I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the SQUIRREL DO BAD by Stephan Pastis Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
Book Description
Title: SQUIRREL DO BAD (Trubble Town #1)
Author: Stephan Pastis
Pub. Date: August 31, 2021
Publisher: Aladdin
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook
Pages: 288
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org
From the author of the “Pearls Before Swine” comic strip and New York Times bestselling Timmy Failure series comes a laugh-out-loud, heartwarming, full-color graphic novel series about a quirky town—just right for young readers starting to read longer books! Wendy the Wanderer has lived in Trubble Town her whole life but never had the chance to go exploring. For this reason, she thinks she was definitely misnamed. Her dad likes to know where she is to make sure she’s safe, so she’s never been anywhere on her own. Then, her dad leaves on a trip and the babysitter doesn’t reinforce all the usual rules. Or any of the usual rules! Suddenly, Wendy is free to do what she wants, and what she wants is to live up to her name…and find Trubble. Turns out, there’s lots going on in Trubble Town. As she encounters endearingly goofy animals and hilariously hapless townsfolk, Wendy’s very first adventure takes more twists and turns than she could have ever expected. She learns some really valuable life lessons and even teaches a few of her own.
Review
Thoughts and Themes: I tend to enjoy reading middle grade graphic novels since they tend to be funny and cute in their own way and this was no different. I think that grades 2-5 would really enjoy this type of book and the randomness of each of the stories. I think the ending of each of the chapters would intrigue them as well rather than my reaction of ummmm why did that just happen?
I love how all the important people in this town are all animals and how few of the characters involved are people. It just makes for an interesting story as you wonder if this is an imaginary town that the girl made up because she is trapped inside due to the protective father.
Characters: In this book you get introduced to Wendy who is one of the main characters of the story but there are portions in which you think that Squirrely is our main character. I really enjoyed the chapters that focused on the Squirrel and the way the people in Trubble Town thought of him as a nuisance.
While the whole thing seems very random, there are pieces in the chapters that connect the characters together. That was something that I really enjoyed about this book, I liked how there was something that connected the whole book together rather than it seeming like random snippets of a story.
Writing and Art Style: I really liked how this story goes from one box to another and it makes it easy to follow. I also like the way each of the characters are drawn and how easy it is to tell each of them apart from one another.
Something else that I liked about this book was the chapter names since I thought they were each unique and funny. I liked that they aren’t clear about what is going to happen in each chapter as it adds to the randomness of this book.
Author Information
STEPHAN PASTIS is an attorney turned cartoonist. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and the UCLA School of Law, he worked as a lawyer before trying his hand at cartooning. Pastis lives in the Bay Area, with his wife and two children.
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Giveaway Details
3 winners will receive a finished copy of SQUIRREL DO BAD, US ONLY.
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Tour Schedule
Week One:
| 8/2/2021 | Don’t Judge, Read | Review |
| 8/2/2021 | BookHounds YA | Excerpt |
| 8/3/2021 | @curlygrannylovestoread | Review |
| 8/3/2021 | Little Red Readz | Review |
| 8/4/2021 | Rajiv’s Reviews | Review |
| 8/4/2021 | Unconventional Quirky Bibliophile | Review |
| 8/5/2021 | Pickagoodbook | Review |
| 8/5/2021 | onemused | Review |
| 8/6/2021 | A Gingerly Review | Excerpt |
| 8/6/2021 | Jazzy Book Reviews | Review |
Week Two:
| 8/9/2021 | @fictitious.fox | Review |
| 8/9/2021 | Fyrekatz Blog | Review |
| 8/10/2021 | Adrianna.reads | Review |
| 8/10/2021 | Feed Your Fiction Addiction | Review |
| 8/11/2021 | booksaremagictoo | Review |
| 8/11/2021 | Books a Plenty Book Reviews | Review |
| 8/12/2021 | #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog | Excerpt |
| 8/12/2021 | The Momma Spot | Review |
| 8/13/2021 | Locks, Hooks and Books | Review |
| 8/13/2021 | Two Points of Interest | Review |
| 8/13/2021 | Two Chicks on Books | Excerpt |
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