Readers interested in how words and pictures work together in cartooning to tell a story or convey information will find plenty to enlighten them here. The lesson is delivered in the context of a story about a knight in search of a missing princess. The plot is slight, but the silliness is delightful, from the metaphorically knock-kneed steed named Edward to the educational elf who explains to the knight how cartoons work as the adventure progresses. One unexpected twist and turn follows another in a volume that concludes with a simple drawing lesson. (Ages 7–10)

In this action-packed cartooning adventure, kids will have as much fun making comics as reading them!

Once upon a time . . . a princess tried to make a comic. And with the help of a magical cartooning elf, she learned how – well enough to draw her way out of an encounter with a dangerous dragon, near-death by drowning, and into her very own adventure! Like the princess, young readers will discover that they already have the drawing and writing skills it takes to make a comic – they just need a little know-how. And Adventures in Cartooning supplies just that.