![]() ![]() I can't tell you how weird it is to be talking about something that I consider a serious plague on children and society in general these days while also discussing a really fun and funny graphic novel for beginning readers. ![]() This in turn couches and softens the very real commentary on social media, obsession with celebrity and the inherent narcissism that this fascination engenders in Flop to the Top. ![]() Their palette is rich with warm oranges and yellows and cool blues and purples and the illustrations are chunkily solid, while at the same time dynamic and expressive. Weing and Davis bring cartoon humor to Flop to the Top, from the exclamation point hairdo of Wanda, the main character, and the stolid, constant expression of her mostly companion, Wilbur. The most unexpected and exciting thing for me about Flop to the Top, despite being called a "modern day fable" on the back of the book, is that is has a message that is both timely and not at all heavy handed. After creating art and a graphic novel for adults, Davis and fellow graphic novelist and husband Drew Weing have teamed up with each other and TOON Books to bring us Flop to the Top. Eleanor Davis has created two of my all-time favorite graphic novels, the multiple award winning Stinky, one of the first TOON Books published in 2008, and Secret Science Alliance, which came out in 2009. ![]()
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