By Jess Bradley (author) , Jess Bradley (illustrator) Part of the Jess Bradley's Squid Bits! series
"Short, bizarre, hilarious comic-stories involving animals of all kind. This will be a hit with fans of funny graphic novels."
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June 2026 Graphic Novel of the Month
A brand new installment in a soon to be series, Squid Bits: That’s a Nice Hat! by Jess Bradley is sure-fire hit. I say this because as a high school librarian, I’m seeing the meteoric rise in popularity in comics that are off the rails and completely fun to read.
Books like Donut Squad , Megalomaniacs and Bunny vs Monkey simply do not stay on our library shelves and this will be a welcome addition to that area of our comic book section in the library and home bookshelves.
What readers will find in Squid Bits are short, bizarre comic-stories involving animals of all kind. For example, we see a very short comic strip about a narwhal who just wants to find someone to play tennis with but keeps impaling other possible players with its horn. As someone of a certain generation, these comics instantly reminded me of reading Mad Magazine where you’d find these quick-fire stories that seem to drop out of nowhere and leave you questioning your own reality but also laughing out loud.
It’s no secret that we are in a situation where kids aren’t reading as much as they used to, I have certainly noticed this as someone whose career it is to get books into students’ hands, I know how valuable it is to find a book that sticks and this is the kind of book that will stick.
We have amazing sections, like “The Red Panda: Nature’s Jerk” which is seeing the titular animal shouting at themselves in the mirror. And then that’s it, we move on to the next one. I love it, I think it’s a great idea and extremely well executed. I know that I’ll need to buy multiple copies of this for the library because it will be one our students will adore.
Do you like undercover pigeon spies? Alarmingly rude pandas? Cats obsessed with gravy? Epic silliness? Of course you do. And you're in for a treat, because Squid Bits is VERY silly, VERY random and totally hilarious, brought to you by award-winning genius comic creator Jess Bradley.
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Bursting with laugh-out-loud, quick-fire fun, you'll meet Red Panda - Nature's Jerk, Art Shark, Business Bee, discover the mystery behind The Squid. Discover what happens when the Doodles go on a hat-related mission involving fabulous style, heated debate and total panic . . . It's an explosion of mirthful mayhem!
Along the way, get style tips in Monster Fashion, seek cures for your ailments from Dr Bacon, MD, and reveal your future in chicken-related horoscopes. You've never read a book like this before, so prepare yourself for laughs aplenty!
Jess Bradley is an illustrator and comic artist from Torquay. As well as writing and drawing for The Phoenix, she also writes for The Beano and illustrates a variety of children’s books. She has created puzzle and activity and comic books for various publishers, including contributing to Usborne’s bestselling Write and Draw Your Own Comics . Her work for Buster Books includes the Bright Sparks series, I Heart Cute Colouring and the laugh-out-loud A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You.
Jess Bradley on her love of comic books, and her hilarious new graphic novel Squid Bits That's a Nice Hat!
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Squid Bits That's a Nice Hat! and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-8 years old
Squid Bits That's a Nice Hat! features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Books of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Funny, Animal Stories, Graphic Novels & Comics, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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Squid Bits That's a Nice Hat! was written by Jess Bradley and published by David Fickling Books
Squid Bits That's a Nice Hat! has 185 pages
Yes it is part of Jess Bradley's Squid Bits! series
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