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bhavani's review
3.0
The room temperature is 25.1°C, about as close as it gets to sweater weather where I live. So, it felt like the ideal weather to read this book. Another book to add to my collection because it's one that I'll be returning to many times in the future.
tmeysenburg's review
3.0
It's cute and thoughtful. An easy book to leave lying around the house with small kids.
saidtheraina's review
4.0
Sara Varon is primarily known for her cute, slightly goofy, illustrations of non-humans acting like humans: baked goods, animals, and robots abound. Here, Varon collects a selection of her early work, including her very first piece of sequential art, some paper doll designs, and several other short stories. She includes brief explanations of each piece, including when she created it and other insights into her creative process.
This collection has all ages appeal, as the artist depicts Varon’s adult life and lens at points, but she maintains her child-friendly sensibility throughout the collection. Fun for all ages, and great for young aspiring cartoonists, but this may not be a significant piece for those not already familiar with her work.
Essential for public libraries in communities where Varon already has a fandom, and recommended for elementary and middle school libraries with serious graphic novel collections, but inherently an additional purchase. \\pro review
I've always had a weakness for annotation. Love the way she handled this here.
This collection has all ages appeal, as the artist depicts Varon’s adult life and lens at points, but she maintains her child-friendly sensibility throughout the collection. Fun for all ages, and great for young aspiring cartoonists, but this may not be a significant piece for those not already familiar with her work.
Essential for public libraries in communities where Varon already has a fandom, and recommended for elementary and middle school libraries with serious graphic novel collections, but inherently an additional purchase. \\pro review
I've always had a weakness for annotation. Love the way she handled this here.
librarianmorgan's review
2.0
We were reorganizing the juvenile graphic novels today and I saw this cutie on the shelf. It’s a very simple book, but SO adorable, with the comics about the lion and the overheated dinosaurs being my favorite!
fionak's review
3.0
I like seeing how an illustrator develops. Some cute stories but nothing noteworthy.
v_nessa's review
4.0
This book is adorable, like her other book Robot Dreams. This book, however, is a book of different short stories and she gives context at the beginning. It’s quite fun but only the first story is technically a seasonal story involving sweater weather. I thought it’d be a fun seasonal book, and it was fun, just not seasonal. I’ll definitely be checking out her other books as well.
cheerssteph's review
5.0
I really enjoyed this illustrated short story book! I would read a whole sequel on the daily practice of other artists :)
heykellyjensen's review
I wanted to read the original many years ago, and then when I saw it was being rereleased I was even more excited. But I almost wish I had picked the original up, rather than this one.
It's sweet in the way Varon's comics are, and I really enjoyed the peek behind the curtain of what the comics mean and what they were inspired by. But the art and storytelling itself are clearly part of exercises and experimentation, so it's not easy to fall into. My favorite comic was the first one, which Varon calls something she never continued with thematically/experimentally, but I disagree: I feel like that sort of spirit comes through in her other full-length work. The look at the backstory to Robot Dreams was neat, too (that would be one of my favorite comics ever).
I'm not entirely sure new readers of Varon would find a lot to enjoy here since so much is backstory/not a full look at her art and storytelling. It's more of the kind of read people who are already fans will enjoy. Most of the comics are totally child friendly and the ones that aren't are only so because thematically, they're mature (not that they have mature content).
It's sweet in the way Varon's comics are, and I really enjoyed the peek behind the curtain of what the comics mean and what they were inspired by. But the art and storytelling itself are clearly part of exercises and experimentation, so it's not easy to fall into. My favorite comic was the first one, which Varon calls something she never continued with thematically/experimentally, but I disagree: I feel like that sort of spirit comes through in her other full-length work. The look at the backstory to Robot Dreams was neat, too (that would be one of my favorite comics ever).
I'm not entirely sure new readers of Varon would find a lot to enjoy here since so much is backstory/not a full look at her art and storytelling. It's more of the kind of read people who are already fans will enjoy. Most of the comics are totally child friendly and the ones that aren't are only so because thematically, they're mature (not that they have mature content).
adam3's review
3.0
It was fine, not especially compelling. The comments on the stories, explaining why she made them, or how she got the idea, were nice. Great for breaking down the "magic" of art.