![]() | Ivan Brunetti, a cartoonist whose early works’ titles included Misery Loves Comedy and Schizo, is now reaching a new audience. (It’s not his first redirection: he’s also done covers for The New Yorker.) Wordplay is a hardcover comic for grades K-1 guaranteed to show how fun playing with language can be. In its 30 pages, children (with perfectly round heads, a quirk of Brunetti’s style) learn from their teacher and parents about compound words. The grammar lesson takes full advantage […] |
![]() Ivan Brunetti, a cartoonist whose early works’ titles included Misery Loves Comedy and Schizo, is now reaching a new audience. (It’s not his first redirection: he’s also done covers for The New Yorker.) Wordplay is a hardcover comic for grades K-1 guaranteed to show how fun playing with language can be. In its 30 pages, children (with perfectly round heads, a quirk of Brunetti’s style) learn from their teacher and parents about compound words. The grammar lesson takes full advantage of the illustrated format by showing, for example, what a kid might imagine when hearing “housework”, with a house dusting. As the students think of more compound words, we’re shown multiple levels of language meaning. That also explains the terrific title. I did wonder about the inclusion of old-fashioned, gender-role-based words like “mailman” and “milkmaid” that kids are either unlikely to hear or society’s moving away from. The later “handyman” seemed a much better choice. Other than that, Wordplay was a cute way to learn about a certain type of language, with plenty of creative words and images to inspire imagination and learning. And unlike some of Toon’s other Level 1 books, this one is also a real comic, with word and thought balloons and great story flow. (The publisher provided a review copy.) Link : Wordplay: Ivan Brunetti’s Children’s Book | |
News Anime , Manga & Comic: Comic.MangaOnlineFree.Com - Special pages News Anime and Manga prestige, world news Manga & Anime at your fingertips |
Thứ Hai, 22 tháng 10, 2018
Wordplay: Ivan Brunetti’s Children’s Book
Next
Related
- TJ Editions is a relatively new publisher (started 2013) out of London and Be
- I mentioned Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics la
- “The Case of the Mysterious Zita Makara” continues in these issues of the pri
- With the first collection just out, this issue moves the story of our princes
- Regular blog readers know that I’m not a fan of horror. (I’m terribly squeami
- The first storyline (the series will continue past this) of Lumberjanes, writ
- Two of my favorite women making comics, Alex de Campi and Carla Speed McNeil
- New publisher Black Mask Studios is gradually building its slate of titles. S
Đăng ký:
Đăng Nhận xét (Atom)
EmoticonEmoticon