By James Turner (author) , Andreas Schuster (illustrator) Part of the Toby and the Pixies series
"A chaotic, fun and exhilarating comic series that is the perfect remedy for anyone struggling to get back into reading."
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All Toby wants is to be cool and to fit in. This is very hard to do when you accidentally get crowned King by a band of Pixies that dwell at the bottom of your garden. In this latest installment of the Toby and the Pixies series , Toby decides it’s time to reinvent himself in order to be the coolest guy at school.
To do this, he decides to rename himself the “T-Train” (what could possibly go wrong with that?”) and of course, the Pixies want to help him out, but end up creating a string of chaotic events instead.
I really love this series because reading it creates a feeling of nostalgia for Saturday morning cartoons. The panels are bright and leap off the page, the dialogue is fast-paced, funny and sharp. There’s gross-out humour, barfing, smelly socks, a zit that gets super-sized, and a lot more.
When things don’t quite go to plan, the pixies decide to try and erase everyone’s memory at school in order to give him the fresh start he needs.
Comics like this are like gold to a school librarian like me, we simply cannot keep them on the shelves. There are several reasons for this, one is that the students I work with love funny, escapist comics that can simply take them out of their own minds for a little while. Second, there is a huge sense of accomplishment in completing a book in one sitting, which a lot of students can do with this series.
And once word of mouth spreads on the popularity of a comic like this, it results in a lot of students asking for it, which is a dream for librarians. This is a chaotic, fun and exhilarating comic series that is the perfect remedy for anyone struggling to get back into reading.
Accidental King of the Pixies, Toby Cauldwell, has decided it's time to improve his street cred. But the pixies have other ideas . . . Cue calamitous and cringeworthy madcap pixie mayhem!
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Toby is trying his best to reinvent himself as 'T-train', the coolest boy in school, and the pixies are keen to help . . . but things are about to go VERY wrong. Gigantic spots, erased memories . . . is there any havoc the pixies can’t wreak?
Praise for the series:
'With quirky characters and a zany plot, this action-packed adventure is chaotic fun from start to end' - BookTrust
'A gloriously daft and hilarious comic treasure: surreal, ingenious and fabulously fun' - Comics Review
James Turner is an illustrator, cartoonist and comic writer. His works The Super Animal Adventure Squad and Star Cat have been published in The David Fickling Comic and the Phoenix respectively; Star Cat won a British Comic Award. James also created the webcomic The Unfeasible Adventures of Beaver and Steve . Find him on Instagram eruditebaboon
Photo of James Turner, credit Angela Donnithorne
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Toby and the Pixies: How to Be Cool and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
Toby and the Pixies: How to Be Cool features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Books of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Fantasy / Magical, Funny, Graphic Novels & Comics, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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Toby and the Pixies: How to Be Cool was written by James Turner and published by David Fickling Books
Toby and the Pixies: How to Be Cool has 193 pages
Yes it is part of Toby and the Pixies series
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