"Benny on the Beach," a wordless children's story with story and illustrations by Ed and Diego Arandojo, is a delight.

The story is fun, and the illustrations are equally pleasant.

This was very cute in the illustrations and I can see myself going through it with a young cousin. Even to just have them look at the pictures and identifying objects.

Super cute graphic novel. I recommend this to kids but also adults. I was laughing at the end of this for a few minutes. This is the example that sometimes in comics you do not need long interesting dialogues, just art can do the thing by yourself!

A cute story of a boy named Benny, who visits the beach with his parents and somehow manages to dig up a mammoth and make friends with it. They have some adventures, pick up trash off the beach, and generally have silly fun. Then it's time for Benny to go home, and they say their goodbyes (though the goodbyes might not be final). The artwork is really fun, with a quirkiness to it, and little details to find. At the end, there are questions about the story to encourage young readers to learn to "read" the illustrations, making this a good introduction to graphic novels for kids.

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I'm an advocate of wordless graphic novels for all ages. For young kids, its a chance for them to fully experience a story on their own, no barriers to understanding. For older readers they're an opportunity to build or fine tune visual interpretation skills. A good wordless book invites us to evaluate everything happening in a panel, speculate about dialogue between characters. IT leads us from action to action without having to explain anything. We should be able to fully understand the plot without having to make leaps and guesses. This book does a solid job of that aim, mostly because the plot is simple.

This was a really fun book and was enjoyed by my kids and myself. I loved the addition of the questions in the back. Very curious about the other books in the series.

'Benny on the Beach' with story and illustrations by Ed and Diego Arandojo is a wordless story for young readers.

Benny goes to the beach with his parents. At first he is bored, but then he digs up a woolly mammoth. From there the story takes all kinds of imaginative twists and turns. What happens when Benny has to say goodbye to his new woolly friend?

The book is a basic graphic novel and would work well for little kids to read a story to themselves. The story is fun and the illustrations are simple enough for young eyes.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Capstone and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

This graphic novel is super cute!
I loved the illustrations and the story.
I broke into laughter at the end

Lovely illustrations and bold colours in this wordless graphic novel.
A great introduction to the format for young children. Also includes themes of friendship, adventure and the environment/pollution.

A fine example of a wordless graphic novel. I’d gladly add this to my reading list and graphic novels course list.

Wordless Graphic Novel: Benny on the Beach, relates the story of one child's adventures on the beach. Benny discovers a very unique friend who helps him survive all the other strange creatures he meets on the beach. It is a hilarious story told in pictures. The limited color palette provides a nice setting. The beginning of this book also provides instructions about how to read a graphic novel. The end matter helps the 'reader' understand how facial expressions and body language help tell the story. This is a very nice introduction to understanding graphic novels.

A book that shows its cartoonish, childish approach as a virtue, with a young lad at the beach who digs up a woolly mammoth. Yup, it's best not to ask. Parents won't exactly love the book for the irresponsible damage that happens – surfboards get stolen, sand castles trodden on, climbing frames demolished – but the young will perhaps like this more. It's not quite a wordless graphic novel, as it attests, for there are a lot of sound FX that have been translated from the original and that are there for us to read. But in the way Shaun the Sheep films are 'silent', so this is too a gentle, untaxing, knockabout comedy. Two and a half stars.

When Benny goes to the beach, he is surprised to make a new friend. Together, Benny and his new friend explore the many exciting creatures and aspects of the beach and shore. When it’s time to go, Benny is sad to say goodbye to his new friend...but he might not have to say goodbye, after all. A funny, colorful story for young readers, packed with visual gags and memorable characters.

There's a quote that this book reminds me -"a good children's book is one that can be enjoyed by all ages"

Benny's in the beach is a beautifully illustrated book. It is funny, yet thought provoking.

Not a major spoiler ahead:







Can you believe a children's book has such a strong message about polluting water bodies and the consequences? - this is what I liked best.


It's a light, quick read suitable for kids and adults. An adult can pick this one whenever they want to escape a reading slump.

Bonus content : there are questions towards the end for group discussion.