 | All together now! (Band Camp!) Author: Smith, Brian | |
| Price: $7.37 | ||
Summary:
Join four musical instruments in their first year at Band Camp! Pranks and food fights aren't all that is in store for this group of unlikely friends. In graphic novel format.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (06/01/24)
School Library Journal (05/24/24)
Booklist (06/01/24)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 05/24/2024 Gr 1–3—Strike up a symphony of laughter with a new graphic novel series featuring a full orchestra of characters sure to delight young readers. Trey (a metal triangle), Zook (a kazoo), Kaylee (a guitar), and Cordelia (an accordion) are all bunkmates for a summer of band camp at Camp LaLa Lake. The quartet of instruments become fast friends as they start learning how to work as a team and prove to everyone else that those in the Junk Bunk are winners, too. The artwork and panels are bright, cheerful, and easy to follow for younger readers. Musicians will appreciate the attention to detail on the accurate renderings of a wide variety of musical instruments—with the exception of the addition of human facial characteristics and limbs, of course. The characters all have clearly identifiable personalities that come across clearly through dialogue and actions, with no shortage of music puns and jokes. VERDICT This series opener is sure to be a hit in library collections specialized for younger elementary readers where music is a high interest.—Lindsey Morrison - Copyright 2024 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
Booklist - 06/01/2024 Camp Lala Lake is a place where campers (all of whom are anthropomorphized musical instruments) go to make friends and participate in the annual Big Bunk Challenge. This year, a new group of campers have joined the ranks and are staying in bunk J, known to other campers as the “Junk Bunk” due to the fact that each year campers in this bunk tend to finish last in the Big Bunk Challenge. This year, however, newbies Trey (a triangle), Zook (a kazoo), Cordy (an accordion), and Kaylee (a ukulele) are looking to change things. After being picked on by a group of campers from another bunk, these new campers quickly bond and form friendships that may give them the edge they need in the competition. Smith's playful, simple character designs hit classic camp-story beats (food fight, ghost story, relay race) in a quick, entertaining comic full of feeling. Lots of jokes and open panels make this early reader comic easy to like. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
