Yorick and Bones
- Subject
- Comics & Graphic Novels - Classic Adaptation
- Age
- 6-8 years
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Pages
- 144
- Publisher
- Quill Tree Books
- Size
- 14.0 cm × 20.1 cm
- ISBN
- 9780062854315
Hear
ye, hear ye! Father-daughter duo Jeremy and Hermione Tankard are pleased to
introduce the first book in a rib-tickling, heartfelt full-color graphic novel
series perfect for fans of Bird & Squirrel!
Yorick is a
skeleton who was just dug up after a few hundred years of sleep. He speaks like
it too. “Forsooth, my joy, I barely can contain!”
Bones is the
hungry dog who did the digging. Though he cannot speak, he can chomp.
What
will become of these two unlikely companions? Will Yorick ever find the friend
he seeks? Will Bones ever find a tasty treat that does not talk back?
The
course of true friendship never did run smooth.
About the creators
Jeremy TankardAuthor
Jeremy Tankard is the bestselling authorstrator of the Grumpy Bird picture books. He has always loved comics and planned to make a career of them when he was about nine years old. He discovered the joys of Shakespeare in high school when his drama teacher cast him in a production of The Tempest. He has loved all things Shakespeare ever since. His book Yorick and Bones sees these two interests collide in the most unexpected ways. He lives in Vancouver with his wife and two children.
Hermione TankardAuthor
Hermione Tankard discovered her love of Shakespeare in fourth grade when she asked her father to buy her a copy of Romeo and Juliet. She read it to herself as a bedtime story for the next two weeks. Little did she know it would one day lead to a job writing new Shakespearean adventures with her dad. When not helping her dad with their book Yorick and Bones, she enjoys acting and singing onstage.
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What reviewers said
“The Tankards’ debut collaboration is a delightfully quirky and lively introduction to Shakespearean conventions and iambic pentameter. Fun, forsooth.”
"[A] joyous, cross-generational read-aloud. A true comedy.”
“Hermione’s droll text is slyly matched with Jeremy’s fast-paced, emotive art, often with an inside-comics flair. It’s tragedy and comedy combined, and that — plus flashes of merriment — captures the spirit of Yorick and his adorable companion.”
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