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A review by hweezbooks
Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City by Rob Biddulph
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
This is a highly-imaginative tale by award-winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph, who has dreamt up a world where the main character literally illustrates her way through her adventure.
Peanut Jones is unhappy at the
St Hubert’s School for the Seriously Scientific and Terminally Mathematic:
“Frivolous creativity has no place at St Hubert’s. No place at all.”
She’s just served detention for drawing a fire-breathing vampire unicorn in her physics book, and just about had it.
Back home, her father has gone missing, and her mother seems to be cozying up to her smarmy boss.
From the stuff that her father left behind for her, Peanut discovers a pencil. A pencil, which produces “living, breathing drawings” — including a door she draws which becomes a portal to Chroma, the illustrated city.
Chroma is in peril because Mayor White is threatening to wipe out all its colour. Peanut and her friend Rockwell, and baby sister Little Bit go on quite the adventure, with Peanut drawing everything they need along the way. They ride on an alligator, hang glide down a cliff, and swim in a rainbow lake. Art and creativity are at stake, and the weapons they’ll need for this fight.
Such good fun! Book 1 ends on a cliffhanger, and book 2 continues to reference real artists from our world — this time, famous artwork is suddenly crumbling to dust 😮
Our 7-9ers will appreciate this densely-illustrated adventure, especially young artist-readers 😉 but 9-12s will enjoy this on a deeper level too ❤️
📚: @definitelybookskids
Peanut Jones is unhappy at the
St Hubert’s School for the Seriously Scientific and Terminally Mathematic:
“Frivolous creativity has no place at St Hubert’s. No place at all.”
She’s just served detention for drawing a fire-breathing vampire unicorn in her physics book, and just about had it.
Back home, her father has gone missing, and her mother seems to be cozying up to her smarmy boss.
From the stuff that her father left behind for her, Peanut discovers a pencil. A pencil, which produces “living, breathing drawings” — including a door she draws which becomes a portal to Chroma, the illustrated city.
Chroma is in peril because Mayor White is threatening to wipe out all its colour. Peanut and her friend Rockwell, and baby sister Little Bit go on quite the adventure, with Peanut drawing everything they need along the way. They ride on an alligator, hang glide down a cliff, and swim in a rainbow lake. Art and creativity are at stake, and the weapons they’ll need for this fight.
Such good fun! Book 1 ends on a cliffhanger, and book 2 continues to reference real artists from our world — this time, famous artwork is suddenly crumbling to dust 😮
Our 7-9ers will appreciate this densely-illustrated adventure, especially young artist-readers 😉 but 9-12s will enjoy this on a deeper level too ❤️
📚: @definitelybookskids