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Super Amoeba (Squish #1)
by
Jennifer L. Holm (Goodreads Author),
Matthew Holm
Introducing SQUISH—a new graphic novel series about a comic book-loving, twinkie-eating grade school AMOEBA trying to find his place in the world (or at least trying to make it through a school day). Inspired by his favorite comic book hero, SUPER AMOEBA!, Squish has to navigate school (bullies! detention! Principal Planaria!), family (dad: Hates to wear a tie. Secretly li...more
Paperback, 96 pages
Published
May 10th 2011
by Random House Books for Young Readers
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"Squish: Super Amoeba" is uniquely written and illustrated by, Jennifer L. Holm (Author, Illustrator), and Matt Holm (Author, Illustrator). Squish is a brand new graphic series about this squish named Amoeba. Amoeba is just trying to find his place in this big world or just at least make it through one school day one at a time. In this book of the series, amoeba becomes super amoeba! He tries to eliminate all the bad things that happen in his school. For example, like the bullies, detention and...more
Squish is an amoeba who does well at school, when he manages to get his head out of his Super Amoeba comic book. Pod, his best friend, is another amoeba who wants to solve global warming, once he gets rid od the tuna sandwich that nobody wants. Peggy is a sweet and clueless paramecium, who wants nothing more than to show her friends her cute pet slime mold. Lynwood is the school bully, who just wants to eat Peggy. Thinking about what Super Amoeba would do, and conversations with his dad, are how...more
This will certainly appeal to any fans of the Babymouse books, and any kids who would have love to have read Babymouse, if only her books weren't pink! Love the idea of our green sporting hero, but given the target age and the (typial) reading ability of the kids who are going to be drawn to this one, I do think that too much of the vocabulary is pretty difficult. "Amoeba" is in the title, but that one I don't think is too hard; "Microscopic" is mentioned early on, but again that one isn't too h...more
This was a cute graphic novel that will appeal to young male readers by the creators of the Babymouse series. Squish is an amoeba but unlike most amoebas Squish likes Twinkies and comic books about his favorite super hero Super Amoeba. Squish has friends at school too. His best friend is Pod who is a scientific genius who is working on the problem of global warming. He is also very concerned with washing his pseudopods and tricking Squish out of his lunch money. His other friend is Peggy who is...more
Squish: Super Amoeba (Squish #1) by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm is the first in a new graphic novel series about a comic book-loving, twinkie-eating grade school Amoeba trying to find his place in the world. Squish works to deal with school, a bully, his family, and two quirky friends.
The main characters are Squish, an amoeba who daydreams about being a superhero and having courage; Pod, an amoeba who claims to be on the verge of stopping global warming; Lynwood, a hungry, vile amoeba tha...more
The main characters are Squish, an amoeba who daydreams about being a superhero and having courage; Pod, an amoeba who claims to be on the verge of stopping global warming; Lynwood, a hungry, vile amoeba tha...more
Squish, an amoeba who'd rather read comics about the Adventures of Super Amoeba than pay attention in class, ends up in a huge predicament all because his friend Pod makes him late for school. As a consequence for the third late day in a week, Principal Planaria sentences Squish and his two best friends to detention. That afternoon, Squish is forced into a deal with the hungry, vile Lynwood to prevent the larger amoeba from consuming perky Peggy the paramecium. Lynwood has to be able to copy off...more
I picked this new graphic novel up at the bookstore because I knew immediately--in capital letters KNEW--that the kids at my school would love to get their grubby little hands on it. They adore Babymouse (yes, even the boys) and they will LOVE this new series.
Squish is an amoeba. His best friend Pod is an amoeba. Their friend Peggy is a planaria. So this is what we're working with here. Microbiological humor. Squish is your basic Charlie Brown of amoebae--a lovable guy who often finds himself in...more
Squish is an amoeba. His best friend Pod is an amoeba. Their friend Peggy is a planaria. So this is what we're working with here. Microbiological humor. Squish is your basic Charlie Brown of amoebae--a lovable guy who often finds himself in...more
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Super Amoeba is the first book in the new Squish graphic novel series by the Holm sister and brother team. If you recognize their name from Babymouse be warned there is not a drop of pink ink in this book. It has definite boy appeal. Don't walk away girls! You may like this series too. Squish is a school aged amoeba who has to deal with a bully who is way bigger. He loves reading super hero comic books, tacos and twinkies. His best friend, Pod, is working on solving global warming, sort of. Some...more
Squish is the first graphic novel I've ever read and must say that I really enjoyed it. You zoom in to a pond, then zoom in even more to find a twinkie-loving amoeba named Squish. He's like any other kid in this world, except that he's an amoeba living in a pond. He reads comic books, goes to school, and faces bullies with his friends. This volume is all about how Squish deals with a bully at school named Lynwood. Can he summon the courage of his favorite comic book character Super Amoeba and st...more
May 06, 2013
Dolly
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
children who enjoy reading graphic novels
Shelves:
2013,
childrens,
education-school,
graphic-novels,
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middle-grade,
science,
scifi-fantasy
This is the first book in the Squish series by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm. Our youngest ripped through the Babymouse series in no time and while we're waiting for the next book in that series, she decided she wanted to try out this one.
I may just be a boring old middle-aged lady, but I think that the story in this book isn't nearly as compelling or charming as the Babymouse stories. In fact, the characters are pretty irritating and flat. But our youngest really liked them, and she's eager...more
I may just be a boring old middle-aged lady, but I think that the story in this book isn't nearly as compelling or charming as the Babymouse stories. In fact, the characters are pretty irritating and flat. But our youngest really liked them, and she's eager...more
Cartoons left a void in my life when Bill Waterson retired Calvin and Hobbes. Nothing quite worked for me after that.
Then I found Amelia Rules, really, Amelia Rules found me, because the author, Jimmy Gownley, visited our school a few years ago. In the weeks leading up to his visit, I read every single Amelia book he'd written. It turned out that Calvin was gone, but I'm pretty sure that Amelia is his daughter.
Recently, I found Babymouse by Jennifer L. Holm and Matt Holm. I'm fairly certain tha...more
Then I found Amelia Rules, really, Amelia Rules found me, because the author, Jimmy Gownley, visited our school a few years ago. In the weeks leading up to his visit, I read every single Amelia book he'd written. It turned out that Calvin was gone, but I'm pretty sure that Amelia is his daughter.
Recently, I found Babymouse by Jennifer L. Holm and Matt Holm. I'm fairly certain tha...more
Super cute story about Squish the Amoeba who is faced with a moral dilemma. I bought this as a Christmas gift for the 2nd grade boy I nanny and he loved it. He was so excited about it, read it over and over while giggling the entire time, and even read part of it aloud to me. The kid was like, "You gotta hear this!" Then he'd read parts aloud and giggle. It was ridiculously cute. All this from a kid who usually hates to read. If that's not a winning endorsement of the book, I don't know what is....more
Holm, J.L. & Holm, M. (2011). Squish: Super Amoeba. New York: Random House.
94 pages.
Appetizer: Squish is a young amoeba who loves comic books and twinkies. His best friend, Pod, is planning to fix global warming, but only after Squish agrees to trade lunches with him. Their friend Peggy is a paramecium who is happy all of the time.
When Lynwood, a particularly big and mean amoeba, targets consuming Peggy amoeba style (as opposed to eating with a mouth, human style) Squish tries to stand up to...more
94 pages.
Appetizer: Squish is a young amoeba who loves comic books and twinkies. His best friend, Pod, is planning to fix global warming, but only after Squish agrees to trade lunches with him. Their friend Peggy is a paramecium who is happy all of the time.
When Lynwood, a particularly big and mean amoeba, targets consuming Peggy amoeba style (as opposed to eating with a mouth, human style) Squish tries to stand up to...more
I have to give the Holm's credit. I would never have thought of an amoeba as a book character. Squish behaves like a kid and deals with things that kids deal with (a greater interest in comics than studying, bullying, etc.). The book was amusing enough, and the illustrations appealing, there just wasn't a whole lot of plot or character development. Squish's friends, Pod and Peggy, don't add a whole lot to the story except cluelessness. Pod is obsessed with solving the problem of global warming a...more
The creators of Babymouse wander off in a whole new direction, a school story for single-celled organisms.
One of the fun things is that the authors constantly break the fourth wall to point out oddities in their own story, like the fact that Squish, the central character, doesn't wear clothes, but he has a dresser in his bedroom. Of course, even though he doesn't wear clothes, he wears a cap on his...well, "head" isn't really the correct term, since he's a shapeless lump of protoplasm...
Anyway,...more
One of the fun things is that the authors constantly break the fourth wall to point out oddities in their own story, like the fact that Squish, the central character, doesn't wear clothes, but he has a dresser in his bedroom. Of course, even though he doesn't wear clothes, he wears a cap on his...well, "head" isn't really the correct term, since he's a shapeless lump of protoplasm...
Anyway,...more
Our friend, Squish is just like you. He has friends. He goes to school. He lives on the planet Earth. And, he’s an amoeba. Just like...oh wait. You’re not an amoeba. You have bones, a mouth and eyes. You are made of more than one cell. And I don’t need a microscope to see you. Squish, however, is an amoeba, and a super amoeba at that. The thing about Squish being super is that he has a lot of adventures. Some of them you might recognize, like facing down a bully or answering a tough question alo...more
Squish is just your average amoeba who likes twinkies, tacos and comics. His best friends are Pod, a super genius amoeba who is going to solve the problem of global warming, and Peggy, a cute but clueless paramecium. Squish has to deal with normal things like homework and Pod taking his lunch money and Lynwood. Lynwood is a scary amoeba who cheats off Squish's science homework and wants to eat Peggy. Squish needs to be more like his hero Super Amoeba to solve this problem.
Squish was a cute grap...more
Squish was a cute grap...more
Jennifer L. Holm, Squish, Super Amoeba, vol. 1 (Random House, 2011)
Full disclosure: this book was provided to me free of charge by Amazon Vine.
Cute science-oriented cartoon about Squish and his pals (various types of microorganisms) and the highjinks they get up to—all of which are, of course, based on the traits of the particular microorganism involved, as much as possible. This is an intro volume, of course, where we get to know the characters, but there's also a plot (school bully Lywood want...more
Full disclosure: this book was provided to me free of charge by Amazon Vine.
Cute science-oriented cartoon about Squish and his pals (various types of microorganisms) and the highjinks they get up to—all of which are, of course, based on the traits of the particular microorganism involved, as much as possible. This is an intro volume, of course, where we get to know the characters, but there's also a plot (school bully Lywood want...more
From the ever clever duo that brought you Babymouse comes a whole new graphic novel hero: an amoeba. Squish is just your normal guy, trying to make it through a school day without being eaten by the resident bully. When one of his best friends is threatened in the process, however, Squish has to figure out if he's brave enough to stand up for what's right. Love the art and the storytelling, though I did find myself wishing that the sole female character wasn't an utter dingbat. If Babymouse can...more
I'm not sure if Tomie DePaola will ever like this book -- but it certainly is funny. As the characters are (primarily) single-celled critters, the crude, slapstick drawing works really well in illustrating actions, expressions, etc. (However, the textual explainers do reveal the limitations of purposefully simple art, and hence a disapproving DePaola.) A cute story about a comic book reading, slacker amoeba named Squish, whose adventures mimic those of Captain Underpants, another similarly "poor...more
A great new series from the creators of Babymouse--this time starring an amoeba and his single-celled friends. Full of science facts.
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Dec 11, 2011
ckodama152
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Grades 2-5
Shelves:
graphic-novels,
series
From the creators of Babymouse, Squish is a graphic novel about a young amoeba, Squish, who lives in The Pond and loves the superhero comic book, Super Amoeba. He is joined by his two friends, Pod (another amoeba) and Peggy (a paramecium and happy ALL the time). They have to take on the likes of bully, Lynwood, who just wants to eat Peggy (who's too happy-go-lucky to notice that Lynwood doesn't want to be her friend) and Principal Planaria who is always on their backs for being late to school. L...more
"Squish: Super Amoeba" is written by two unique people, Jennifer L. Holm (Author, Illustrator), and Matt Holm (Author, Illustrator). Squish is a brand new graphic series about this squish named Amoeba. Who is just trying to find his place in this big world or just at least make it through one school day one at a time. this is series, amoeba a becomes super amoeba! He tries to take out all the bad this out of his school, like the bullies, detention and principal planaria! the illustration are muc...more
This book took me less than 10 minutes to read, but I can't wait to get my hands on the sequel. My favorite character was 100% Peggy, who only saw the bright side of everything and had no idea that Lynwood wanted to eat her. She had this smile that you could not imagine being missing from her face. I really enjoyed that the designer only colored the pages green, grey, and black. It shows a good level of simplicity and not excruciating detail.
However, out of the graphic novels I've read, I've rea...more
However, out of the graphic novels I've read, I've rea...more
I didn't want to be taken in by Squish. "Babymouse is breaking into the boy market," I groused. "What a huge gimmicky mess, dovetailing him in with Babymouse like that."
But darn you, Holm siblings! You got me! Dare I say it -- the science nerd in me loved many parts of Squish even MORE than Babymouse! I would have loved it if my high school biology teacher kept a few copies of this in the back of the room. (Did you know that Planaria are cross-eyed?!)
Peggy truly made me laugh out loud. The moral...more
But darn you, Holm siblings! You got me! Dare I say it -- the science nerd in me loved many parts of Squish even MORE than Babymouse! I would have loved it if my high school biology teacher kept a few copies of this in the back of the room. (Did you know that Planaria are cross-eyed?!)
Peggy truly made me laugh out loud. The moral...more
Sweet graphic novel about a wanna be super hero amoeba and his friends, one of whom is a paramecium. I like that kids will learn about single cell micro organisms without realizing it and the ending was less than predictable. It drew me in fast. I appreciated that as well intentioned as Squish was about being brave, he couldn't actually pull it off when he wanted to. That happens sometimes, to all of us, and is a good lesson. If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again and all that jazz. Prob...more
Oh Squish. You are a super green amoeba, but you are not a pink Babymouse, so I just don't love you the same. I admire that Holm is beefing up the genre by throwing more science into the mix, but it might be too much and too specific. I don't know. I know that I do love the idea of a middle school amoeba trying to find his place in the world with his dorky gang of friends, well-meaning single dad and comic book hero interludes. In this first installment in the series, Squish must protect his swe...more
The *Squish* series is a collection of cute little graphic novels for children that feature amoebas as the main character.
Squish is a character that anyone can relate to. He has the annoying friend, Pod, who constantly bugs him for his lunch money, and claims he can stop global warming. He has the overly cheerful "not my girlfriend!" girl friend that is always super happy, and even loves detention. And, he even makes a deal with the bully to save his gal pal. Everyone will be able to see a bit o...more
Squish is a character that anyone can relate to. He has the annoying friend, Pod, who constantly bugs him for his lunch money, and claims he can stop global warming. He has the overly cheerful "not my girlfriend!" girl friend that is always super happy, and even loves detention. And, he even makes a deal with the bully to save his gal pal. Everyone will be able to see a bit o...more
Cute comic about science and being a kid (well, a kid-like amoeba). Definitely something I'd call "edutainment" but in a positive way. The volume is can be interpreted simultaneously as two things: a story with science embedded in it and science with a story embedded in it. Either way, the story reads well and is engaging. The story is pretty relatable and humorous, the art and coloring are nice and subtle (green shades since this is science and amoebas we're talking about), and science is accur...more
In the world of amoebas and simple cells, bullies don't just push around schoolmates they dislike, they eat them. Will Squish find the courage to be like Super Amoeba, his favorite comic book hero, and help his friends by standing up to the bullies? Or will he be satisfied letting himself be walked on while the narrator makes snarky comments about everyone in his story? Find out in this fun graphic novel from the pair that brought you the Babymouse series.
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Jennifer L. Holm is a NEW YORK TIMES bestselling children's author and the recipient of three Newbery Honors for her novels OUR ONLY MAY AMELIA, PENNY FROM HEAVEN, and TURTLE IN PARADISE. Jennifer collaborates with her brother, Matthew Holm, on two graphic novel series -- the popular Babymouse series and the bestselling Squish series. She is also the author of several other highly praised books, i...more
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