This a wonderful story about finding yourself overwhelmed and trusting your friends and family to help you. I love the concept of a girl whose drawings become alive on the page. The way that every one else can interact with them is exciting too. Her art club friends are a sweetly inclusive bunch, each with their own characters that show off who they are.

A great story with an imaginative twist. Readers will love the concept of doodles that come to life. This book also has a miriad of excellent themes including cooperation, imagination, dealing with negative emotions, building friendships and creativity. A bonus is the excellent diversity of the cast of characters. I'm looking forward to more books by this author, especially with these characters.

I loved Doodleville by Chad Sell. As soon as you opened the first page, you were swept away with the doodles and everywhere they wanted to go! It's fun and imaginative with a feel-good ending. I can't wait to share with my students this upcoming Fall!

In a world where art can come to life, doodles can get out of hand. This interesting premise sets up our heroine for a fall when one of her doodles causes havoc. She has to learn to rely on her friends and to channel her anger and anxiety. This is a great lesson in SEL without being preachy. The characters are diverse in an organic manner and are well written. Another winner from author Chad Sell.

Drew is an artist whose mischievous doodles don’t seem artistic enough compared to the other art club students’ work. Her doubt turns into a destructive Leviathan doodle. The art club members rescue her other doodles and helps them power up; they all work together to stop the Leviathan from taking over and eating everything. As Drew gains confidence in herself and her abilities, we see the connection between her monster and her inner thoughts. An action-packed adventure featuring the personification of emotions and creativity!

The art in Chad Sells new book is wonderful-Drew and her friends are graphic characters, but each unique and realistic-looking, especially as Drew’s “doodles,”:simple line drawings dance all over the pages around them. The blend of full color panels mixed with the black and white sketches is dramatic and appealing. But the storyline of a girl who draws sketches that come to life and interfere in every aspect of their creator’s life, wrecking havoc wherever they go, just seemed to drone on and on as poor Drew tries to fit in with the other kids in the art club. I loved the stories that Sells wrote and gathered from other writers to give readers a Cardboard Kingdom, but I am not too enthusiastic about his new book. I think I’ll wait and see what other librarians report about their patrons’ response before I buy this one. Content notes: no profanity or sexual content, violence is the cartoon superhero type of messes created by doodles on the rampage, the art club kids have a variety of skin tones and body shapes and the drawings of one member center on the adventures of two boyfriend princes. Target age group is likely grades 4-6.

My students really enjoyed Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell. I have three copies in my library and they are NEVER in! I was expecting Doodleville to be as good and it is! Great storyline, great inclusion of characters from different races and from the LGBTQ+ community. I will definitely by buying multiple copies of this book for my library because I know the students will love it.

A talented artist who has a gift for literally making her designs come to life finds that she might need some help when her emotions turn her artwork out of control!
Amazing illustrations, a wild story, and a great cast of characters makes for a welcome middle grade graphic!

As a lover of Sell's first book, Cardboard Kingdom, I was looking forward to Doodleville with baited breath and it didn't disappoint! I'm not sure I liked it quite as much as Cardboard Kingdom, but as a series opener, it's excellent. I'm sure it will fly off the shelves!

Not QUITE the homerun of Cardboard Kingdom for me, but this graphic novel for grades 3-5 represents mental health and a diverse group of friends in an enjoyable way.

I really liked Sell's Cardboard Kingdom. It was refreshing and original. I purchased it for my 2 elementary school libraries and will purchase this book for both libraries. I really enjoyed the strong character of Drew and think many of my students, especially the girls, will identify with her. I have many students who are interested in art and I think this book will really speak to them and help nurture their love of art. I also think many of my students will enjoy the adventure that happens in the book. Looking forward to purchasing this book for my libraries!

This imaginative graphic novel really captures the inner thoughts and feelings of a child through images. Doodleville follows Drew, who loves to draw "doodles" that come to life. For a long time, she feels that the Doodles are her only friends, and she struggles to find herself and her place among her peers. She is plagued by self-doubt, and this causes her to create a "monster" who terrorizes the drawings of all the other members of her art club. The art club must find a way to work together to protect their art from this new foe.

The way that Drew's own internal conflict comes out in her drawings, long before even she recognizes what she is feeling, gives a great window into a child's mind. Readers will identify with Drew's lack of confidence and her questioning of whether or not she fits in with her chosen group--and the feeling that there could be a monster inside each of us. Drew is also surrounded by ever-supportive adults and a diverse group of friends, and the message is one of community and acceptance. This was a book with a lot of feeling and self-exploration, all wrapped up in a very accessible format that will appeal to many readers.

What a fascinating graphic novel about come to life drawings which symbolize much more than they seem.

Drew's drawing lands her in trouble after a visit to a local art museum. Her art club friends lend their comic superheroes to the task of resolving Drew's problem.

This very fun graphic novel is about Drew and a group of friends who are in art club together. Each of them draw their own series of super heroes. When the art teacher encourages them to reach out with their art and think bigger, Drew accidentally creates a monster (Levi) that tries to destroy all of their art. The kids have to work together to try to rein in Levi. The characters in this one are just terrific.

Doodleville is predicated on a truly clever idea. Drew loves to draw. She draws everything that inspires her without inhibition. And from the time that she is very young, her drawings travel off the page and into the real world. She doesn't see this as a problem though, as the plot progresses, she realizes that other people see her drawings differently. As she begins to experience doubt, to be influenced by other people's negativity, those emotions warp her drawing. While this general plot progression seems pretty straightforward, it's eventual resolution is far more subtle, relying not only on teamwork but the integration of free thinking and restraint. The result is a sweet and affirming story with plenty of potential to grow in future volumes.

This graphic novel is by Chad Sell, author of Cardboard Kingdom, a Texas Bluebonnet nominee two years ago. Doodleville follows Drew, an artists whose drawings come to life. However when she takes her art to a newer, darker level, her monster Levi, comes alive and wreaks havoc on all the art in Art Club. Free and her friends must find a way to stop it. I found this book to be beautifully drawn and a great example of a diverse group of kids that show readers what friendship and teamwork look like. Book 2 should be great! Thanks Netgalley for an ARC. All opinions are my own.

My students are going to LOVE this one! Young artist Drew does more than draw - her drawings come to life! When one of her drawings goes rogue, she must work together with the rest of the art club to save their projects.

This graphic novel does not lack excitement or heart.

Cute kids graphic novel about the importance of art, not suppressing emotions, friendship, teamwork, and creativity. The art style is really engaging (and some of the doodles the author has been drawing since he was a kid!) and while it wasn't my favorite graphic novel, I'm not the target audience. But I'd buy it for my kids.

Drew's Doodles are special... they come to life and are her friends. But they can be a bit mischievous which sometimes causes issues with her friends. In an effort to create something new and bigger Drew draws Levi a leviathan. But Levi feeds into her emotions and goes rogue. Can Drew and her friends find a solution?
I am not typically a graphic novel fan but I loved this!