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Bea

Title text: (Thanks for the amazing sales numbers so far, and more importantly for all the happy stories about parents and kids reading together!)

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Explanation

This is an advertisement for Zach's book Bea Wolf, which came out in March 2023, three months prior.

Transcript

[The comic is a series of illustrations from Zach's Bea Wolf, with praise blurbs overlaid.]

Bea Wolf

[Close up of a small girl's determined face.]

"Readers will wish they could pledge their plastic swords to defending Treeheart and the sanctity of wild childhoods

everywhere." —School Library Journal, starred review

[The determined girl, Bea, wears a stuffed bear hood and looks to the horizon among a group of other kids, arms crossed and water balloon clipped to her belt.]

"This is true bardic glory, a wild embrace of absurdity and wit with exaggerated language used for maximum impact." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review

[A silhouette of a fence with a toothed animal's face shaped into it fades into black. On the black background, Bea looks downwards with closed eyes.]

"Weinersmith's richly evocative turns of phrase run the gamut from hilarious to heart-rending and maintain the flavor of the original without bogging the pace down amid the kennings. Boulet's illustrations imbue the shenanigans with gleeful energy and a touch of dark absurdity that children, seeing their own fears and triumphs reflected, will delight in." —Kirkus, 'starred review

[Bea leaves a forest, carrying some large bag or object.]

"[Bea Wolf is] a truly fresh, inventive remix that privileges childhood's insular sensibilities alongside an unsettling truth: Time lingers for no kid.'" —Publisher's Weekly, starred review

[The cover of the book, Bea Wolf stands in a calf-deep heap of stuffed animals amongst a vast horde of gold, a beach umbrella behind her.]

"Zach Weinersmith's metered language is a fine, fun feat that pays homage to the strong beat and distinctive alliteration of the original poem." —The New York Times

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(Sorry about the ad but for God's sake it's the best thing I've ever written so please go buy it)

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