Cool Buds: To the Rescue! [Hardcover]

Caldecott Honor artist Barbara Lehman's latest addition to Harper's I Can Read Comics line familiarizes kids with the world of graphic novel storytelling and teaches visual literacy to emerging readers. Celebrating teamwork and friendship,To the Rescue! is a Level Three book, meaning it's a complex story for an independent reader.

Here is a story about three best friends living in the arctic: Blue, Puff, and Sealy. When Puff rescues a stranded sailor, Tip, everyone wants Tip to be able to stay and be one of the Cool Buds—but where does Tip fit in? The Buds already all have their own little homes, perfectly suited to each of them. Tip has a genius idea and soon they have formed their very own little town: “population 4”!  

(Museum Trip) Another mindbending foray into a wordless metafictive narrative. . . . It's a playfully subtle celebration of the possibilities offered by seemingly dry and dusty museums and, like museums, entirely worthy of several lengthy visits. -Kirkus Reviews?(starred review)

(Rainstorm) Lehman compacts a wealth of storytelling into her wordless narrative. . . . Another surrealist triumph from a vigorous emerging talent.” -Kirkus Reviews?(starred review)

(The Red Book ) Lehman's story captures the magical possibility that exists every time readers open a book.” -School Library Journal (starred review)

(Cool Buds: To the Rescue!) The characters all have helpful, can-do attitudes, which leads to lots of cheer. An idyllic and cozy comic. (Facts about Arctic foxes.) -Kirkus Reviews

(Cool Buds: To the Rescue!) This charming tale of friendship centers on being welcoming and flexible. A welcome new graphic novel series for early readers. -School Libraryl³º