but there are occasionally multiple color schemes on the page. It took me a while to get through it on breaks from work - it wasn't enthralling. A lot of yawny jokes, and a pretty challenging vocabulary and word count. Fine, fun. less

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