Filled with vitality and emotion, Reggie is a younger penguin who’s at all times getting as much as one thing. In Reggie: Penguin in Cost, the second e book in Jen de Oliveira’s starting reader graphic novel sequence, younger readers will discover themselves guffawing together with this new set of tales starring the cute, charming penguin.

9 completely different tales make up this graphic novel, together with a number of interludes drawn by Reggie himself. A number of the issues Reggie offers with within the e book are a pet expertise present that rapidly goes off the rails, the good new toy that perhaps isn’t as thrilling as anticipated, and the sensory nightmare that’s slimy slippery flippers. The tales are brief however nonetheless filled with exercise and feelings.

The tales are set round issues readers are probably aware of in their very own lives, like their attachment to their favourite stuffed animal. When the opposite children’ pets are wowing the judges, Reggie’s pet fish Rover simply…is a fish, making Reggie really feel unnoticed. When he loses his mother within the grocery retailer, Reggie rapidly realizes how a lot he wants her and isn’t afraid to cry his feelings out. Children will discover these considerably unusual adventures of Reggie relatable. They aren’t alone in feeling those self same sorts of feelings, he’s feeling them too.

Reggie’s passionate concerning the issues he loves and his pursuits, even once they don’t work out precisely as he thought they’d. They’re additionally studying experiences and current nice leaping off factors for dialog with children. Would they need a duty like Reggie has as Butterfly Monitor? How would they really feel in the event that they had been in that very same state of affairs? A number of the tales are drawn by Reggie. In the event that they had been telling a narrative from their life, wouldn’t it be a comic book?

The artwork is splendidly colourful and vivid, excellent for retaining the eye of its meant viewers. The panels are brief with motion and motion in practically each one. It’s enjoyable to see the motion and sound phrases included with the artwork. Some panels are chaotic in such a enjoyable vivid means, with tons occurring on the web page, and could be poured over to soak up each single element, which some readers definitely will.

Reggie: Penguin in Cost is a joyful, candy graphic novel for starting readers. It could work nice as a learn aloud with a smaller group or a learn alongside between a baby and their caregiver. These tales will make you snicker and heart on feelings sufficient to provide you one thing to speak about when the e book is finished. The e book is really useful for followers of heartwarming and foolish comics, sequence like Owly and Bunbun and Bonbon. Reggie is a welcome addition to the rising assortment of starting reader graphic novel sequence. Readers will probably be keen to fulfill him but once more in future collections of his adventures.

Reggie: Penguin in Cost 
By Jen de Oliveira
Little, Brown, 2024
ISBN: 9780759557574

NFNT Age Advice: Simple Readers (5-9)