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Young Agatha Christie
The hilarious adventures of the acclaimed mystery writer Agatha Christie as a child—a curious little girl who treats the everyday world as one big crime scene!
As an unusual child with a penchant for puzzles, Young Agatha imagines thrilling twists on the classic fairytales (was the story of "Goldilocks" a plot by Baby Bear to get more porridge?), transforms a tea party into a crime scene, and in general drives her friends and family mad with her insatiable inquisitiveness.
As with Young Mozart and Young Leonardo, William Augel offers a comic tale that is both enriching and amusing, full of humor and tenderness!
As an unusual child with a penchant for puzzles, Young Agatha imagines thrilling twists on the classic fairytales (was the story of "Goldilocks" a plot by Baby Bear to get more porridge?), transforms a tea party into a crime scene, and in general drives her friends and family mad with her insatiable inquisitiveness.
As with Young Mozart and Young Leonardo, William Augel offers a comic tale that is both enriching and amusing, full of humor and tenderness!
88 pages, Hardcover
Published September 13, 2022
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January 24, 2025
French cartoonist William Augel presents young readers with an assortment of educational graphic novels about the early lives of famous people. Commonly known by just his last name, Augel, the artist combines biographical fact with a series of funny vignettes. In Young Agatha Christie, Augel shows the acclaimed mystery writer aspiring to write crime fiction while making her way in a male dominated world. Plus, with the help of her rag doll Miss Marple, Agatha solves several mysteries in which you, the reader gets to deduce yourself, much in the vein of Encyclopedia Brown.
Humanoids Inc. imprint BiG presents this English adaptation of Augel's 2022 French graphic novel Le Petit Agatha Christie. My local library had several volumes of Augel's historical fiction accounts of notable people. I'll be reviewing another volume in February in celebration of Black History Month. This book was a library edition containing an intensive teacher's lesson guide. There's discussion questions, activity ideas, recommended further readings, and even ways in which this book aligns with Common Core education for third and fourth graders.
I thought this was a funny book. I'm a fan of Agatha Christie. I just don't read as much of it as I should. Still, I had a lot of fun catching many of the Easter eggs hidden inside this book. Plus I had a lot of fun solving those Miss Marple mysteries. I thought most of them were fair. I totally goofed on one solution not reading the whole episode fully. I did think that the mystery of finding the missing furniture in Agatha's dollhouse was a bit of a cheat. It sounds like you're supposed to only find 1 missing piece. Augel gets sneaky and hides 2 items in that mystery!
Of all the authors in the world, I'm not really sure why Augel selected Agatha Christie. I'm not complaining, as I had a lot of fun with this book. It's just that the kiddos who this book is aimed towards, ages 8-10, aren't old enough to read Agatha Christie mysteries yet. And in our current world, I feel like if a teacher decided to utilize the lesson plans in the back of the book for their classroom, I'm sure there would be some parents complaining about appropriateness. Common Core or not!
Agatha Christie was a pioneering woman who stood out in, at the time, a literary genre that was predominantly written by males. Without Christie, you wouldn't female mystery writers like Sue Grafton and Rita Mae Brown or true crime chronicler Ann Rule. Let's not forget, Agatha Christie was also an early participant in introducing surfing to the women of the world.
If anything, this was a book that entertained as well as informed. I loved how this book was interactive and I hope that next months read will be just as fun. Maybe Agatha Christie isn't the subject you want your child to learn about at this time. But Augel has at least 4 other volumes about famous folks as youths that might meet parent and guardian approval. There's something for everyone and hopefully more from Augel on the horizon.
Humanoids Inc. imprint BiG presents this English adaptation of Augel's 2022 French graphic novel Le Petit Agatha Christie. My local library had several volumes of Augel's historical fiction accounts of notable people. I'll be reviewing another volume in February in celebration of Black History Month. This book was a library edition containing an intensive teacher's lesson guide. There's discussion questions, activity ideas, recommended further readings, and even ways in which this book aligns with Common Core education for third and fourth graders.
I thought this was a funny book. I'm a fan of Agatha Christie. I just don't read as much of it as I should. Still, I had a lot of fun catching many of the Easter eggs hidden inside this book. Plus I had a lot of fun solving those Miss Marple mysteries. I thought most of them were fair. I totally goofed on one solution not reading the whole episode fully. I did think that the mystery of finding the missing furniture in Agatha's dollhouse was a bit of a cheat. It sounds like you're supposed to only find 1 missing piece. Augel gets sneaky and hides 2 items in that mystery!
Of all the authors in the world, I'm not really sure why Augel selected Agatha Christie. I'm not complaining, as I had a lot of fun with this book. It's just that the kiddos who this book is aimed towards, ages 8-10, aren't old enough to read Agatha Christie mysteries yet. And in our current world, I feel like if a teacher decided to utilize the lesson plans in the back of the book for their classroom, I'm sure there would be some parents complaining about appropriateness. Common Core or not!
Agatha Christie was a pioneering woman who stood out in, at the time, a literary genre that was predominantly written by males. Without Christie, you wouldn't female mystery writers like Sue Grafton and Rita Mae Brown or true crime chronicler Ann Rule. Let's not forget, Agatha Christie was also an early participant in introducing surfing to the women of the world.
If anything, this was a book that entertained as well as informed. I loved how this book was interactive and I hope that next months read will be just as fun. Maybe Agatha Christie isn't the subject you want your child to learn about at this time. But Augel has at least 4 other volumes about famous folks as youths that might meet parent and guardian approval. There's something for everyone and hopefully more from Augel on the horizon.
March 20, 2023
This is a comic book that seems to have been written for children, based on the additional materials at the back, but can be enjoyed by adults, and in fact many of the comics will be too advanced for children to fully appreciate. The book is divided to include regular comics, as well as many comics entitled “A Miss Marple Investigation”, which includes a question at the end, and a page in the back that answers the question. Also, many pages have Young Agatha re-writing traditional fairy tales with her own detective like view, and they are humorous. For example, when Snow White bit the poisoned apple, why didn’t the police look in to Grumpy as a suspect? And maybe Snow White just fell asleep, exhausted by all the chores she does! Additionally, we have a mini biography with old photos of Agatha Christie for kids in the back, spanning two pages. There is a page related to common core, which did not interest me at all as I homeschool and find common core to be bologna. A couple comics have a feminist slant, such as it’s too bad that girls aren’t allowed to do everything boys are, which I didn’t find to be “over the top feminist” but could identify with, being a girl. There are even some games in the back that children can play, to solve mysteries. My favorite comic is “The Belly Button”, which made me laugh out loud and is worth owning the book just for that, in my opinion. As for the art work, young Agatha is the most homely looking child I’ve ever seen, and I wish the art had been a little more enjoyable. She really is an ugly child, and there are several other characters with pig noses. Even though I give the book 5 stars, I would give the artwork 2-3 stars.
February 12, 2023
Perfect introduction to Agatha for the younger generation. Meant for teachers to use in the classroom -- lots of pages in the back giving them ideas on how to incorporate the book in their curriculum. The individual sections are named after Christie titles -- for example, Third Girl and The Mystery of the Blue Train. There is a humorous cameo appearance by Rudyard Kipling. The younger ones will like the interactive part of the book. There are mysteries to solve and riddles to answer. All in all, good fun for fans of graphic novels. Quick, easy read to introduce the next generation to the queen of crime.
April 2, 2023
I liked this graphic novel autobio about Agatha Christie. I thought it was clever and inspired, especially the sections that explore a mystery and the can solve it or check the answers in the back. Any upper elementary or middle schooler would have some fun with it plus learn about Agatha’s interesting childhood. Fun and engaging. It would be fun to pair with a mystery novel or Christie’s or any popular mystery and talk about what it takes to create/write a mystery.
September 19, 2023
3.5/5
An anthology of shorts, generally 1-2 pages long, though a few are longer featuring Agatha Christie as a child. There's a few nods to her works, though by and large it could be any spirited Victorian girl who loves mysteries and always speaks her mind. Some got a smile out of me, but I'd probably describe it more as charming than funny. It reminded me a lot of the old Family Circus comic but primarily focused on a young girl in Victorian England.
An anthology of shorts, generally 1-2 pages long, though a few are longer featuring Agatha Christie as a child. There's a few nods to her works, though by and large it could be any spirited Victorian girl who loves mysteries and always speaks her mind. Some got a smile out of me, but I'd probably describe it more as charming than funny. It reminded me a lot of the old Family Circus comic but primarily focused on a young girl in Victorian England.
April 21, 2025
I love Agatha Christie and I love cutesy graphic novels. This checked off both those boxes so I knew I'd enjoy it. Several little stories make up this great depiction of a young Agatha. In addition to a great story, this work offers discussion questions and other activities to turn this read into a great learning opportunity.
June 22, 2025
I'm so happy I came across this book! A darling graphic novel featuring a very young Agatha Christie (younger than 6, I would guess). She and her doll, Miss Marple have adventures and solve mysteries, some left up to the reader to solve I loved that the solution was a t the back of the book. Includes a teachers guide in case you want to make this part of your curriculum. So much fun!
June 7, 2025
As a Agatha Christie fan, I enjoyed this book a lot! Very witty at times! Great introduction to Agatha for young readers!
June 26, 2023
A bit too precocious for my liking. But a unique introduction to Agatha Christie featuring mini-mysteries for readers to solve.
July 5, 2022
Une bande dessinée très sympathique et drôle.
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