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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
Lotsa sarcasm and tangential humor. Love the graphic style, very comic book.
3.5 really. This is a charming book with some great jokes in it - would definitely recommend to any 7 year olds reading.
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On the story: The story centers around 9 year old Amelia after her parent's divorce. Amelia and her mom relocate and end up living with her Aunt Tanner. Each chapter/segment begins with Amelia speaking to the reader of the graphic novel and giving some background information on either her life, or the story coming up. Amelia shares with her readers stories about her secret crush and the love triangle between her, Rhonda and Reggie. She shares stories about her new school, the club she belongs to where she is a superhero. She shares stories about bullies that her and her friends try to fight off. My favorite story is the Christmas story, where her club/gang of super heroes try to prove Santa is not real. Throughout she relates how she feels about the divorce and her separation from her dad, and we see how she reacts to her mom's outbursts when her mom is on the phone with her dad. The last story provides a little bit of comfort when Amelia gets to go on a camping trip with her father and they have a heart-to-heart. This is definitely a series I want to follow so I can see what happens with Amelia, her friends, and her family.
On the style:
*I really enjoyed how Gownley useds the shirt on Pajamaman to portray emotions, moods, etc. as well as all of the ways he depicted moods and well-being through the speech bubbles. For example, Reggie when feels sick and says he feels sick, the speech bubble is a sickly green. When someone has an icy tone, the speech bubble looks like it has ice dripping off of it. There are even heart-shaped speech balloons. I especially like the storm cloud over Amelia's head when Rhonda shows up at her house.
*Also, any book that mentions Taco Bell multiple times is a winner, in my opinion!
*Loved the note-passing scenes, as well as the small touches like the chocolate moustache at the end, the hearts for eyes, Pajamaman's ever-changing shirt, and the blurred out backgrounds to emphasize distance.
On the style:
*I really enjoyed how Gownley useds the shirt on Pajamaman to portray emotions, moods, etc. as well as all of the ways he depicted moods and well-being through the speech bubbles. For example, Reggie when feels sick and says he feels sick, the speech bubble is a sickly green. When someone has an icy tone, the speech bubble looks like it has ice dripping off of it. There are even heart-shaped speech balloons. I especially like the storm cloud over Amelia's head when Rhonda shows up at her house.
*Also, any book that mentions Taco Bell multiple times is a winner, in my opinion!
*Loved the note-passing scenes, as well as the small touches like the chocolate moustache at the end, the hearts for eyes, Pajamaman's ever-changing shirt, and the blurred out backgrounds to emphasize distance.
Amelia's parents are recently divorced, and Amelia and her mom have moved from New York City to "Middle of Nowhere, Pennsylvania." Amelia is having a hard time coping with her parents' split, but she meets a group of misfits that help take her mind off things, at least a little bit. The group gets into more than a few scrapes, including a brush with a couple of "zombies" and an attempt to expose Santa and his fraudulent charade. The book ends with everyone going on a camping trip with Amelia's dad, but it goes sourly because Amelia is resentful that she doesn't get alone time with him. Things are said, issues come out, and the trip concludes with Amelia feeling a lot better about everything. Best of all, she comes away with the empowering knowledge that she has control over how crappy or awesome her life is, regardless of the stuff that happens to her.
Loved it! Reminded me a lot of Calvin & Hobbes, both in terms of the style of the artwork and in terms of the cleverness of the humor. There's definitely a nod to Charles Schulz and the Peanuts, too (Pajamaman totally reminded me of Marcie, and Rhonda seemed like a combination between Peppermint Patty and Lucy). Some of the humor will go over kids' heads, but there's still plenty that they will find funny. Recommended!
Loved it! Reminded me a lot of Calvin & Hobbes, both in terms of the style of the artwork and in terms of the cleverness of the humor. There's definitely a nod to Charles Schulz and the Peanuts, too (Pajamaman totally reminded me of Marcie, and Rhonda seemed like a combination between Peppermint Patty and Lucy). Some of the humor will go over kids' heads, but there's still plenty that they will find funny. Recommended!
Meh. I found a later volume on our shelf at work when I was looking for a quick read since I left my current book at home. I put it back and thought I'd track down book one. It wasn't bad, but I didn't care about the characters enough to read more.
A cute graphic novel for kids. One of those books that has a ton of heart and ends up just being a lot of fun to read. Flawed in some respects, but that might be the adult in me talking.
I have been told (more than once) that if I wanted to try graphic novels, this was the one to read first. I'm not sure what I expected, but it definitely wasn't this. Not that I didn't enjoy it for what it was - basically, a comic strip put into book format, it just isn't what I thought it would be. Still, it was amusing and cute...and my kids would probably like it a whole lot more than I did!
A cute graphic novel that contains different stories throughout the seasons.
2020 is the year of rereading this whole series! I have no idea when I first read this (the date I put in is a total guess), but my brother and I were obsessed with these books. It all still holds up. Amelia is a fantastic character with a unique voice, there is genuine laugh-out-loud humor, and there's a perfect balance between goofy antics and actual heartfelt emotion. Aunt Tanner getting the lyrics to "Still Rock and Roll to Me" wrong stuck with me for a decade! Excited to hit the rest of these, because I recall some really funny and impactful moments.