Joyeux Halloween Petit Père Noël

Petit Père Noël #2

by Thierry Robin, Lewis Trondheim

In a sequel to Li'l Santa that is every bit as bizarre and grisly and warmhearted as the first, Happy Halloween, Li'l Santa is a completely wordless graphic novel with so much action and adventure, readers won't know what hit them! First, the "li'l" red-suited hero gets a talking-to from his penguin buddy for trying to sneak samples from the his picnic basket. Then he has a chance encounter with a ghastly but friendly creature (a turbaned cross between mummy and skeleton) that causes a bewildered Santa to walk into several trees. Next, he winds up rescuing this fellow from a frozen pond incident, leading to a wild party with all the cheerful demons and ghouls in the mummy-man's coffin-sleigh. As everyone knows, what goes around comes around, so when Santa needs some help later, you know who comes running (and flying and sliming and lurching).

This may be the oddest book around, but it has true charm. Younger children may be alarmed at the beating Santa and his pals keep getting (what with walking into trees and wrangling with evil lumberjack monster-machines), but all's well that ends well. Each page features 14 or 15 frames, ensuring that the plot hops along rapidly, once "readers" get the hang of it. A quirky delight for Halloween or Christmas! (All ages) --Emilie Coulter

Genres: Graphic Novels, Halloween, Christmas, Childrens, Comics

48 pages, Board book

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[StrictlySequential · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never thought I'd see loggers in yarmulkes*!

*Obviously unintentionally- I hope.
->The spelling (interesting) of "yah-mah-kas": The Jewish cap of reverence worn by strict adherents or a certain range of others at ceremonies. I've been given the honor at funerals!

[Sara Houle · Rating 5 out of 5]

C'est le premier de la série Petit père Noël que j'ai lui, et j'ai adoré! Cette série est géniale!

[Fran · Rating 5 out of 5]

What’s not to love? Always glad to read about Li’l Santa.

[Debra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wordless graphic novel that jumps around a bit too much for me while telling its story. Santa goes on a mission to deliver a picnic to a monster. He runs into a mummy with a fire-breathing creature. Lumberjacks in a monster machine are clearcutting Christmas trees to make matches in their monster machine. Santa ends up at a monster's ball but eventually ends up enjoying the penguins picnic amongst what looks to be elves (friends?). Kids would probably like it, I thought it was odd.

[Elke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Das besondere an diesem Comic ist, dass er ganz ohne Worte auskommt und nur durch seine Bildern wirkt. Und diese werden so gekonnt eingesetzt, dass man keine Worte braucht, um zu verstehen was der kleine Weihnachtsmann gerade denkt, fühlt oder vielleicht auch sagt. Nichts für kleine Kinder, aber total niedlich!

[Boekenbox2000 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alleen prentjes,geen tekst!!!!!!!!!