Asterix and the Falling Sky: Album #33
Grade 3-5 Another installment in the almost 50-year run of Asterix, this title has all of the puns, slapstick action, and inventiveness of the previous comics. Asterix and his fellow Gauls live in a village surrounded by occupying Romans in 50 B.C. The magic potion brewed by the town druid, Getafix, enables them to defend themselves against their enemies. Now, aliens have arrived in search of the potion. Asterix fans will not be disappointed, and new readers should be able to pick up the plot and become acquainted with the broadly sketched characters quite easily. Simple layout, bright colors, and goofy caricatures will make this offering particularly appealing to young graphic-novel fans.Lisa Goldstein, Brooklyn Public Library, NYCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.