Follett Content Book Detail: Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock : a Graphic Novel Poetry Collection Full of Surprising Characters! by Madan, Vikram

Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock : a Graphic Novel Poetry Collection Full of Surprising Characters!

Author: Madan, Vikram

Follett Number: 2609NF2
Audience: Upper Elementary
Publisher: Wordsong, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, 2024
Format: 127 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-63592-817-4
ISBN-10: 1-63592-817-6
LCCN: 2023-058212
Dewey: 741.5
Classifications: Nonfiction

Subjects:
Fantasy Comics
Fantasy
Graphic Novels
Poetry
A collection of rhyming poems in graphic novel format featuring surprise twists, a plethora of unusual characters, from ghost guppies and slouching Stan to squishosaurs and the super-vacuum-powered Nozzlewock.

From the publisher:
A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids ? Kirkus Reviews, starred review ? The Horn Book, starred review Perfect for fans of Jack Prelutsky and Shel Silverstein, award-winning author Vikram Madan's new poetry collection features delicious vocabulary, hilarious poems, and a full-color graphic novel format! Vikram Madan packs this whimsical poetry collection with surprise twist after surprise twist and a host of unusual characters. In these pages, you'll meet ghost guppies (and the brave girl who creates them), Stan the Slouching Man(tm) who'll teach you blackbelt slouching, oozing dinosaurs called squishosaurs, a suspicious dragon, and the Nozzlewock (a nose with super-vacuum strength), among many other memorable heroes. Recurring characters and subplots in the art weave the poems together, adding to the merriment. This quirky collection in full-color graphic novel format begs to be read over and over again.

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