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The Wondrous Wonders
With irresistible wit and brilliant strokes of watercolor, Camille Jourdy brings this dreamlike fable to life. Wondrous Wonders is a tale of pure magic for children and adults alike.
Hurt by her parents’ divorce and struggling to accept her new stepfamily, she decides to run away and live alone in the woods. But she soon discovers that she’s far from alone. Jo stumbles into a fantastical world full of tiny elves, talking foxes, and mischievous, multicolored ponies known as the Wondrous Wonders. Her new friends are on a mission: rise up against Emperor Tomcat, the tyrannical leader who rules the enchanted forest they call home. Can Jo find the courage to vanquish an evil empire and get back to her family before dinnertime?
Hurt by her parents’ divorce and struggling to accept her new stepfamily, she decides to run away and live alone in the woods. But she soon discovers that she’s far from alone. Jo stumbles into a fantastical world full of tiny elves, talking foxes, and mischievous, multicolored ponies known as the Wondrous Wonders. Her new friends are on a mission: rise up against Emperor Tomcat, the tyrannical leader who rules the enchanted forest they call home. Can Jo find the courage to vanquish an evil empire and get back to her family before dinnertime?
160 pages, Hardcover
First published October 2, 2019
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About the author
Camille Jourdy
32 books104 followersSince Camille Jourdy finished her education in Fine Arts, this French author divides her time between her works as illustrator of children´s books and her true passion: comic creation.
Her very first contribution to the graphic narrative world takes place in 2004, when her first comic is published; Une araignée, des tagliatelles et au lit, tu parles d´une vie. This work shows a firm experimental vocation, where Jourdy plays with the narrative possibilities of the media.
After some years devoted to producing children´s works, the author in parallel dedicates part of her time to the creation of her most ambitious work: Rosalie Blum. In 2007, the first volume of the trilogy is published in France. And it is finished by the launching of the third volume of the series two years later.
As a whole, Rosalie Blum is enthusiastically received by critics and audience. Many awards, among which the critics´ award in France and the new writer´s award in the Angoulême festival can be stressed, bear correspondence to the succeed of this work.
Her very first contribution to the graphic narrative world takes place in 2004, when her first comic is published; Une araignée, des tagliatelles et au lit, tu parles d´une vie. This work shows a firm experimental vocation, where Jourdy plays with the narrative possibilities of the media.
After some years devoted to producing children´s works, the author in parallel dedicates part of her time to the creation of her most ambitious work: Rosalie Blum. In 2007, the first volume of the trilogy is published in France. And it is finished by the launching of the third volume of the series two years later.
As a whole, Rosalie Blum is enthusiastically received by critics and audience. Many awards, among which the critics´ award in France and the new writer´s award in the Angoulême festival can be stressed, bear correspondence to the succeed of this work.
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February 13, 2020
Un OLNI (Objet Littéraire Non Identifié) de la littérature jeunesse. J’en ressors complètement charmée, avec la sensation d’émerger d’un autre monde. Les Vermeilles est une vermeilleuse lecture remplie de poésie et d’humour. Il en émane une incroyable douceur, et en même temps c’est tellement loufoque qu’on croirait être dans une adaptation BD d’un livre de PEF, avec les jeux de mots et les contrepèteries qui l’accompagnent. Le choix des couleurs est intéressant, tout en couleurs pastels. Les Vermeilles est une BD hors du temps, à déguster comme un bonbon, en le laissant doucement fondre sous la langue.
May 18, 2023
One of the best graphic novels I've read in a long time! This was just so imaginative, so fun, so lovely. It reminded me of a ghibli film--the concept of spirited away, the whimsicalness of totoro, and the imaginativeness of adventure time, all in one book. The art was incredible and I would love to get some prints of some of the panels in here. So many beautiful scenes and at heart, a beautiful story about love, anger, and forgiveness.
March 13, 2023
Un vrai bonbon d'une douceur et d'une poésie folle ! Une véritable aventure pour tous les âges, pleine de couleurs et de surprises. On termine cette histoire avec l'envie de la recommencer immédiatement, c'est vermeilleux !
January 27, 2020
Oh la la ... tellement mais tellement d’amour pour cette BD « vermeilleuse », aux couleurs pastels divines, à l’histoire loufoque et si pleine de douceur ... j’ai refermé cette beauté avec le cœur débordant d’amour !
November 9, 2020
"Durante un picnic familiar la pequeña Jo decide aventurarse dentro del bosque, alejándose de su “nueva familia”, persiguiendo a dos pequeños y disparatados personajes. Cual Alícia atraviesa un túnel hasta llegar a un país de maravillas, donde un gatuno rey despótico está maltratando a sus súbditos y haciendo desaparecer a las Varamillas. Uniéndose, sin pretenderlo demasiado, a la revuelta, emprenderá un viaje mágico por un mundo de color pastel y personajes fantásticos.
Con las Varamillas, premio especial a mejor cómic infantil Angoulem 2020 entre otros muchos, nos volvemos a reencontrar con la obra de Camille Jourdy. La autora de origen francés es de sobra conocida por los amantes del cómic por sus obras Rosalie Blum y Juliette - Les fantômes reviennent au printemps.
Aunque en inicio podemos pensar que nos encontramos delante de una fábula mágica para los más pequeños, descubriremos a medida que avanza el texto que Jourdy no cae en ese tópico sino que nos ofrece un pequeño divertimento lleno de encantadora locura y finísima ironía. Como en sus anteriores obras nos deleita con un dibujo detallado, curioso y exultante de color. Un cómic singular para disfrutar pequeños y adultos por igual y desbordar nuestra imaginación." Noemí Jiménez
Con las Varamillas, premio especial a mejor cómic infantil Angoulem 2020 entre otros muchos, nos volvemos a reencontrar con la obra de Camille Jourdy. La autora de origen francés es de sobra conocida por los amantes del cómic por sus obras Rosalie Blum y Juliette - Les fantômes reviennent au printemps.
Aunque en inicio podemos pensar que nos encontramos delante de una fábula mágica para los más pequeños, descubriremos a medida que avanza el texto que Jourdy no cae en ese tópico sino que nos ofrece un pequeño divertimento lleno de encantadora locura y finísima ironía. Como en sus anteriores obras nos deleita con un dibujo detallado, curioso y exultante de color. Un cómic singular para disfrutar pequeños y adultos por igual y desbordar nuestra imaginación." Noemí Jiménez
February 22, 2021
Varamilloso!
Una divertida historia de aventuras y autodescubrimiento, que bebe del sentido del humor de las obras para adultos de Jourdy, añadiéndole el toque fantástico que hace que esta obra sea redonda!
Una divertida historia de aventuras y autodescubrimiento, que bebe del sentido del humor de las obras para adultos de Jourdy, añadiéndole el toque fantástico que hace que esta obra sea redonda!
January 1, 2024
Varamilloso inicio de año ^ - ^
Un cómic precioso, que descubrí solo hace unos días. El dibujo en acuarela de la autora es hermoso y la historia es muy tierna y rarísima.
Al no saber, de verdad nada, me iba sorprendiendo con lo que le sucedía a la pequeña Jo en el mundo de las maravillas. Un mundo mágico que se encuentra en el bosque donde ella molesta con su familia decide vagar. Ahí conocerá unos seres extraños, divertidos y tiernos y también descubrirá a las Varamillas unos caballitos de colores.
Un agasajo.
Recomendado.
Un cómic precioso, que descubrí solo hace unos días. El dibujo en acuarela de la autora es hermoso y la historia es muy tierna y rarísima.
Al no saber, de verdad nada, me iba sorprendiendo con lo que le sucedía a la pequeña Jo en el mundo de las maravillas. Un mundo mágico que se encuentra en el bosque donde ella molesta con su familia decide vagar. Ahí conocerá unos seres extraños, divertidos y tiernos y también descubrirá a las Varamillas unos caballitos de colores.
Un agasajo.
Recomendado.
October 24, 2024
Un retorno a la infancia lleno de colores 🌈
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August 11, 2023Beaucoup trop mims
July 3, 2023
I four-starred enjoyed and appreciated Jourdy’s graphic novel as an adult, but I know I would have five-starred loved this as a kid. The story - about a little girl who runs away, ends up in a sort of fairy land, and then helps save the day against an evil tyrannical emperor (who is a tom cat) has all sorts of sassy little asides going on within the frame of the bigger story. It’s the kind of story I really loved as a kid (Pickle Pickle Pickle Juice was a book like this for me; Goldbug in Cars and Trucks and Things That Go also had this quality).
May 18, 2024
J'ai beaucoup apprécié cette petite lecture jeunesse. Le livre est doux comme il faut, avec beaucoup d'aventure et d'amitié.
J'ai vraiment pouffé de rire ("pouffé de rire" est la bonne expression)
Ça invite clairement les parents à devenir des grands enfants et je trouve ça cool. La petite comptine de la fin ma grave rendu nostalgique.
Sinon il y a beaucoup de jeux de mots et de blagues (ça m'a fait penser au cours de psycho de l'enfance)
Point positif : YA DES NAIN DANS LE LIVRE (meme si c ecrit "lutin" 👀)
CONCLUSION : lire des livres jeunesses (même si c'est pour mon stage à la base) c'est vraiment sympa !
J'ai vraiment pouffé de rire ("pouffé de rire" est la bonne expression)
Ça invite clairement les parents à devenir des grands enfants et je trouve ça cool. La petite comptine de la fin ma grave rendu nostalgique.
Sinon il y a beaucoup de jeux de mots et de blagues (ça m'a fait penser au cours de psycho de l'enfance)
Point positif : YA DES NAIN DANS LE LIVRE (meme si c ecrit "lutin" 👀)
CONCLUSION : lire des livres jeunesses (même si c'est pour mon stage à la base) c'est vraiment sympa !
September 18, 2022
Les Vermeilles je tourne autour depuis sa sortie en librairie. Et je ne sais pas pourquoi j'ai attendu si longtemps avant de le lire !
C'est chou, c'est drôle, c'est doux. Vraiment une très chouette BD que je recommande chaudement.
J'aurais aimé plus de planches comme la couverture tellement c'est beau (ces couleurs 💜)
C'est chou, c'est drôle, c'est doux. Vraiment une très chouette BD que je recommande chaudement.
J'aurais aimé plus de planches comme la couverture tellement c'est beau (ces couleurs 💜)
March 4, 2021
Une bd superbement douce et délicieuse, intelligente et rigolote
June 9, 2021
Quelle belle découverte que cette BD jeunesse pleine de douceur et d'humour, entre récit initiatique et récit d'aventures, aux personnages aussi tendres que drôles et aux couleurs si jolies...
À découvrir, qu'on soit petit ou grand, pour passer un "vermeilleux" moment !
À découvrir, qu'on soit petit ou grand, pour passer un "vermeilleux" moment !
November 9, 2023
Jourdy nunca defrauda. maravilla🪄🧚♂️💞 y con sus toquecitos de humor
June 3, 2021
drôle et très doux, un petit voyage en enfance très agréable
July 10, 2021
Una preciosidad
April 29, 2021
Las Varamillas son unos caballitos de colores del tamaño de un bebé grande. Si se guardan en cautividad se les va el color, se destiñen como si les hubiesen echado encima un gran chorro de agua enjabonada.
Siempre estoy buscando algo en los libros que conecte hilos con otras cosas en mi vida. Me gusta tenerlo todo atado, luna en Tauro, rechazo los cambios bruscos o algo así. Aquí hay un cachito de mi infancia, algo nuevo para atar.
Siempre estoy buscando algo en los libros que conecte hilos con otras cosas en mi vida. Me gusta tenerlo todo atado, luna en Tauro, rechazo los cambios bruscos o algo así. Aquí hay un cachito de mi infancia, algo nuevo para atar.
October 2, 2022
Graphic Novel
2.5 stars
I received an electronic ARC from First Second Books through NetGalley.
A look at what happens when an unhappy child runs away and ends up in another world. This young girl is unhappy being with her father, stepmom and stepsisters. She runs off into the forest leaving everyone else at the campsite. To her surprise, she meets two small talking characters (elves?) and follows them through the tunnel to their home. Adventures follow as they attempt to rescue fellow villagers from the emperor's castle. After successfully defeating the emperor, rescuing the Wondrous Wonders and villagers, and heading back to the village, the girl decides she does want to go back to her home. The book ends with her rejoining her family at their trailer.
The soft focused illustrations work but offer a definite blurry cast to the whole book. The story is disjointed but does read as a fairytale. Others will appreciate the writer's style but I prefer leaving less for the reader to fill in and more connections so the plot works in all places. It's hard to figure out the target audience for this book.
2.5 stars
I received an electronic ARC from First Second Books through NetGalley.
A look at what happens when an unhappy child runs away and ends up in another world. This young girl is unhappy being with her father, stepmom and stepsisters. She runs off into the forest leaving everyone else at the campsite. To her surprise, she meets two small talking characters (elves?) and follows them through the tunnel to their home. Adventures follow as they attempt to rescue fellow villagers from the emperor's castle. After successfully defeating the emperor, rescuing the Wondrous Wonders and villagers, and heading back to the village, the girl decides she does want to go back to her home. The book ends with her rejoining her family at their trailer.
The soft focused illustrations work but offer a definite blurry cast to the whole book. The story is disjointed but does read as a fairytale. Others will appreciate the writer's style but I prefer leaving less for the reader to fill in and more connections so the plot works in all places. It's hard to figure out the target audience for this book.
May 29, 2021
Este comic fue una grata sorpresa. La historia puede ser muuuuy clásica (me recordó mucho El Viaje de Chihiro) donde una niña pequeña se pierde en un mundo fantástico, conoce a distintos personajes y se entera que un rey malvado se divierte capturándolos. No contaré qué pasa con las varamillas porque sería un mini spoiler, pero todo esto que puede sonar como un tópico está narrado de manera muy sutil por Jourdy y resulta muy entretenido.
February 8, 2022
Realment és molt bo, l'autora agafa Alícia al País de les Meravelles i li fa un gir fantàstic. Té humor, té crítica social, diferents lectures, de vegades es dirigeix als més peques, però també en bastants ocasions als adults. I és tendríssim i el personatge del Maurice em té el cor robat.
Però a mi el rotllo surrealisme a saco no m'ha acabat d'enganxar mai, ja ho sento. Així que per justificar les 4e en comptes de 5e m'escudaré en el típic "No eres tu, soy yo".
Però a mi el rotllo surrealisme a saco no m'ha acabat d'enganxar mai, ja ho sento. Així que per justificar les 4e en comptes de 5e m'escudaré en el típic "No eres tu, soy yo".
July 28, 2020
Que ce soit la beaute des couleurs pastel ou la poesie de ce livre, alternant sans cesse avec de l humour d enfants certes mais qui fait toujours mouche, ce roman graphisme est tellement attendrissant. Une tres belle decouverte
December 29, 2020
Quina cosa més cuqui i més meravellosa, per favor. Un «Alícia al país de les meravelles» però sense que sembli una anada d'olla. M'ha encantat.
April 13, 2021
Jo descúbrese a si mesma nunha aventura tola logo de adentrarse no bosque. Humor, fantasía, absurdo, tenrura e moita imaxinación. Varamilloso.
May 27, 2022
This was so, so, so incredibly sweet, and weird, and dreamy.
It makes me think of Over the Garden Wall, but summertime, and with an art style similar to old French comics from the 60’s.
It makes me think of Over the Garden Wall, but summertime, and with an art style similar to old French comics from the 60’s.
April 8, 2024
What’s the point of leaving a review if it doesn’t say something new?
My child and future adults, we have the equivalent of the pastels of the Moomin world topped with the wit of Tony Wolf (Antonio Lupatelli) and the bonkers tendencies of Alice in Wonderland - a wondrous wonder, indeed.
Make no mistake, Camille Jourdy’s fantastical world is authentic, its characters curious and silly, its mood equally witty and soothing, its aesthetic style cordially tender and radiant.
I am partial to sardonic fox(es), grumpy elves, conformist chicken and brilliant elderly characters, amazing colours, and mad creatures doing mad things.
Although there is a depth to this story world and it’s still enjoyable without having to look deeper.
I wish the story were longer - or in other words, I got invested in its characters and world. The premise is not this book’s strongest suit. 4/5 for the plot. 5 x 5 for everything else. I would love to see the characters in other stories; all of them deserve more attention. The translator did a wonderful job. If you are a French speaker, I wonder if the rhymes and jokes have any other nuances. I will give the original a go myself, just because I would be happy to revisit this story world. Luv ya WW!
arsenic, ranch dressing, tutu, pee, nanny, tutu, nanny, Maurice, fox. Have I said fox? Fox.
PS - Man, I’ve had an epiphany. Think both (or all 3) Brueghels’ and Bosch’s work. Now, think the opposite. Haha. It’s the carnivalesque without the grotesque. In other words, it’s cute.
My child and future adults, we have the equivalent of the pastels of the Moomin world topped with the wit of Tony Wolf (Antonio Lupatelli) and the bonkers tendencies of Alice in Wonderland - a wondrous wonder, indeed.
Make no mistake, Camille Jourdy’s fantastical world is authentic, its characters curious and silly, its mood equally witty and soothing, its aesthetic style cordially tender and radiant.
I am partial to sardonic fox(es), grumpy elves, conformist chicken and brilliant elderly characters, amazing colours, and mad creatures doing mad things.
Although there is a depth to this story world and it’s still enjoyable without having to look deeper.
I wish the story were longer - or in other words, I got invested in its characters and world. The premise is not this book’s strongest suit. 4/5 for the plot. 5 x 5 for everything else. I would love to see the characters in other stories; all of them deserve more attention. The translator did a wonderful job. If you are a French speaker, I wonder if the rhymes and jokes have any other nuances. I will give the original a go myself, just because I would be happy to revisit this story world. Luv ya WW!
arsenic, ranch dressing, tutu, pee, nanny, tutu, nanny, Maurice, fox. Have I said fox? Fox.
PS - Man, I’ve had an epiphany. Think both (or all 3) Brueghels’ and Bosch’s work. Now, think the opposite. Haha. It’s the carnivalesque without the grotesque. In other words, it’s cute.
January 31, 2024
L’histoire nous est familière, au croisement entre Peter Pan, le Voyage de Chihiro et Alice aux pays des merveilles, une enfant qui grandit et qui s’apprend dans un pays imaginaire, étrange et coloré. Et pourtant ça surprend, c’est frais et nouveau, on retombe en enfance le temps de 155 pages. Les couleurs sont absolument magnifiques (c’est d’ailleurs la superbe couverture qui m’a attirée comme un aimant à la librairie), les personnages inventifs, touchants et adorables, l’ambiance est douce et bizarre et on se sent comme enveloppé dans un nuage acidulé et réconfortant. Je ne sais pas quoi dire d’autre, je referme cette BD avec mille jolis sentiments, un cœur léger, et une furieuse envie de peindre ❤️
October 7, 2022
I received an Advance Review Copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Final rating: 3.5 ⭐
I sent in a request for this book because I was attracted to the pretty cover. The art style inside was even prettier. The Wondrous Wonders is a short graphic novel for children that was so dreamy yet funny to read. Plot-wise, it's very simple and actually very random. The character designs are interesting and some, weird. The characters were definitely my favorite part of the book. It's a story about family and love, friends and community, but also about bringing down tyranny. An interesting children's book, indeed! Adults like myself would also have a fun time reading this.
Final rating: 3.5 ⭐
I sent in a request for this book because I was attracted to the pretty cover. The art style inside was even prettier. The Wondrous Wonders is a short graphic novel for children that was so dreamy yet funny to read. Plot-wise, it's very simple and actually very random. The character designs are interesting and some, weird. The characters were definitely my favorite part of the book. It's a story about family and love, friends and community, but also about bringing down tyranny. An interesting children's book, indeed! Adults like myself would also have a fun time reading this.
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