A Tiny Walrus and his Giant Adventure!
by evelyn
So, I have been going on and on to everyone about artist Lisa Hanawalt (read my glowing post about her adult book My Dirty Dumb Eyes!), but until this point, I thought her work would only ever be for adults. No more! Enter her great collaboration with author and filmmaker Arthur Bradford!
Benny’s Brigade is a beautiful, strange, and funny picture book produced by creative publisher McSweeney's. The book tells the tale of two sisters who find a miniature walrus named Benny hiding in a walnut shell. Benny acknowledges that he is very small, but points out that there is nothing wrong with being a small walrus. Benny goes on a variety of adventures with the two girls and his new friends, including a trio of adventurous slugs. The oversized pages in Benny’s Brigade showcase Hanawalt’s amazing drawings in lovely color and detail. Packed with imagination and adventure, this is a sweet tale of friendship that warrants multiple readings.
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Sounds neat! I love strange
Sounds neat! I love strange and weird, er, I mean, quirky books like this.
This book is so adorable and
This book is so adorable and hilarious and weird! Tiny walrus!
Sounds good. Thanks!
Sounds good. Thanks!
Can't wait to check it out.
Can't wait to check it out. Thanks.
Looks darling. Will check it
Looks darling. Will check it out
We LOVE this book! It was a
We LOVE this book! It was a gift from a (very literary) relative a few years ago, and we've read it many, many times. My now-four-year-old and I find something new in the illustrations every time we read it.
Sounds good. Thanks.
Sounds good. Thanks.