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My daughter loves books. She's two-and-a-bit and, beyond an affection for Miyazaki films, her only truly manic love is for books. She will read them by herself but absolutely prefers to have them read to her. She's gone through several favourites, her canon constantly in flux, but right now she seems to be on a bit of a Frog and Toad kick. I tried out Johnny Boo on her and the result was appreciation though not adulation. Mainly, she likes Squiggle well enough and enjoys the voice I give to Ice
Like, it's really cute, buuuuut huh?
One Sentence Review: You don't find many graphic novel easy readers out there and I think that this one might be pretty okay, except there's something about it that makes my 30-year-old eyes blur.
Both me and kids love Johnny Boo. Deducted one star for extremely similar pictures, drawing is certainly lazy. But I like how childish, yet kind and humorous the stories are.
You have to read it out loud! I first read it to my son when he was 5 and he laughed the whole way through. My kindergartens and grade ones think it is hysterical. They love all the sound effects. It is a great intro to graphic books. I think part of the appeal is that the dialogue between the 2 main characters, Squiggle and Johnny Boo, sounds just like a couple of primary kids squabbling and making up with each other.
It's cute! I know it's meant for children, but sometimes you need a bit of wholesomeness, in the face of all that's going on in the world. There's only one bit that might be a little weird to show to children, although it depends on the parenting style. Because of that one scene, I'm giving it a 4/5.
This is a funny, adorable graphic novel great for K-2 kids. Ice cream, burping, friendly monsters, and tummy squiggles: what's not to love? Elephant & Piggie fans would probably like this series as well.
Okay, the kids love this book. However, I find graphic novels annoying to read and the ice cream monster reminds me of Yo Gabba Gabba, which I loathe. If I didn't have to read it out loud, I would probably like it a lot more.
I probably wont read the rest of these... they weren't as awesome as I had hoped!
James Kochalka's style is silly, joyful, and almost always positive. It's a welcome thing, sometimes, to read a book where the stakes are only as high as whether or not a ghost will get to eat his tub of melted ice cream.
Johnny Boo is a happy, little ghost that loves to play with his pet ghost, Squiggle. Squiggle has Squiggle power because he can do loop-de-loops, and Johnny Boo has Boo power because he can yell "BOO!" really loudly. The friends play, get mad at each other for "cheating", and make up in time to go get ice cream. Johnny wants Squiggle to whisper when talking about the ice cream because of the ice cream monster, but the monster finds them anyway. After they realize the monster is nice, they let hi...
I've been hearing a lot about James Kochalka since venturing into the world of comics. I didn't realize Johnny Boo is a kids book so the length took me by surprise BUT it was very cute and I am now going to gift this to all my friends with babies or toddlers. Great lessons for wee ones - sharing, playing, etc! I'm going to read a few others, but am not sure how I'll be marking them for my goodreads goal since it took me all of 10 minutes to read this, and in general I don't count single issues o...
Johnny Boo shows how he's the best little ghost in the world through his friendship with Squiggle, his win-win challenges with the Ice Cream Monster, and his charming Boo Power.
This is such a cute little children's book! It's about Johnny Boo and his friend Squiggles. They are ghost friends. They are playing tag and Johnny Boo wins by using his "boo power" (saying boo and scaring people). Squiggles is upset so Johnny Boo offers to share his secret ice cream. But then an ice cream monster comes up! Johnny Boo uses his boo power again and scares the monster. Then the ice cream monster becomes their friend so they go to get the secret ice cream. When they do, the ice crea...
Cute story about friendship and overcoming something you might be scared of.
I love James Kochalka! I read this with one of the regular library kids. We usually read Elephant & Piggie together, but that's getting pretty easy for her so I grabbed some level 2 books to sandwich in between some E&P level 1 bread. There are 2 main characters in the Johnny Boo books (Johnny Boo & Squiggle) so you can read it aloud much in the same way you might E&P. There is a monster character in this one, which I regret voicing so enthusiastically because my throat really hurts today.
Perfect little book for kids around 5-6 years old who struggle to see what's fun about reading. Great visuals to go with the words. Comic book style, if the younger readers have older siblings into comics and want to read comics too.Message is about friendship and being kind. With boy-ish characters, good for little boys to see themselves in.
This is stinkin' adorable. I want to read all of the Johnny Boo books now.
For a variety of reasons I've read a few of these over the last few months. And I find myself warming to them. At first read, they feel SO simple as to be unsubstantial. Squiggle and Johnny are simple characters with simple concerns. There is an Ice Cream Monster. The background is strictly grass, hedge, and sky. The characters lead the kids through the story, from the title page to the author verso of the author photo page. Kochalka makes the book form friendly and silly and not intimidating. A...
Johnny and his pet ghost Squiggle play tag. Johnny has Boo Power. Squiggle has Squiggle Power. Squiggle will tell you, you can't catch me!, but Ice Cream Monster can and does! Will Johnny be able to rescue Squiggle? Will Squiggle escape using Squiggle Power? This is Book One of a great graphic novel series for early readers.
