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WORK TITLE: FAE AND THE MOON
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WEBSITE: http://blindwolfstudios.com
CITY: Carmel
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COUNTRY: United States
NATIONALITY: American
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Born August 15, 1964, in New York, NY; married Ivette Gonzalez; children: Nicholas.
EDUCATION:Attended Pace University; attended Adelphi University.
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Comics artist, author, and painter. Carmel High School, Carmel, NY, art teacher. Cofounder, with Art Baltazar and Marc Hammond, of Aw Yeah Comics (stores), Blindwolf Studios, founder, 1995.
AWARDS:(With Art Baltazar) Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids, 2009 and 2011, both for “Tiny Titans,” and 2014, for “Itty Bitty Hellboy”; Harvey Award for Best Original Graphic Publication for Young Readers, 2011, for “Tiny Titans”; Harvey Award nomination, 2013, for Superman Family Adventure.
WRITINGS
Contributor to comic-book series, including “Batman ’66,” “Captain Action Cat,” “Flesh & Blood,” “Green Lantern: The Animated Series,” “Grimmiss Island,” “Justice League of America,” “Li’l Battlestar Galactica,” “The Green Team: Teen Trillionaires,” “Super Powers!,” “VIP,” and “Weirdsville.”
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Franco Aureliani has an impressive portfolio of comic book titles he has written for children. He founded the independent studio Blindwolf Studios in 1995 for creators of comics. Franco is the creator, artist, and writer of Weirdsville, L’il Creeps, and Eagle All Star. In 2005 Aureliani collaborated with artist Art Baltazar on the comic book Patrick the Wolf Boy. Patrick, who looks like Eddie Munster, goes to school like any other kid, but he’s actually a werewolf who gives his teacher an animal carcass instead of an apple. His father tries to teach him how to hunt for food but he’d rather just scare a bear and steal the bear’s fish. “The whimsical ’60s-style, black-and-white cartoon strips add to the campy atmosphere,” declared Karen T. Bilton in School Library Journal.
Tiny Titans vs. the Fearsome Five is the first in Stone Arch’s line of Tiny Titans books that reprint DC Comics’ popular children’s title. Highlighting school life and working in teams, the story follows Teen Titans and Young Justice characters Robin, Starfire, Kid Flash, Speedy, Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy as they battle the Fearsome Five super villains. The art resembles classic cartooning with exaggerated features but with a modern color palette that evokes energy. “Putting superheroes into real-life situations and environments familiar to the readership is likely to charm,” noted Booklist contributor Jesse Karp.
Starting the “Dino-Mike” series is the 2014 Dino-Mike and the T. Rex Attack. Michael Evans, also known as Dino-Mike, is the son of a famous paleontologist who travels with his father on archeological digs. One day he meets a girl, Triceratops Shannon, with futuristic equipment chasing a real live T. Rex that Mike names Sam (who it turns out is a girl, so she becomes Samantha). Mike helps Shannon trap the dino in a force field so it can be sent back in time to its rightful place in the Cretaceous era. Trying to thwart their attempt is dinosaur collector Jurassic Jeff. A Kirkus Reviews critic commented: “Franco strews his lickety-split escapade with cartoons featuring wide-eyed figures viewed, often, from dramatic angles.” The story’s loose ends promise many more adventures.
In Superman of Smallville, 13-year-old Clark Kent has a secret that his parents are afraid will get out. His hometown of Smallville is being protected by a mysterious someone who is rescuing people in danger, stopping runaway tractors, and putting out fires. But when random objects fly into the air and disappear, Clark says he didn’t do anything and must find the real culprit. “A fun read for any early reader to middle grader,” declared Diana Perry in Children’s Bookwatch.
In the graphic novel fairy tale about overcoming despair through family love and hope, Fae and the Moon, illustrated by Catherine Satrun and Sarah Satrun, finds red-headed Fae mourning her missing mother. Her talking rabbit companion Percival suggests she sit under the glowing moon that her mother loved so much, but instead Fae actually plucks the moon out of the night sky so she can hold it close to her, and so her mother might see that it’s missing and come home. But removing the moon has unleashed long held back monsters, such as the Rat King and dragons, that escape and hunt down the moon for themselves. As Fae learns secrets about her mother’s past, she is betrayed at every turn.
“Easy-to-follow panels and concise dialogue conjure an epic quest that provides audiences with a handy stepping stone into larger fantasy worlds,” observed a Publishers Weekly reviewer. In Kirkus Reviews, a writer thought the complex story and breakneck pace would confuse younger readers, however, “Aureliani spares no time getting into the plot, building suspense and layering in the emotional complexity of Fae’s abandonment.”
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BIOCRIT
PERIODICALS
Booklist, December 15, 2012, Jesse Karp, review of Tiny Titans vs. the Fearsome Five, p. 38.
Children’s Bookwatch, September 2019, Diana Perry, review of Superman of Smallville.
Kirkus Reviews, December 15, 2014, review of Dino-Mike and the T. Rex Attack; December 1, 2022, review of Fae and the Moon.
Publishers Weekly, December 12, 2022, review of Fae and the Moon, p. 73.
School Library Journal, July 2005, Karen T. Bilton, review of Patrick the Wolf Boy, p. 124.
ONLINE
Blind Wolf Studio website, http://blindwolfstudios.com (June 1, 2023).
Comics Alliance website, http://comicsalliance.com/ (July 7, 2014), Patrick A. Reed, interview with Art Baltazar and Aureliani.*
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Franco Aureliani
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Franco Aureliani at the
2011 New York Comic Con.
Born August 15th 1864
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer
Notable works Tiny Titans
Awards 2009, 2011, and 2014 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids
2011 Harvey Award for Best Original Graphic Publication for Young Readers
Franco Aureliani is an American comic book writer/artist, best known for writing the DC Comics series Tiny Titans, for which he won two Eisner Awards in 2009 and 2011. Tiny Titans also won a Harvey award in 2011. He was also nominated for another Harvey in 2013 for another project from DC Comics, Superman Family Adventures. He and longtime writing partner and friend, Art Baltazar, won their third Eisner in 2014 for the Dark Horse Comics children's series Itty Bitty Hellboy. He also teaches art at Carmel High School.
Career
Franco Aureliani is the artist and co-writer with Art Baltazar of Tiny Titans, for which the two won the 2009 and 2011 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids.[1] Baltazar and Franco co-wrote DC's Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! and the comic book adaptation of Young Justice.[2] In 2012, DC launched a new series titled Superman Family Adventures which was written and drawn by Baltazar and Aureliani.[3] In 2013, Baltazar and Aureliani launched a revival of The Green Team for DC.[4][5] That series was cancelled in January 2014.[6]
Aureliani is an art teacher at Carmel High School in Carmel, New York.[7]
Awards
2009 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids for Tiny Titans.[1]
2011 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids for Tiny Titans.[1]
2014 Eisner Award for Best Publication for early readers: Itty Bitty Hellboy, by Art Baltazar and Franco.
2011 Harvey Award for Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers: "Tiny Titans"
Bibliography
Aw Yeah Comics! Publishing
Aw Yeah Comics! #1–2 (2013)
Peach and the Isle of Monsters #1 (2016)
Blindwolf Studios/Electric Milk Comics
Patrick the Wolf Boy #1 (2000)
Patrick the Wolf Boy: Christmas Special 2000 #1 (2000)
Patrick the Wolf Boy: Halloween Special #1 (2000)
Patrick the Wolf Boy: Mother's Day Special 2001 #1 (2001)
Patrick the Wolf Boy: Next Halloween Special 2001 #1 (2001)
Patrick the Wolf Boy: Summer Special 2001 #1 (2001)
Patrick the Wolf Boy: Valentine's Day Special 2001 #1 (2001)
Dark Horse Comics
Aw Yeah Comics: Action Cat & Adventure Bug #1–4 (2016)
Itty Bitty Hellboy #1–5 (2013)
Itty Bitty Hellboy: The Search for the Were-Jaguar #1–4 (2015–2016)
Itty Bitty: Маsк
DC Comics
Batman '66 #12 (2014)
Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! #5–19, 21 (2009–2010)
DCU Halloween Special '09 #1 (2009)
DCU Holiday Special #1 (2009)
FCBD 2011 Young Justice Batman BB Super Sampler #1 (2011)
Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special #1 (2011)
Green Lantern: The Animated Series #0, 1–9 (2012–2013)
Green Team: Teen Trillionaires #1–8 (2013–2014)
Superman Family Adventures #1–12 (2012–2013)
Super Powers #1–6 (2017)
Tiny Titans #1–50 (2008–2012)
Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse #1–6 (2014–2015)
Young Justice vol. 2 #1–6 (2011)
DC Comics and Archie Comics
Tiny Titans/Little Archie #1–3 (2010–2011)
Dynamite Entertainment
Captain Action Cat: The Timestream Catastrophe! #1–4 (2014)
Stone Arch Books
Dino-Mike (2015)
Little Bee Books
Fae and the Moon (2023)[8]
Pro Interviews: Franco Aureliani
Franco's art desk with a Nightcrawler sketch.
Comic creator Franco Aureliani at his art table
Comic creator Franco Aureliani at his art table
PRO INTERVIEWS
Franco Aureliani makes fun comics because he is a fun guy. With his frequent partner Art Baltazaar, Franco has created Eisner-award winning comics like Tiny Titans that are charming, witty, and fun. As a creator, he appears at many comic book conventions and is generous and engaging with his fans.
BUDDY SCALERA @ COMIC BOOK SCHOOL: What’s one thing every artist should include in their convention portfolio
FRANCO: Panel to panel sequence! You’ve got to be able to tell a story.
COMIC BOOK SCHOOL: What’s one thing you saw last week that you’ll incorporate into your comic book storytelling
FRANCO: I found an old book of album covers from the ‘60s and the ‘70s and I love the funky lines and colors and thought that would be great to incorporate something like that into a project I’m working on now.
COMIC BOOK SCHOOL: What’s one comic book you’d recommend that people start reading?
FRANCO: Digging “Guardians of the Galaxy” right now.
COMIC BOOK SCHOOL: What’s on your desk right now?
FRANCO: I’m doing a fun commission sketch of Nightcrawler.
Franco's art desk with a Nightcrawler sketch.
Franco’s art desk with a Nightcrawler sketch.
COMIC BOOK SCHOOL: Creative tool(s) of choice:
FRANCO: Nothing beats a pencil in my book!
Website: http://www.awyeahcomics.com
Twitter: @awyeahfranco
This interview appeared originally in the Comic Book School Newsletter. Sign up today and get this free newsletter.
Franco and his forehead have traveled the world and he writes and draws stuff and sometimes throws paint around on canvas.
Franco is the creator, artist and writer of Patrick the Wolf Boy and AW YEAH COMICS! Franco has worked on The DINO-MIKE book series and comic titles for various Comic companies including critically acclaimed SUPERMAN FAMILY ADVENTURES, YOUNG JUSTICE, BILLY BATSON and the MAGIC of SHAZAM, SUPERPOWERS and the New York Times bestseller, multi Eisner award winning series TINY TITANS for DC COMICS! He has also worked on GRIMISS ISLAND and itty bitty HELLBOY with DARK HORSE COMICS! ENCOUNTER for LionFORGE! His latest work is his original graphic novel THE GHOST, THE OWL from Action Lab Entertainment and SUPERMAN OF SMALLVILLE from DC Comics.
Franco is also a High School teacher.
Franco is a painter and has shown work in galleries and around the country.
Franco is one of the principle owners of AW YEAH COMICS retail stores
Twitter/Instagram: @awyeahfranco
blindwolfstudios.com
awyeahcomics.com
Selected Bibliography
Sequential Art (... it's a fancy word for comic books)!
Title Publisher Year
Young Justice: The Animated Series #1 - The Early Missions DC 2019
Superman of Smallville GN DC 2019
Encounter #1-10 Lion Forge 2018
Super Powers #1-5 DC 2017
Little Archie #1 [Cover A Art Baltazar] Arcie 2017
Harvey Hits #1 Joe Books 2017
Peach and the Isle of Monsters #1 Aw Yeah 2016
Aw Yeah Comics: Action Cat & Adventure Bug #1-4 Dark Horse 2016
Spot On Adventure #1 - Ready for Takeoff! Action Labs 2016
Itty Bitty Hellboy: The Search for the Were-Jaguar #1-4 Dark Horse 2015
conan the Avenger #11 Dark Horse 2015
Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse #1-6 DC 2014
Captain Action Cat: The Timestream Catastrophe #1-4 Dynamite 2014
Hello Kitty and Friends Free Comic Day 2014 Viz 2014
Aw Yeah Comics!: Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian Wrestle Aw Yeah Comics! Aw Yeah 2014
The Green Team: Teen Trillionaires #1-8 DC 2014
Itty Bitty Hellboy #1-4 Dark Horse 2013
Aw Yeah Comics #1-13 Aw Yeah 2013
Superman Family Adventures #1-9 DC 2012
Green Lantern: The Animated Series #1-6 DC 2012
DC Nation Super Spectacular Issue #1 DC 2012
DC NAtion FCBD Super Sampler / Superman Adventures Flip Book #1 DC 2012
Young Justice #1-6 DC 2011
FCBD 2011 Young Justice Batman BB Super Sampler DC 2011
World of Archie Double Digest #5 Archie 2011
Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special DC 2011
Tiny Titans / Little Archie #1-3 DC 2010
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #2 DC 2010
Looney Tunes #191 DC 2010
Batman: Brave and the Bold #21 DC 2010
DC Comics Mega Sampler 2010 DC 2010
DCU Halloween Special '09 #1 DC 2009
Ambush Bug: Year None #7 DC 2009
DC Kids Mega Sampler #1 DC 2009
Tiny Titans: Adventures in Awesomeness DC 2009
Billy Batson & the Magic of Shazam! #5-21 DC 2009
Tiny Titans: Welcome to the Treehouse DC 2009
G-Man: Cape Crisis #1-5 DC 2009
DCU Holiday Special #1 DC 2009
Ninjatown: The Adventures of Wee Ninja Devil's Due 2008
Tiny Titans [Free Comic Book Day Edition] DC 2008
Tiny Titans #1-50 DC 2008
Lil' Creeps #1 Blindwolf 2006
Jack and Jack Blindwolf 2004
I Dream of Jeannie Special Edition Airwave 2002
Patrick the Wolf Boy: Next Halloween Special 2001 Blindwolf 2001
Patrick the Wolf Boy: Summer Special 2001 Blindwolf 2001
Patrick the Wolf Boy: Valentine's Day Special 2001 Blindwolf 2001
Patrick the Wolf Boy: Christmas Special 2000 Blindwolf 2000
Patrick the Wolf Boy: Halloween Special 2000 Blindwolf 2000
Patrick the Wolf Boy #1 Blindwolf 2000
Indy-Buzz #1 Blindwolf 1999
Prose (Which sounds fancier than it should...)
Dino-Mike Vol. 1 - Dino-Mike and the T-Rex Attack 2015
Dino-Mike Vol. 2 - Dino-Mike and the Museum Mayhem 2015
Dino-Mike Vol. 3 - Dino-Mike and the Underwater Dinosaurs 2015
Dino-Mike Vol. 4 - Dino-Mike and the Jurassic Portal 2015
Dino-Mike Vol. 5 - Dino-Mike and the Living Fossils 2016
Dino-Mike Vol. 6 - Dino-Mike and the Dinosaur Cove 2016
Dino-Mike Vol. 7 - Dino-Mike and the Dinosaur Doomsday 2016
Dino-Mike Vol. 8 - Dino-Mike and the Lunar Showdown 2016
BALTAZAR, Art & Franco Aureliani. Patrick the Wolf Boy. vol. 1. illus. by Art Baltazar. unpaged. DDP. 2005. pap. $10.95. ISBN 1-932796-27-4. LG number unavailable.
Gr 2-8-Devil's Due Publishing is issuing a line of graphic novels called D3, digest forms of their popular comics. Initially, Patrick looks like your average boy--he goes to school and to the beach, plays with toys, visits Santa, etc. However, he is a werewolf, and while other children give the teacher apples, he prefers to bestow them with more meaty gifts such as a pig or a moose. When his father tries to teach him how to fish, Patrick finds it more efficient to scare a bear and steal its fish. And every time his parents turn around, he takes a chomp out of something totally unexpected, from baseball bats to neighborhood squirrels. The whimsical '60s-style, black-and-white cartoon strips add to the campy atmosphere (Patrick's appearance hints at Eddie Munster and his father rings of Darren Stevens from Bewitched). Readers of this entertaining compilation are in for a howling good time.-Karen T. Bilton, Somerset County Library, Bridgewater, NJ
Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2005 A wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Bilton, Karen T. "Baltazar, Art and Franco Aureliani. Patrick the Wolf Boy, vol. 1." School Library Journal, vol. 51, no. 7, July 2005, p. 124. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A134383019/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=a6cac61f. Accessed 16 May 2023.
Tiny Titans vs. the Fearsome Five. By Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani. Illus. by the authors. 2012. 32p. Capstone, lib. ed., $21.27 (9781434245380). 741.5. K-Gr. 2.
This is the first in Stone Arch's line of Tiny Titans books, reprinting DC's popular and Eisner-winning children's title. Characters like Robin, Starfire, Kid Flash, Speedy, Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy--who will be familiar to many young readers from cartoon shows like Teen Titans and Young Justice--gallivant through several fast-paced vignettes focusing on group dynamics and school life. Putting superheroes into real-life situations and environments familiar to the readership is likely to charm, and the humor is well calculated for the age level. The art balances classical cartooning that exaggerates various features, actions, and emotions, with a modern stylization and color palette that exemplifies the motion and energy. The only real downside here is that you get only a single issue's worth of story; while the softcover collections currently published by DC contain six flail issues. Back matter includes character introductions, a glossary, and some educator-targeted visual questions and prompts.
Karp, Jesse
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Karp, Jesse. "Tiny Titans vs. the Fearsome Five." Booklist, vol. 109, no. 8, 15 Dec. 2012, p. 38. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A313011368/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=fbec5854. Accessed 16 May 2023.
Franco DINO-MIKE AND THE T. REX ATTACK Capstone Young Readers (Children's Fiction) $23.99 3, 1 ISBN: 978-1-4342-9627-6
The appearance of a live T. Rex near a fossil dig kicks off a wild round of dino-antics in this series kickoff from an Eisner Award-winning comics writer.Hardly has young Mike donned his high-tech, solar-powered hoodie--a present from his paleontologist dad--than he's running into Shannon, a mysterious girl wielding awesome futuristic devices, and running in panic from a hungry T. Rex he decides, in a less frantic moment, to name Sam. Secretive about her origins, Shannon enlists Mike, whom she dubs "Dino-Mike" (she herself goes by the less punchy moniker "Triceratops Shannon"), to help her steal a hot dog truck and lure the monster into a force field cage so that it can be sent back to the Cretaceous. Though ultimately successful, the mission is not only complicated by continuing interference from rascally dinosaur collector Jurassic Jeff, but capped, in a closing stunner, with unmistakable evidence that "Sam" was actually "Samantha." Franco strews his lickety-split escapade with cartoons featuring wide-eyed figures viewed, often, from dramatic angles, leaves loose ends aplenty for sequels, and tacks on a dino-glossary and a set of T. Rex facts at the end. Like Sam with those hot dogs, readers eager to snap up any dino-story will make quick work of this tongue-in-cheek romp. (Science fiction. 8-10)
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"Franco: DINO-MIKE AND THE T. REX ATTACK." Kirkus Reviews, 15 Dec. 2014. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A393254987/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=542b5365. Accessed 16 May 2023.
Superman of Smallville
Franco Aureliani and Art Baltazar
DC Zoom
https://www.dccomics.com
9781401283926 $9.99 amazon.com
Diana Perry
Reviewer
Can Superman keep Smallville from going to the dogs? Acts of awesomeness are happening around town. People are being rescued, runaway tractors stopped, and fires extinguished. This is all in a day's work for the hero known only as "Superman." But who is he, really? Thirteen-year-old Clark Kent knows. He has a super-secret - one his parents are constantly worried will get out. Clark promises to be extra careful, but when random objects begin to take flight and disappear, his parents threaten to ground him. Except he's innocent! If Superman isn't responsible... who is? Join Clark in this hilarious adventure as he sniffs out the real culprit. A fun read for any early reader to middle grader. (Ages 7-11)
Please Note: Illustration(s) are not available due to copyright restrictions.
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Perry, Diana. "Superman of Smallville." Children's Bookwatch, Sept. 2019. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A603050568/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=7bd86213. Accessed 16 May 2023.
Aureliani, Franco FAE AND THE MOON Yellow Jacket (Children's None) $24.99 2, 7 ISBN: 978-1-4998-1328-9
A child in turmoil takes matters into her own hands.
Light-skinned, red-haired Fae lives in a secluded cabin, lonely and aching for her missing mother. With only two silent mice, a talking bunny named Percival, and her nightmares for company, Fae struggles with anger and sadness while holding out hope that her mother will return. Her mysterious mother brought her to this place and, before she disappeared, told her stories from their old home, tales of the moon, dragons, and the blue rose. Those stories keep Fae feeling connected to her mother, so when Percival suggests that she find a way to honor her mother's memory by the light of the full moon, Fae plucks the moon from the sky. This sets off a chain of events Fae could not have predicted, with wild beasts, long held at bay by the protective glow of the moon, once again going bump in the night, forcing her to finally understand her own mystical abilities and purpose. Fae's expressive, innocent face contrasts perfectly with the more sinister characters throughout. Aureliani spares no time getting into the plot, building suspense and layering in the emotional complexity of Fae's abandonment. However, this pace sometimes feels breakneck, set at Mach 10 to keep a low page and word count to suit a younger audience when the complexity of the tale could have easily been scaled up for an older age group.
Readers aren't likely to be moonstruck by this one. (Fantasy graphic novel. 6-8)
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"Aureliani, Franco: FAE AND THE MOON." Kirkus Reviews, 1 Dec. 2022, p. NA. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A729072562/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=970f2880. Accessed 16 May 2023.
Fae and the Moon
Franco Aureliani, illus. by Catherine Satrun and Sarah Satrun. Little Bee, $24.99 (144p) ISBN 978-1-4998-1328-9; $14.99 paper ISBN 978-1-4998-1327-2
This cozy graphic novel fairy tale by Aureliani (Peach and the Isle of Monsters) and twin animators and comics illustrators the Satruns examines grief through, the lens of a winsome protagonist embarking on creature-filled adventures. Still reeling from the death of her mother, red-haired, pale-skinned Fae finds comfort in her companions, a talking white rabbit named Petcival and gray mice named Frik and Frak, who help her maintain her mother's garden. But the vivid dreams she has of her mother convince Fae that the woman is still alive, stalling her grieving process. Desperate to reunite with her mom, Fae builds a ladder out of tree btanches and plucks the moon from the sky, hoping that doing "something so big she just has to notice" will prompt her mother's return. But Fae's theft lures villainous creatures to het door. Suddenly being pursued by the Rat King, Fae struggles to keep the moon captive while uncovering secrets from her mother's past and encountering betrayal at every turn. The Satruns enliven Aureliani's familiar character arcs and stakes with brightly colored illustrations rendered in soft lines reminiscent of wide-eyed, Disney-esque protagonists. Easy-to-follow panels and concise dialogue conjure an epic quest that provides audiences with a handy stepping stone into larger fantasy worlds. Ages 8-12. Agent: Marie Lamba, Jennifer De Chiara Literary. (Feb.)
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"Fae and the Moon." Publishers Weekly, vol. 269, no. 52, 12 Dec. 2022, p. 73. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A731350565/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=2956912d. Accessed 16 May 2023.