Think 'Peanuts' if Charlie Brown were less of a mope or 'Calvin & Hobbes' if Calvin weren't a bit of a psychopath. There's Dad, a fisherman, Mom The follow up to the Eisner-nominated collection of Wallace the Brave comics, featuring beautifully illustrated scenes of childhood imagination, friendship, outdoor exploration, and adventure. If you love to laugh, this is your next book.The follow up to the Eisner-nominated collection of Wallace the Brave comics, featuring beautifully illustrated scenes of childhood imagination, friendship, outdoor exploration, and adventure. '100% delightful humor you'll want to read again and again. Though lovable, self-assured Wallace is a worthy successor to Calvin, he's a strong hero in his own right, and Wallace the Brave is bound to be a future classic.' (School Library Journal) 'Henry cites Calvin and Hobbes as an influence, and the similarities are clear. Gentle guffaws abound in this bucolic charmer.' (Kirkus Reviews) 'Expect fans of Lincoln Peirce's Big Nate series to find kinship here. The world of childhood depicted in the strip is a timeless, outdoorsy one reminiscent of strips like 'Calvin & Hobbes' and 'Cul De Sac,' both of which Henry cites as influences. Mostly we see the world of the strip through Wallace's eyes, a sleepy East Coast beach town called Snug Harbor where the streets are lined with ice cream shops and the beaches are dotted with rocky tide pools. There's Dad, a fisherman, Mom, a gardener, their almost feral young son Sterling, who never met a bug he wouldn't eat, and his older brother Wallace, a rambunctious, imaginative kid big on exploring. About the Book 'Snug Harbor Stories is the follow-up to the Eisner-nominated Wallace the Brave, featuring beautifully illustrated scenes of childhood wonder, friendship, and adventure, starring the imaginative Wallace, his friends, Spud and Amelia, his fisherman dad, his gardener mom, and his bug-eating brother, Sterling'-Back cover.īook Synopsis The follow up to the Eisner-nominated collection of Wallace the Brave comics, featuring beautifully illustrated scenes of childhood imagination, friendship, outdoor exploration, and adventure.

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