Description
Meet Albert and Pickles. They’re the best of friends, complete opposites, and now the starring duo in a new early-reader graphic novel series that is perfect for fans of the Jack books, Baloney and Friends and Narwhal and Jelly.
Albert and Pickles are going camping together for the first time but this pair of besties have very different ideas of what exploring the great outdoors will be like. Albert is ready to camp the old fashioned way, while Pickles is ready to glamp.
When Pickles finds out that camping does not include a jacuzzi under the stars, a luxury cabin, and five-course meals, he’s going to have to find a way to cope for one whole night.
Luckily Albert is there to assist in pitching a tent, cooking their food, and scaring away the bugs.
While navigating their way through the rest of this camping trip, Albert and Pickles happen upon a lost baby koala and their friend, Platters who’s in search of the Woolly Moon Beast— a legendary, ferocious animal that roams the woods. Together, they’ll have to find a way to reunite this baby koala with its mama while this scary creature looms large. And Pickles might find an appreciation for the wilderness along the way.
Review
This is a humorous graphic novel about two friends who have very different ideas about experiencing the great outdoors on a camping adventure.
Albert loves camping. But Pickles misunderstood and thought that they were going on a five star glamping trip… oh dear.
Searching for a special moment with nature, they find a baby koala and are determined to reunite it with its mother. But this will mean confronting the scary Woolly Moon Beast. Will they succeed or is this whole trip doomed?
Lots of fun, and containing some terrific messages about spending time outdoors and helping others, this is a great graphic novel suited to readers aged 7 to 10.
Reviewed by Rob
