Mr Badger and Mrs Fox 2: A Hubbub
Age 5+
Graphic Novels Comic Strip Fiction / Graphic Novels
This series gives the youngest children and beginning readers graphic novels of their own that handle real family situations with charm, humor, and just the right point of view for the age group.
One month after moving in together, the badger and fox kids are still squabbling-or are they? Ginger's new brothers are teaching her how to argue like siblings properly should, and together they make a playhouse in a hollow tree. Ginger grumbles about Mr. Badger's strict house rules-that's not how they used to do things back at the Fox home. And Ginger's new little badger sister is getting much too much of Mrs. Fox's attention. Meanwhile, M( Fox pays a brief visit and helps the kids evict kittens who have invaded the secret hideaway. Ginger wants to travel with her dad, but he has already left the forest, so she sneaks to the hideaway, where the mean kittens bully her. Baby Badger helps the rest of the family find her, and this time, Mr. Badger is there to help fix what the kittens broke. In the end the family
comes together, as every member begins to find his or her place.
Creators
Brigitte Luciani was born in Hanover, Germany. After getting her masters degree in literature, she worked in a variety of jobs including journalism, editing, and photo research. In 1994 she moved to France, where she began writing books for kids and adults. Around the same time, she first discovered graphic novels and marveled at the possibilities of a format that has been neglected in Germany. After a long time searching for the perfect collaborators for a foray into comics, she teamed up with the artist Colonel Moutarde on l'Espace d'un soir, Comedie d'amour, and Histoires cachees (Delcourt) and with Eve Tharlet for the Monsieur Blaireau et Madame Renarde series (Dargaud).
Eve Tharlet was born in Alsace but grew up in Germany. She took courses in printmaking and screen-printing in Berlin then continued her studies in illustration in Strasbourg. She has worked in all types of illustration for children, including miniature books and calendars, games and magazines, schoolbooks and classic fairy tales. In twenty years, she has illustrated more than 150
books for children. She is married and has two sons and now lives in the hilly countryside of Brittany.
