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Sardine de l'espace #1-2
Sardine in Outer Space 1
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The evil Supermuscleman, Chief Executive Dictator of the Universe, is determined to make every kid in the galaxy obey him. Only Sardine can stop his wicked plans!
128 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 2001
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About the author
Emmanuel Guibert
148 books148 followersEmmanuel Guibert has written a great many graphic novels for readers young and old, among them the Sardine in Outer Space series and The Professor’s Daughter with Joann Sfar.
In 1994, a chance encounter with an American World War II veteran named Alan Cope marked the beginning of a deep friendship and the birth of a great biographical epic.
Another of Guibert's recent works is The Photographer. Showered with awards, translated around the world and soon to come from First Second books, it relates a Doctors Without Borders mission in 1980’s Afghanistan through the eyes of a great reporter, the late Didier Lefèvre.
Guibert lives in Paris with his wife and daughter.
In 1994, a chance encounter with an American World War II veteran named Alan Cope marked the beginning of a deep friendship and the birth of a great biographical epic.
Another of Guibert's recent works is The Photographer. Showered with awards, translated around the world and soon to come from First Second books, it relates a Doctors Without Borders mission in 1980’s Afghanistan through the eyes of a great reporter, the late Didier Lefèvre.
Guibert lives in Paris with his wife and daughter.
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February 3, 2018
I'm not sure how I feel about this book. I think kids 3rd - 5th grade could enjoy this. I didn't dislike it and I really didn't like it either. I did not appreciate the artwork of this book really.
The characters are a space pirate Uncle Yellow with his 2 kids with him having adventures. Sardine is his daughter who dresses like a witch or pirate and she usually saves the day. Very interesting. I will more than likely read more since my goal is to read all the first second publications.
The characters are a space pirate Uncle Yellow with his 2 kids with him having adventures. Sardine is his daughter who dresses like a witch or pirate and she usually saves the day. Very interesting. I will more than likely read more since my goal is to read all the first second publications.
December 19, 2015
This is pure silliness. A very short, absurd and delightful read.
November 27, 2012
This is a wonderful graphic novel, written by Emmanuel Guibert! Sardine in Outer Space is about a spunky little girl who acts as a super hero to defeat her arch nemesis Supermuscleman and Doc Krok. Throughout these colorful cartoon pages, we find many adventures and many stemming from the trouble that Little Louie (her cousin) gets them into. It was particularly funny to me to see the allusions to our education system today. Specifically, it was interesting that Guibert adds a reference to the "No Child Left Behind" act which he has turned into a video game... It also seems that Guibert is not promoting school because at one point, Sardine and Little Louie are in a school with very bored children and run into a mean teacher (boo!). However, this may be a way to connect to children and I definitely believe that this is a great book to help children learn to love reading (as we discussed in class).
The illustrations in this book are obviously very important due to it being a graphic novel. The colors were great and the illustrations were even better. Each character had a specific look that followed them throughout the novel (Uncle Yellow Shoulders is always happy yet tough and all muscles). I also enjoyed the background details which were full of strange creatures!
The illustrations in this book are obviously very important due to it being a graphic novel. The colors were great and the illustrations were even better. Each character had a specific look that followed them throughout the novel (Uncle Yellow Shoulders is always happy yet tough and all muscles). I also enjoyed the background details which were full of strange creatures!
February 7, 2011
A graphic novel collection (from a French author) of short, episodic stories about a girl named Sardine, her uncle, Captain Yellow Shoulder, and her cousin, Little Louis. These three space pirates fight the evil and not-so-bright Supermuscleman (the chief executive dictator of the universe--lower case, because that's how it's written in the book) and his henchman, Doc Krok. Bad puns along with subtle literary and pop culture allusions abound.
I can't say I liked the story. It's a little weird, even for me, and a little more violent than I would like for who I see as its intended audience. The stories feel like they're told by a father who wasn't quite sure how to tell bedtime stories, but tried anyway. They remind me of my father's bedtime stories when he was starting to fall asleep in the middle of the telling and would then incorporate the weird thing he just said after I woke him up.
I can't say I liked the story. It's a little weird, even for me, and a little more violent than I would like for who I see as its intended audience. The stories feel like they're told by a father who wasn't quite sure how to tell bedtime stories, but tried anyway. They remind me of my father's bedtime stories when he was starting to fall asleep in the middle of the telling and would then incorporate the weird thing he just said after I woke him up.
July 7, 2008
This was a fun first volume of a girl, Sardine, and her uncle, Captain Yellow Shoulder, as they fly around space in their ship, The Huckleberry. Broken into chapters of individual stories, they often involve close escapes from their enemies, Supermuscleman (chief executive dictator of the universe) and Doc Krok (Mad Scientist) who have trained children throughout the universe to obey them at all times through their orphanages. Since Capt. Yellow Shoulder has a ship full of "disobedient children", he is of course a target for their plots. 3 more volumes so far -- it has big kid appeal.
August 2, 2024
everything good in the world about being a kid and playing pretend, and being just a little bit gross and finding humor in the chaotic and whimsical, in a blender, in this book.
August 23, 2010
SUMMARY: This novel is chock full of action, right from the start, when mischievous Sardine and Uncle Yellow Shoulder escape from the clutches of Doc Krok and Supermuscleman. They make their way back to their spaceship, the Huckleberry, to find that Little Louie brought an aggressive mechanical monkey onboard, and now a handful of other, larger spaceships are out to get the monkey back. Several more adventures occur, one in which Uncle Yellow comes to the aid of an unhappy child. Of course, there is plenty of chasing and fighting with Doc Krok and Supermuscleman, though in the end, it's a botched marriage proposal that causes Uncle Yellow to cry.
EVALUATION: I found this to be very funny, and I enjoyed the setting of "good" pirates in space. A tough hero with a heart of gold has timeless appeal, and the clever Sardine and trouble-attracting Little Louie should entertain both boys and girls. The artwork is crisp, colorful and very well done, as are so many First Second titles.
WHY I WOULD INCLUDE IT: Tweens enjoy humor, and I'm betting that many of them also enjoy pirates. This book (and it continues with a number of popular sequels) contains plenty of silly humor, fun, superhero clichés, and is a great light-hearted read. Also, the publisher includes a lesson plan for teaching art at their web site (http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/teach... ).
EVALUATION: I found this to be very funny, and I enjoyed the setting of "good" pirates in space. A tough hero with a heart of gold has timeless appeal, and the clever Sardine and trouble-attracting Little Louie should entertain both boys and girls. The artwork is crisp, colorful and very well done, as are so many First Second titles.
WHY I WOULD INCLUDE IT: Tweens enjoy humor, and I'm betting that many of them also enjoy pirates. This book (and it continues with a number of popular sequels) contains plenty of silly humor, fun, superhero clichés, and is a great light-hearted read. Also, the publisher includes a lesson plan for teaching art at their web site (http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/teach... ).
July 24, 2009
Guibert, E. and Sfar, J. (2006). Sardine in outer space. New York: First Second.
Summary:
Sardine the heroine, her uncle Captain Yellow Shoulder, and her cousin Little Louie go on twelve adventures in this graphic novel for intermediate grades. This is the first book in the Sardine series (originally written in France).
Note: Some inappropriate references: Captain Yellow Shoulder drinks “rum” earlier in the graphic novel and in the section “Stratus, Portus and Aramus”, the children and uncle land on a cloud made of beer, with nearby clouds made of wine and rum, which the children are told to drink (they “pretend” to drink).
Reviews/Awards:
Publisher's Weekly 6/12/2006
Kirkus Review 4/15/2006
Booklist 3/15/2006
Curriculum Connection:
Reading jigsaw: students discuss the characters in the book in groups, each group has one character to talk about. After sharing, the students in each group disperse to share their information with someone from the other groups: http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/teach...
Grades: 4-6
(possibly just 6th grade, due to alcoholic references?)
Summary:
Sardine the heroine, her uncle Captain Yellow Shoulder, and her cousin Little Louie go on twelve adventures in this graphic novel for intermediate grades. This is the first book in the Sardine series (originally written in France).
Note: Some inappropriate references: Captain Yellow Shoulder drinks “rum” earlier in the graphic novel and in the section “Stratus, Portus and Aramus”, the children and uncle land on a cloud made of beer, with nearby clouds made of wine and rum, which the children are told to drink (they “pretend” to drink).
Reviews/Awards:
Publisher's Weekly 6/12/2006
Kirkus Review 4/15/2006
Booklist 3/15/2006
Curriculum Connection:
Reading jigsaw: students discuss the characters in the book in groups, each group has one character to talk about. After sharing, the students in each group disperse to share their information with someone from the other groups: http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/teach...
Grades: 4-6
(possibly just 6th grade, due to alcoholic references?)
February 25, 2015
Sardine and her uncle Captain Yellow Shoulder travel the universe, either evading capture by Supermuscleman or saving unhappy children wherever they might be.
These stories (the chapters are more like vingettes) are fun and silly and sometimes gross (i.e. perfect for kids) but they're not actually interesting nor do they have any purpose. So I guess your level of enjoyment all depends on what you look for in what you read. I was not at all impressed with the dialogue, but it was translated from French. Perhaps it's funnier in the original language.
I did find one chapter humorous. Sardone and Little Louie have just gotten a new virtual reality video game called "No-Child-Left-Behind-School II. While playing they grab their book bags, try to make it across a busy street, avoid a park guard and quick sand, fly over a playground group of "bully 'ems" and make it into class, albeit half an hour late. During a spelling test they get yanked out of this virtual reality by Uncle Yellow. Just the juxtopposition of space pirates playing a school video game made me giggle a bit.
These stories (the chapters are more like vingettes) are fun and silly and sometimes gross (i.e. perfect for kids) but they're not actually interesting nor do they have any purpose. So I guess your level of enjoyment all depends on what you look for in what you read. I was not at all impressed with the dialogue, but it was translated from French. Perhaps it's funnier in the original language.
I did find one chapter humorous. Sardone and Little Louie have just gotten a new virtual reality video game called "No-Child-Left-Behind-School II. While playing they grab their book bags, try to make it across a busy street, avoid a park guard and quick sand, fly over a playground group of "bully 'ems" and make it into class, albeit half an hour late. During a spelling test they get yanked out of this virtual reality by Uncle Yellow. Just the juxtopposition of space pirates playing a school video game made me giggle a bit.
September 19, 2010
I was not a fan of this and eventually just stopped reading. I didn't really like any of the characters, thought the action sequences of the plot moved too quickly for the illustrations, and some of the humour must have gotten lost in the translation from French. I'm not a huge fan of Sfar's artistic style either. Some things seem to have too much detail while others seem to be too simple, like the characters' faces. I think the colours were nice and loved the idea of the book, thinking that it would be hard for this one not to be funny, but it didn't end up keeping my attention in the end.
August 13, 2016
Summary: The Chief Executive Officer of the universe, Supermuscleman, is training all children to obey him. Only the space pirates aboard their ship the Huckleberry--Sardine, her cousin Louie, and her Uncle Yellow--can outwit him and his wicked plan.
Graphic Novel
I know it is for kids but I am having a very hard time finishing this book. I do not like it at all. It seems very silly and has no literary value at all. The chapters all have weak plots/story lines that wrap up too quickly. There is a lot of name calling.
Good for kids who like outer space, pirates, silly humor, etc.
Don't think too many teachers or parents would be liking these books through.
Graphic Novel
I know it is for kids but I am having a very hard time finishing this book. I do not like it at all. It seems very silly and has no literary value at all. The chapters all have weak plots/story lines that wrap up too quickly. There is a lot of name calling.
Good for kids who like outer space, pirates, silly humor, etc.
Don't think too many teachers or parents would be liking these books through.
April 22, 2012
Episodic adventures starring a girl named Sardine, her cousin Little Louie, and her Uncle Yellow Shoulder as they travel through space aboard the Huckleberry. Each episode has the space pirate trio squaring off against a duo of bad guys: Doc Krok and Supermuscleman. Most of the adventures are pretty tame, but a few of them have graphic images (i.e bodies severed in half). I think the good guys vs. bad guys theme along with some of the funny/gross situations the characters find themselves in would appeal to middle grade boy readers.
November 8, 2009
Genre: Comic Book/Graphic Novel
Supermuscleman and his evil accomplice, Doc Krok, want to rid the universe of naughty, disobedient kids so they try to trap Sardine and her space pirate uncle, Captain Yellow Shoulder, who is really just a big kid too. Amusingly, the antics of Sardine's naughty cousin Louie often put them at risk, but Sardine always seems to find a way to escape Supermuscleman's clutches. This is humorous and entertaining.
Supermuscleman and his evil accomplice, Doc Krok, want to rid the universe of naughty, disobedient kids so they try to trap Sardine and her space pirate uncle, Captain Yellow Shoulder, who is really just a big kid too. Amusingly, the antics of Sardine's naughty cousin Louie often put them at risk, but Sardine always seems to find a way to escape Supermuscleman's clutches. This is humorous and entertaining.
April 28, 2010
This is not my favorite book but it has some really nice qualities. First, it is about a pirate in outer space which would certainly catch the attention of many children but what surprised me is that the main character is a little girl. Moreover, the storyline never seems to point out that Sardine is a girl so it is never a big deal. Not very many juvenile books have a little rambunctious female child so that stood out to me and I think it is a positive thing.
April 24, 2012
My son doesn't care for reading. I know. It breaks my heart. So I keep trying to find interesting things he might like to read. Someday, something will break through. This one came close. He actually wanted to keep reading.
This is a weird little graphic novel written on a second grade level. Sardine and her uncle, Yellow Shoulder, are trying to escape the evil clutches of Dr. Krok and Supermuscleman. He liked it. And that counts for a lot these days.
This is a weird little graphic novel written on a second grade level. Sardine and her uncle, Yellow Shoulder, are trying to escape the evil clutches of Dr. Krok and Supermuscleman. He liked it. And that counts for a lot these days.
April 13, 2009
This is one of my favorite books because this book is a comic book.
Theres'three kids and they are trying to find out a way to get
out of space and get back to earth.But then they get stuck into a more
dangerous place, and have to find there way out of there.You can find
this book atMs'lasys'library.
Theres'three kids and they are trying to find out a way to get
out of space and get back to earth.But then they get stuck into a more
dangerous place, and have to find there way out of there.You can find
this book atMs'lasys'library.
January 5, 2011
French graphic novel about space pirate Sardine, her uncle Yellow Shoulder, and cousin Little Louie as they cruise around outer space in their spaceship the Huckleberry and fight intergalactic crime. Illustrations are cool but the stories were boring, according to both me and my eight-year-old. Classified YA only because they show a character's rear-end... I think we've all seen these before :)
April 7, 2011
Funny, shamelessly juvenile, irreverent short cartoon stories about a space pirate, Uncle Yellow Shoulder, and his irascible orphan niece, Sardine, who regularly kick the butt of their stupid nemeses, Supermuscleman and Doc Krok, in outer space adventures rife with wacky, icky space beings and silly space structures.
September 12, 2016
Los 'malos' quieren que todos los niños obedezcan y los 'buenos' son piratas que enseñan a losniños a desobedecer. Realmente nada indicado para mis hijos, que ya tienen la desobediencia bien aprendida. Pero... ¡es tan divertido! Sucesión de aventuras que enfrentan a Sardina del Espacio con Supermusculman.
August 19, 2008
Drawings beautiful as always.
Story cutely meandering, but maybe just a little bit lacking in ...uh....something rooting it to experience and making me care about the characters feelings. What's that you say? It's for french kids, not for American grown-ups? Oh. Huh.
Story cutely meandering, but maybe just a little bit lacking in ...uh....something rooting it to experience and making me care about the characters feelings. What's that you say? It's for french kids, not for American grown-ups? Oh. Huh.
February 6, 2010
I loved this. I feel like a kid would really love the tone and possibly the cartoon-like violence. One of my favorites: "On a very warm, beautiful planet, we found a little space lion, and we, um well, we adopted him. And he got a lot bigger after that. He's already eaten four of us!"
April 24, 2010
Sometimes I think that the French are the only ones who know how to do a good comic. Whimsical and funny, definitely a little weird. This isn't so much a graphic novel per se, but a series of episodes. Kind of like short stories in graphic novel form.
February 6, 2011
This action space pirate graphic novel was okay, but it was pretty random. I think my kids liked it; they wanted me to read it, but didn't have much to say about it. I wanted to like this more, but I guess I was expecting some more heroics and plot instead of randomness.
June 18, 2011
I love Joann Sfar but this humor was a little too French for me. It reminded me of Pippi Longstocking as Sardine always outwits adults in a mischevious manner. I did laugh out loud a few times, though, which is extremely rare, so overall not my cup of tea but not a waste of time.
December 1, 2011
Captain Yellow Shoulder has a ship full of children he has rescued from the experiments of villains Supermuscleman and Doc Krok, including his niece Sardine. This is the first compilation volume of French comic Sardine in Outer Space. Very cute.
Upper elementary/middle school.
Upper elementary/middle school.
October 10, 2012
Illustrated by Joann Sfar. I was so incredibly pleasantly surprised by this! It was funny, it made me want to keep reading, and it was definitely something that kids could totally get into. I'll be recommending this for sure. It's a lower reading level which is great too!
January 7, 2013
This graphic novels series is new to me, I look forward to recommending this series to kids who are Wimpy Kid fans. This series is funny, filled with action and adventure, and great characters! Kids are going to love the unfolding stories in this series.
May 12, 2013
I read this to Henry and Louisa. It's probably my least favorite Joann Sfar--but it's still pretty good with excellent drawings in his trademark style and interesting characters. It is just that the stories themselves are pretty thin as compared to The Rabbi's Cat or Little Vampire.
December 12, 2013
Cute and fun, in a ridiculous way. This graphic novel feels like it's written BY kids for kids. Which is to say, kids would probably love it, and I thought it was all right. I feel like SpongeBob SquarePants is better written (but has the same kind of feel).
February 8, 2016
Cute, silly stories about a space pirate, his niece and her friends, adventuring around! They meet a lot of strange aliens and battle with the "good guys." A fun read! Each story is only a few pages long, a good size for bedtime stories.
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