safaracathasa's review
4.0
Buku kedua bercerita seputar pemecahan misteri, mulai dari pertanyaan kemana guru mereka, Mr. Green, dan kemana frisbee Aziza. Lucu dan menyenangkan baca ini.
santhegorilla's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Great book to expand and explore specific characters.
bookishcb_21's review
4.0
Another cute book about Mr. Wolf’s class. Mysteries were everywhere in this book, but everyone had fun along the way. The rats caused a lot of trouble, too! On to the next book!
emilyjmasters's review
4.0
This elementary graphic novel is cute- I love that the characters are diverse (a duck in hijab, a cat with two mommies) but I wish that they were human. There are so many children’s books where the characters are “diverse”, but they’re animals. Kids deserve to see themselves as the characters instead of as animals who share some of their traits? That said, those traits and families were included, which is a great step. The storyline was a little meandering; it’s very vignette-y but overall ties together. The illustrations are super cute and it’s easy to follow.
mat_tobin's review
3.0
I bought the second in the Mr. Wolf off the back of how much I enjoyed the first. Again, Steinke shares his astute observations of children in the classroom and playground environment and, because of this, these anthropomorphic characters feel more real than many human ones that I have encountered in books.
From those children who do all that they can to not do the work they are set, to those incidental conversations that are overheard, Steinke captures these moments in a way that I haven't encountered before and much of this is down to the medium of the graphic novel where he can play around with an extenuate scenarios.
Although I still prefer that first instalment, there is much to enjoy here. Steinke is gradually revealing the characteristics of the class and building relationships and backstories. I wanted a little more of Mr. Wolf in this but I suspect that the child reader will take more from Abdi's rule-breaking and associate with those awkward moments in the classroom in which 'love' and 'crush' have begun to surface.
From those children who do all that they can to not do the work they are set, to those incidental conversations that are overheard, Steinke captures these moments in a way that I haven't encountered before and much of this is down to the medium of the graphic novel where he can play around with an extenuate scenarios.
Although I still prefer that first instalment, there is much to enjoy here. Steinke is gradually revealing the characteristics of the class and building relationships and backstories. I wanted a little more of Mr. Wolf in this but I suspect that the child reader will take more from Abdi's rule-breaking and associate with those awkward moments in the classroom in which 'love' and 'crush' have begun to surface.
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