Crab and Snail: The Invisible Whale (Crab & Snail #1) Beth Ferry. Illustrated by Jared Chapman. 2022. [March] 64 pages. [Source: Library]
First sentence: Huff. Huff. Huff. Hello! We'd introduce ourselves but we have a Code Red.
Premise/plot: Crab and Snail are best beach friends. These two friends are the narrators in a new graphic novel early reader series by Beth Ferry.
My thoughts: I found this very meh. Unfortunately. It's not like I started this one wanting it to be dull as dirt. I am always on the look out for new early reader and early chapter book series to recommend. It's important to me to seek out books in these categories because they can be so important in growing young readers.
The setting is the beach/ocean. The action is non-existent. Mostly. Two friends chatter back and forth about nothing. Until somehow or other they decide to make friends with an invisible whale. Then they go to chattering about that instead. Nothing much happens in terms of plot. As far as characters, well, very minimal depth to development. The humor is bare minimum. I think an attempt was made to be funny.
© 2022 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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