Little Pierrot is a whimsical bookworm who has all sorts of creative adventures alongside his friend who just happens to be a snail!

This is a strange little graphic novel. It's unclear exactly what is happening in any given frame, or even how all the frames connect to one another to tell the story. However, the final effect of this experience is joyful and thoughtful.

Really cute and fun adventure book for young children. I really enjoyed the format and the illustrations.

I like this series. The drawings are nice, the dialogues, funny, and the storyboard, imaginative. Good one.

I always love the art in this story the first one was more the same it’s cute and child dream like. The story is unique, the character relate able. Hope to read more from this author and illustrator..

While the illustrations are well-executed, the banter between Little Pierrot and his snail friend can be crass and inappropriate for children. We need to pass on this one.

The characters in this book were adorable, and the illustrations were exquisite. The colors were nice and soft, and gave this book a beautiful whimsical feel. I feel like this is a good book for older children, although they might have a hard time staying focused or understanding that the book is filled with tons of short one page stories, and not a cover to cover story line. Still adorable though, and I feel like this could be a great start for introducing your children to the Graphic Novel/Comic book genre.

I have received a much appreciated digital copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

'Little Pierrot Vol. 2: Among the Stars' by Alberto Varanda is a second volume of delightful snippets from the life of Pierrot.

Like the first volume, this one is a series of vignettes, and not really a comprehensive story. Pierrot and his snail friend look at life a bit differently. Pierrot still wants to visit the moon. There are also fellow students to study and try to understand.

I love the big imagination behind this book. I wish the stories were a bit longer, but I do like these glimpses into this unusual character.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Lion Forge, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

Little Pierrot Vol. 2: Amongst the Stars
Alberto Varanda
Little Pierrot is an imaginative child who has a friend that is a snail. He imagines many fantastical things like sitting on the curve of the crescent moon, and attempting to control his world. But he finds that his imagination does not seem to understand his own limits. The story is sweet, the pictures poinginant and the little boy innocent. The story is told in the fashion of a child, disjointed and rambling, but shows the ideas of childhood, friendship, and impossible dreams.

This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher.

I reviewed Little Pierrot Get the Moon favorably back in August of 2017, but I cannot say the same for this volume. It's in the same format, comprised of sepia-toned sketches that are, in this case very disjointed, more-so than in the first volume. Many of them made no sense to me. Some of them seemed like a response to something which had gone before, but which wasn't included in the book! Nearly all of them were not interesting or amusing. The artwork was of the same high standard, but overall, this seemed like a completely different book compared with the first one I reviewed. Of course, it is a different book, but it's so different that it seemed totally unrelated to the first book.

I wish the author all the best, but I cannot recommend this volume.

The words don't always make sense, but the images in this book are so danged sweet I could stare at them for ages!

Little Pierrot Vol 2: Amongst the Stars, by Alberto Varanda, is a creative story about a young boy, filled with his vast imagination and his practical snail friend. It reads like a comic strip, with each page providing a funny piece. The story is illustrated within Pierrot’s fantasy world.
This book is an example of why I love reading. With the innocence and sensibilities of a creative child, coupled with outstanding and highly detailed illustrations that capture the beauty and detail of Pierrot’s world, Varanda moves us into an incredible experience coupled with humor and grace. There is no harsh message here, but many gentle reminders of what life can be, if only you let it. That’s the key—you have to let it.

For adults, I think it’s especially important for us to read this book over and over again. Never mind the children, who are also certain to love it.

Let’s talk about us.

This story brings such a strong sense of the beauty of imagination, where simple things of life can bring such meaning, such purpose. To not take for granted simple pleasures such as losing ourselves by admiring the moon and stars, and imagining. Imagining what could be out there, imagining that the universe is a friendly place, that life is grand and wonderful. To stop and enjoy our lives’ journey each and every day, no matter the hardships or blessings.
Little Pierrot Vol 2: Amongst the Stars, by Alberto Varanda, helps us attach meaning to life in a day and age where conflict often forces away beauty. Where the rushed pace of life destroys any sense of calm and peace so desperately needed. I highly recommend this book for anyone who can read and imagine what life can be. If you let it.

I really enjoyed this book. The story is wonderful and the art is beautiful - I definitely want to read volume one now and see what other adventures that Pierrot experiences. This book would be great for anyone, and also for younger children who may be learning or beginning to learn about inferring in school.

A big thank you to NetGalley and Diamond book/Lion Forge for the ARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. This is the 2 nd volume of what I am not sure. It is confusing as there is no point of reference. There is not a plot. It is a compilation of odd strips about a boy and a talking snail. A talking snail is ok but not vampires?? I did think the graphics were cute. I rated this a 3. Maybe an introduction would help. Are these random thoughts? From a newspaper?

More of the same philosophical little boy who loves the moon and has a talking snail as a best friend. It’s almost a comic strip, but it’s a lot more metaphysical than outright funny.
Some highlights:
Who’s slower? A snail, or a kid dressed as a snail?
We’re all in agreement: everyone loves Emily.
A good point: werewolves and ghosts are phony, but talking snails exist?
Timing is everything when girls come to your bench at lunch. . . or when you’re fishing a sandwich out of the garbage.
Bagpipes make it rain!
The artwork is at times striking, somewhere between Impressionistic and watercolor, but always in muted earthtones.
3.5 pushed up to 4/5

Little Pierrot is an amusing little guy with an appetite for adventure, this little dude has some of the most wonderful adventures ever with his pet snail, they are pals. This cute little book is educative and fun teaching your kids how to have fun by using their imaginations, the episode on the bench in the park with the sandwich was quite hilarious and fun, turnabout is fair play but no fun, hahaha, it also teaches them about sharing. An interesting and fun little book.

Good:
Illustrations are fun to look at. There's a young boy, his talking snail friend and the moon. Each comic strip has a different theme.


It's easy to read and follow along what is going on in each section.


"It's good if a book is beat up... it means it was read again and again -- come on let's go!"

Relies heavily on imagination and it works for what you are getting as you read. I enjoyed this.
Bad:

This is a collection of separate stories that have different things going on. This may be confusing for some kids, especially, those who are newer to reading comics.


But it would still be fun for kids to look through and enjoy either way.

Recommend?:

Yes! It's adorable and is extremely fun to read through.

Oh, now I'm befuddled as to my rating. The first book in this series was awful - awfully pretty to look at, and awful to read, full of a weird mystical take on newspaper comic strip yucks, that saw as many laughs as a school trip to the morgue. This book is the same, only more so - it must have had some hippie drug in its DNA at some point. Our hero even gets a gorgeous potential heroine but it still waffles on about the moon-worshipping boy and his pet snail. Oh, and the flying book he invents. But at the same time should I really be rating a book one star for being meaningless bilge when it looks this good? And can I really dismiss this book as worthless when it has the mostly wordless saga of trying to eat a sandwich on a park bench, which is by FAR the best thing about both volumes so far? Two stars in the end - for while it looks pretty, I would never wish the script/text/bollux "meaning" on anyone, apart for those few pages.

I love this series. It's adorable and unassuming. We'll definitely get these for our libraries.