Gustav and Henri by Andy Matthews
The purpose of junior fiction and junior graphic novels is to really get kids hooked into reading, and Gustav and Henri has all the required ingredients: a lot of fun, three different bite-sized adventures, and a bold, appealing hybrid graphic-novel design with plenty of entertaining little trimmings on the page.
The book’s first adventure takes readers to space, with friends Gustav and Henri travelling to the moon in a pig-shaped ship in search of a lost shuttlecock. The second adventure is a time-travel story: who hasn’t dreamed of accessing a time machine to help return an overdue library book? The third, final and perhaps most chaotic adventure is a festive mystery: Pig Day is the opposite of Christmas, and a missing, likely stolen, cake is jeopardising the celebrations!
The first in a series, Gustav and Henri will excite readers and make them look forward to more reading. Did I mention there are also riddles, activities and a recipe for victory nachos? Reading rules! For ages 6+.