The story begins with Waluk and Eskimo, two very friendly polar bears. Waluk is very young while Eskimo is old but they both know how to help each other. On their way they meet an owl, a mother bear with her two cubs and a group of wolf dogs they have known for a long time. But things risk changing quickly if man gets in the way and with his ships and everything else brings with it pollution and fear for the animals that inhabit the pole.
What will happen to the two bears and their travel companions?

The characters are all animals and are very curious, adventurous and brave. I find Waluk the definitely best character who also warns others of everything humans bring with them.
The designs are amazing and I really like how they are all done, especially the bears, the light colors and the gorgeous illustrations.

The story is interesting, focusing a lot on climate change, pollution and the protection of animals, especially those in danger of extinction.
A book that aims to give a strong, incredible message and which is needed nowadays above all to raise awareness among the new generations.
A nice book, especially for the little ones.

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The messages about climate change in this were great and definitely something that more people need to be aware of! Especially with how it is affecting wildlife but other than that, this story fell flat for me.

I just grew bored at some points and did not enjoy some of the ways the plot went in this graphic novel.

I liked the art style! It kept me reading until the end but I wish I had a better experience with the actual storyline.

2/5 ⭐️

TW: animal abuse, death of an animal.

Waluk and Eskimo are two polar bears traveling together, keeping each other safe. Waluk is very young and Eskimo is very old. They travel together in search for seals but things aren’t so easy. With global warming and humans impacting their environment, we get to see how these two bears live and thrive. Written in a graphic novel, this was a quick and fun read. This is a great book about friendship.

Thank you NetGalley and Diamond Book Distributors for a copy of this book for an honest review.

The story is set up more like a comic book than a children's book, with many panels and speech balloons, and the characters are more complex than the ones usually found in a children's picture book. However, the story doesn't have the kind of complex satire or clever edge that you usually see in graphic novels or children's books that are allegorical tales.
So, the book presents an interesting combination of two conventional formats. It's hard to say what the chosen audience is, but it's well-written and will certainly appeal to a niche demographic in between conventional children's books fans and comic book fans.

Waluk: The Great Journey
by Ana Mirallès
This is a comic book style book teaching children of the polar regions and mans affects on the animals there. The book teaches not only about pollution but also the arrogance of man in manipulation of things in nature and life for their own purpose. bringing to life the need to change the mindset. The pictures are drawn with skill.

An older male polar bear and the kid polar bear he's adopted go across the ice, stumbling on human encampments, a single mother polar bear with cubs, an owl, an abandoned cargo container, a drone... Yeah, I would prefer to give a plot summary, but the problem here is that what plot there is is exceedingly inconsequential. This was originally in two parts (itself spinning off from an origin story where the bears meet, which I think is why some markets call the second half of this Book 3), and there's no connection between the two chunks – the narrative more or less ignores half the characters vanishing. Smaller episodes, like the container falling off its ship, just happen off-camera, and conversations seem to begin and stop mid-flow. Greater than that is that there is neither the entertainment nor the moral to match the artwork – this looks great, but is empty of anything that is really enjoyable, and very poor in delivering its ecological message. One and a half stars.