Phoebe and Her Unicorn

I bought this for my kids, 7 and 9, and it is good, but it isn't what I expected.The characters are adorable, and the humour is, I think, too-mature-for-kids in a good way. When I was a child a lot of humour in Asterix, Peanuts etc. went over my head, but that doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy it and it doesn't mean that it wasn't good for me. Getting the hang of the rhythms of grown up humour is your first step in getting it. So I don't care whether my kids laugh at the wrong thing or don't laugh at all, it is improving for them to read such complicated vocabulary and subtle jokes.I didn't buy it, obviously, for it to be improving. I thought it would be a graphic novel, like a Raina Telgemeier or Lumberjanes, and it is a comic strip, like Garfield or Peanuts. So there's a joke on each page, and while some episodes run for several strips, each strip is self contained, shoots for a joke, concludes with a joke. There's no progression or story or growth. That's what it's supposed to be - it isn't a criticism - but if people are buying it for the same reason as me, and didn't read all the details, that's why I'm making this point.The actual reaction of my kids is they really love it, the 7 year old prefers a longer story, the 9 year old likes that she doesn't have to concentrate too hard and can just dip in and laugh at it. It isn't what they're used to, but we'll buy the next one.

got this book for a 7-year-old. needs help with some of the words, also some ideas/ jokes need explaining but all safe for a younger reader. great and funny. lovely to see a cartoon style book with colourful illustrations.

It might say "for Kids" but this comic will appeal to all ages, and perhaps especially any parents with young teenage or pre-teenage daughters. I especially identify with Phoebe's dad, who knows that a father's primary role is to confuse his daughter about those dark ages before YouTube.I remember those long days sitting in a cave waiting for the Internet to be invented. Greatly looking forwards to more in the series ("Marigold and her Human" perhaps?)

My 9 yr old daughter loves these books.

Bought yesterday for my daughter’s 8th birthday, she started reading in the evening and finished by night before bed. She loved it and started reading it again in the morning and finished by 10 am. She desperately wanted to read next one. So, ordered the volume 2 today....