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May's Wild Walk

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May's Wild Walk is the first book in The Whisker Sisters series of graphic novels by Miss Paty. A letter from Mrs. Owl, the Whiskers Sisters' mail carrier, prompts Mia and Maya to plan a celebration. But their little sister, May, has been swept up in Mrs. Owl's mailbag! Soon May is in the woods having a wild afternoon. But will she make it home in time for the party?

May's Wild Walk is a graphic novel for young readers. Poor May, the youngest of the sisters, is left out of discussions because she cannot read and her sisters cannot understand her when she talks. Luckily, when her adventures begin and she is out in the world she discovers that the creatures of the forest are much better able to understand her than her siblings. Together May and and animals work to save the girl's party- and does even better than that. I love the connection between May and the animals, and how hard the animals work to make things right. I think the art was well done, and very cute. My only sticking point is that I would have liked more from the older sisters than an apology then going right back to laughing.

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Three sisters on their own get news of a big surprise and plan a party. Unfortunately, no one tells the baby what's going on, and she takes matters into her own hands on an unexpected adventure through the forest. Personally, this is all a bit too cute and insubstantial for my tastes, but I can see it being very popular with the 7-10 year old set at my library. The characters (humanoid and animal) are all adorable, and the story finds ways to emphasize that cute factor with just enough plot to keep you reading.

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Mia, Maya, and May are the three Whiskers Sisters. They keep the house running in the absence of their grandfather the Guardian of the Forest. When Mrs. Owl comes with a note from their grandfather, Mia and Maya are spurred into a flurry of activity getting ready for a party that’s to be at 6pm that day. Mrs. Owl is tasked with getting the invitations out. May is too little to be understood by Mia and Maya which they mistake to mean she doesn’t understand them. Attracted by a colorful seal on a letter, May crawls into Mrs. Owl’s bag and unknowingly gets swept up by the letter carrier. The bag isn’t built for carrying little girls and eventually bursts, letters and May spilling out. Can the forest creatures help May get home and collect all of Owl’s letters before Mia and Maya realize May is missing?

Beware the cuteness overload! The Whiskers Sisters are big-eyed cute girl-ish creatures (Maya is a girl with antlers, Mia is a humanoid cat creature, and May looks like a normal baby with pink eyes but once she gets in the forest you realize she has skills her sisters know nothing about). The forest creatures are also abounding in cuteness and helpfulness. It’s adorable, and I know a whole group of students who will gobble this up like it’s cotton candy. There will then be much weeping and gnashing of teeth as they discover they have to wait months for volume two, but they’ll cope by just snatch this one back up and re-reading it till it’s nothing but a pile of well-loved paper remnants. Yeah, I’m going to have to buy multiple copies of this one for our library. It’ll be a huge hit.

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This is a graphic novel about three sisters who get a message. They are planning a party but we do not know who it is for. the youngest, May, crawls into the mail carrier's bag and flies off with her, she just happens to be an owl. When the strap breaks on the bag both May and the mail end up in the forest. This is a strange little story that does not have a lot of meat to it. Kids might enjoy it due to the pictures, but is was just okay to me.

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I received this arc from Netgalley for an honest review.
This book is on the bizarre side for me. A young girl is swept into her mail carriers bag. Her mail carrier also happens to be an owl. Her sisters Mia and Maya are preparing a party for her but are afraid that she won't make it back in time.
The story reads a bit like a graphic novel, and the illustrations remind me of a graphic novel. The pictures are mostly fluorescent in color so that many kids may well love this book.

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