A celebration of the magical bonds that unite children!
When her two big sisters embark on an adventure to explore a mysterious island, the youngest one doesn’t want to be left behind—even if she does need her sisters' help to read the sign that says “Only Reality Can Kill a Dragon”. Along the way, the sisters discover gorilla houses, popcorn falling from the sky like snow, and yes, a dragon that only reality can kill. What shines through from this funny story’s gut-wrenchingly scary beginning (“There was a terrible plane crash!”) to its sweet and satisfying ending is LINIERS’s admiration for the imaginative powers of childhood.
School Library Journal Best Graphic Novels of 2021 THREE STARRED REVIEWS!
★★★ "Argentine American cartoonist Liniers applies both conventions of magical realism and a keen understanding of how children’s minds work to this weird and wonderful story. Like children’s backyard play, sheer delight." —Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW
★★★ "A charming celebration of nature, siblinghood, and imaginative play." —the Horn Book Magazine, STARRED REVIEW
★★★"A dazzling ode to the magic of childhood. A Must for all graphic novel collections."—School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW
"WHERE THE OTHER WILD THINGS ARE...An older sister to Sendak's work, maybe taking place on the next island over from Max's wild rumpus." —the New York Times
"Designed by Liniers and TOON Editorial Director Françoise Mouly, Wildflowers is a small gem of a children’s hardcover book—a sweet end to Liniers’s fatherly trilogy [...] Liniers knows these girls, and he knows how to balance cuteness against trouble. What he has done with TOON so far—well, it’s one of the lovelier runs in today’s children’s comics."—featured review “We Are Flowers, Wild Ones" by Charles Hatfield of SOLRAD, the online literary magazine for comics
"A wildly imaginative tale, spangled by magic realism and Argentine conflation of reality and fantasy." —Variety
"A winsome comic, perfectly pitched to emerging readers.”—Booklist
"Quirky and endearing, it’s a journey both internal and external.”—Publishers Weekly "A comfortable reminder of the power of imagination."—School Library Journal's Good Comics for Kids
RICARDO LINIERS SIRI, who uses the pen name Liniers, was born in Argentina. He started his artistic career making fanzines for his friends after he realized he was not made for law school. He is the creator of four graphic novels for young readers (three of which are inspired by his daughters) for TOON Books, including his first children's comics, The Big Wet Balloon, published in 2013, and the Eisner Award-winning Good Night, Planet. Since 2002, Liniers has been writing and drawing the daily strip Macanudo, one of the most celebrated cartoon strips in South America; it has been syndicated in the US since 2018. Liniers and his family currently reside in New England, where he continues to draw Macanudo every day.
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A celebration of the magical bonds that unite children!
When her two big sisters embark on an adventure to explore a mysterious island, the youngest one doesn’t want to be left behind—even if she does need her sisters' help to read the sign that says “Only Reality Can Kill a Dragon”. Along the way, the sisters discover gorilla houses, popcorn falling from the sky like snow, and yes, a dragon that only reality can kill. What shines through from this funny story’s gut-wrenchingly scary beginning (“There was a terrible plane crash!”) to its sweet and satisfying ending is LINIERS’s admiration for the imaginative powers of childhood.
Praise
School Library Journal Best Graphic Novels of 2021 THREE STARRED REVIEWS!
★★★ "Argentine American cartoonist Liniers applies both conventions of magical realism and a keen understanding of how children’s minds work to this weird and wonderful story. Like children’s backyard play, sheer delight." —Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW
★★★ "A charming celebration of nature, siblinghood, and imaginative play." —the Horn Book Magazine, STARRED REVIEW
★★★"A dazzling ode to the magic of childhood. A Must for all graphic novel collections."—School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW
"WHERE THE OTHER WILD THINGS ARE...An older sister to Sendak's work, maybe taking place on the next island over from Max's wild rumpus." —the New York Times
"Designed by Liniers and TOON Editorial Director Françoise Mouly, Wildflowers is a small gem of a children’s hardcover book—a sweet end to Liniers’s fatherly trilogy [...] Liniers knows these girls, and he knows how to balance cuteness against trouble. What he has done with TOON so far—well, it’s one of the lovelier runs in today’s children’s comics."—featured review “We Are Flowers, Wild Ones" by Charles Hatfield of SOLRAD, the online literary magazine for comics
"A wildly imaginative tale, spangled by magic realism and Argentine conflation of reality and fantasy." —Variety
"A winsome comic, perfectly pitched to emerging readers.”—Booklist
"Quirky and endearing, it’s a journey both internal and external.”—Publishers Weekly "A comfortable reminder of the power of imagination."—School Library Journal's Good Comics for Kids
RICARDO LINIERS SIRI, who uses the pen name Liniers, was born in Argentina. He started his artistic career making fanzines for his friends after he realized he was not made for law school. He is the creator of four graphic novels for young readers (three of which are inspired by his daughters) for TOON Books, including his first children's comics, The Big Wet Balloon, published in 2013, and the Eisner Award-winning Good Night, Planet. Since 2002, Liniers has been writing and drawing the daily strip Macanudo, one of the most celebrated cartoon strips in South America; it has been syndicated in the US since 2018. Liniers and his family currently reside in New England, where he continues to draw Macanudo every day.
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