Over the next couple months, we collected them all. It sounded intriguing so I ordered a few-and my son loved them.
One day Steven, my husband (who’s a comic book fan) suggested I check out TOON Books, founded by Françoise Mouly of The New Yorker. It’s almost as if, right at the moment we want our kids to take a genuine interest in reading, we give them flimsy books that have absolutely no aesthetic appeal! Plus most books for beginning readers are so constrained by limited vocabulary that the stories are just not that interesting.
As a parent who had spent years reading beautiful award-winning picture books, I quickly grew frustrated by the poor design quality of “early readers” and their rather awful production value. Well for starters, I am our target audience so that certainly helps me in thinking about TOON’s marketing! I came to TOON first as a mom, when my oldest child was five years old and he was just learning to read. Thank you for taking the time to interview with Women Write about Comics! Tell us a little bit about yourself and your work with TOON Books. TOON labels Maya TOON Level 2, interest level 4+, reading level Grades 1-2. I had a chance to speak with Kimberly Guise, Marketing Director of TOON Books, about the distribution agreement, the publisher, and, of course, the comics. TOON Books, founded by The New Yorker’s Françoise Mouly, publishes quality comics for younger readers that engage them through both art and narrative. A humorously educational spin on subject matter that is scientifically important, if slightly gross.- Rita Meade, Brooklyn Public Library, NY Copyright 2012 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.In May 2015, TOON Books and Diamond negotiated a new distribution agreement, with Diamond taking on international distribution outside of the US and Canada in comic markets. A concluding page with "Wikki's Fun Facts" explains, among other things, that "each day, a cow burps out about 400 times more gas than a human does." Zig and Wikki's familiar odd-couple friendship serves as the framework for this science book in disguise. The panels of this eye-catching graphic novel are interspersed with boxes that give information about the digestive system of a cow, as well as how things like dung beetles and soil factor into the planet's ecology. Somewhere along the way, a cow eats their spaceship, so the pair must travel inside the animal to retrieve it, and when the cow burps it out, they're off. The two pals travel to Earth and look for the perfect dung patty to make his new home. With the help of Wikki's information screen, he figures out that the fly misses Earth and would be happiest living on a farm.
While in space, Zig discovers that his pet fly is sick. Gr 2-3-Zig and Wikki are back in a new adventure. By Grade + Interest - K to 1st By Grade + Interest - 2nd to 3rd By Grade + Interest - 4th to 5th
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