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WOMBATS!: GO CAMPING

Maddie Frost

Meet Albert and Pickles. They're the best of friends, complete opposites, and now the starring duo in a new early-reader graphic novel series that is perfect for fans of the Jack books, Baloney and Friends and Narwhal and Jelly.
Albert and Pickles are going camping together for the first time but this pair of besties have very different ideas of what exploring the great outdoors will be like. Albert is ready to camp the old fashioned way, while Pickles is ready to glamp.

When Pickles finds out that camping does not include a jacuzzi under the stars, a luxury cabin, and five-course meals, he's going to have to find a way to cope for one whole night. Luckily Albert is there to assist in pitching a tent, cooking their food, and scaring away the bugs.

While navigating their way through the rest of this camping trip, Albert and Pickles happen upon a lost baby koala and their friend, Platters who's in search of the Woolly Moon Beast - a legendary, ferocious animal that roams the woods. Together, they'll have to find a way to reunite this baby koala with its mama while this scary creature looms large. And Pickles might find an appreciation for the wilderness along the way.

Maddie Frost is a children's author-illustrator from Massachusetts. Her books focus on funny characters and are packed with heart. Most of Maddie's ideas come from emotional and personal places that are spun into a hilarious story. She uses her anxious and worried brain to make art and relate to readers of all ages. When Maddie is not making books, she's hanging out with her two pups, Mozzy and Remy.
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Published 2023-04-04 by Viking

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Published 2023-04-04 by Viking

Comments

This adventure is gentle and light... this graphic novel is rife with humor... Both Albert and Pickles are winsome protagonists - mature, self-reliant Albert is clearly at home in nature, explaining how to read a compass and describing the wonders of nature, while Pickles shows a willingness to try new things despite trepidation. The protagonists respectfully acknowledge each other's preferences and value their friendship. The virtues of seeking and leaving one's comfort zone are both on display during this amusing outdoor trip.

ANZ: Hardie Grant

...gentle, good-natured comedy... clever wordplay, brightly colored visual gags, and an affable cast of animal characters... Frost provides plenty of laughs while successfully establishing a woodland world that readers will be happy to revisit in future volumes of this planned series.

[A] sprightly, chuckle-worthy graphic novel gambol... Wholesome interactions and lighthearted humor elicit continuous laughter... Rather than incite conflict, the best friends' contrasting personalities provide ample opportunities for narrative give-and-take, modeling thoughtful and sincere friendship.

A quick, amusing read that will be accessible to many struggling and reluctant readers, particularly fans of Clanton's Narwhal and Jelly.