From a boy playing dress-up to Elizabethan England, and back again, this story will show you circumstances and friendships both fanciful and circumstantial. The dozens of pictures are each an opportunity for an exploration or discussion.
I have seldom had reason to review a book found in the bargain bin of a used book store, and I have never reviewed a book without words... until now. The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard is a graphic novel, a complete story, but not a comic book. While framed in a package designed and geared toward children 4 - 8 years old, it is a story that is unafraid to show life both whimsical and brutal through dozens of pictures that can lead to many discussions with the child who shares this book.
The drawings inside are both fun and full of detail that has been well researched and captured in historical detail. Apparently Gregory Rogers had a great first outings with this effort, garnering Book of the Year from the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal. I hope you can enjoy this story with a child you love.
I have seldom had reason to review a book found in the bargain bin of a used book store, and I have never reviewed a book without words... until now. The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard is a graphic novel, a complete story, but not a comic book. While framed in a package designed and geared toward children 4 - 8 years old, it is a story that is unafraid to show life both whimsical and brutal through dozens of pictures that can lead to many discussions with the child who shares this book.
The drawings inside are both fun and full of detail that has been well researched and captured in historical detail. Apparently Gregory Rogers had a great first outings with this effort, garnering Book of the Year from the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal. I hope you can enjoy this story with a child you love.
