Overview
The 50 States of America presented one by one in comics by Phil Yeh’s famous Patrick Rabbit and his Dinosaur friends in full color. One of the most popular comic books (190,000 sold) from Cartoonists Across America, a literacy group using comics for decades to teach literacy to kids all over the US, is now a beautiful exciting educational graphic novel, a fun way to learn about America’s 50 States! Phil Yeh is the champion behind the group and well noted for his tireless tours and appearances at schools and libraries across the land, bringing literacy through comics.
Editorials
School Library Journal
Gr 2-5 -A group of dinosaurs traverses the country learning about the states, which are arranged alphabetically. The descriptions are laid out in panel format by twos, so when the book is open four states are shown on the spreads. Much of the text has repetitive dialogue such as one dinosaur mistaking the biggest city in the state or some landmark for the capital. This is a recurring theme, so that in a cartoon panel presenting facts, half of the dialogue is inaccurate. Moreover, it's not very entertaining. Most other comments are so generic ("This state has manufacturing") as to be totally useless. The pen-and-ink cartoon artwork is competent, but there's nothing here that a good color atlas wona't provide.-John Leighton, Brooklyn Public Library, NY
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