Stinky A toon book

Eleanor Davis, 1983-

Book - 2008

Stinky, a monster who lives in a swamp, gets upset when a boy named Nick starts hanging around his swamp, and so he tries to scare Nick away.

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Genres
Graphic novels
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Published
New York : Little Lit Library 2008.
Language
English
Main Author
Eleanor Davis, 1983- (-)
Physical Description
40 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 24 cm
ISBN
9780979923845
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Review by Booklist Review

Swamp monster Stinky has a good life in all the wonderful, stinky, squishy mud, with his pet toad, Wartbelly, and other swamp critters such as slimy slugs and possums. However, close by is a town full of kids that Stinky thinks are yucky because they like to take baths and eat such things as cakes and apples. When a boy invades the swamp and builds a tree house, Stinky tries to scare him away. Nothing works it turns out the boy actually likes toads and swamps but when they finally meet and talk, each one realizes he needs a friend. Davis' colorful art makes Stinky and his swamp delightfully yucky and attractive to young readers. Her simplified graphic-novel structure does have some sophistication in panel placement, but the panels' reading order is clear. Although the vocabulary may be too much for younger children to read on their own, the repetition will have them quickly learning mucky, yucky, and gross.--Kan, Kat Copyright 2008 Booklist

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Review by Kirkus Book Review

Deep in the swamp dwells Stinky, a purple, spotted monster with horns and a hedgehog 'do. Stinky lives up to his name, and the swamp is the perfect place for him: "I love the mushy, mucky mud. / I love the slimy slugs. / And I love the stinky smell! / (SNIFF) AHHHH..." But on the other side of the swamp is the town, which is full of children, who "like to take baths!" When a little boy builds a treehouse in Stinky's swamp, he tries everything he can think of to drive the disgustingly clean creature out--until he discovers that this particular child is definitely a kindred spirit. This entry in the TOON line of comic-book early readers features agreeably distinct, faintly retro graphics in a crystal-clear sequential layout dotted with carefully placed environmental print and sound effects ("BLORP, BLORP") to complement the speech balloons. The winning story carries itself on spunk and a controlled vocabulary that combines judiciously chosen sight words (onion, gross) with easily sounded-out words (slimy slugs!) that will have emerging readers in stitches. (Early reader. 4-8) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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