A series of cartoons where marine creatures learn to be kinder and encourage each other. Super sweet messages and a gorgeous art styles. Applicable for all ages. Each page would be a nice print on it’s own. Some of it did feel a little young but a nice reminder all the same.

A cute book showing children to be nice to others to gain friendship. I like that it had a page showing the different marine animals and what they are called. The illustrations were adorable too!

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A couple of years back, I read Loading Penguin Hugs: Heartwarming Comics from Chibird, and immediately got on Amazon and sent copies to a couple of friends of mine. Since then, I've kept an eye out for similar books, that did the job of making my friends laugh and letting them know how much I love and value them.

Pretty sure my friends are about to get a new book for themselves.

Humor, puns, love, friendship, kindness, optimism. Everything needed in the 2020's can be found in this sweet, short little collection of comics. I can't recommend it enough.

This book was so cute! I loved the idea of friendship and the fun jokes that will go with it. I would buy this for a friend as a gift. She would have a good laugh and it would be so sentimental.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this eARC in exchange of an honest review.

I love this mini-comics.
The author is so creative and he has a great imagination.

I love the relationship between the shark and the little fish (his tie). They are so cute.

I love everything about this compilation of comics. But I specially love the originality of the author.

I know I said so many time the word "love" but I really really loved this beautiful work.

(Full disclosure: I received a free e-ARC for review through NetGalley.)

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From Andrés J. Colmenares, creator of wawawiwa comics (@wawawiwa on twitter and instagram), comes an illustrated collection of sharks attacking - with kindness!

If the concept sounds silly, it totally is, but in the best way possible. The comics featured here share Colmenares's signature mix of adorableness and absurdity (an avocado playing fetch with a dog, anyone?), with a heaping dollop of compassion that's the perfect balm for the dumpster fire that has been the past one-to-four years. Colmenares's sea creatures are sweet, good-natured, and okay maybe a little sappy, but I am so here for it. Like wawawiwa comics, reading WHEN SHARKS ATTACK WITH KINDNESS is an act of self-care.

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The anti-speciesist in me also loves to see sharks portrayed as something other than mindless killing machines. WSATW is the antithesis of Shark Week.

Semi-serious content warning for pages 64-65, which involve a weirdly macabre comic starring a long-lived turtle and her dying octopus friend that seems a wee bit out of place in this otherwise light and happy book. (Emotional ambush much?)

Finished this cute little book in one sitting on a lazy Monday afternoon. I always have had a love of sharks, so this was right up my alley.

This book is adorable!! It’s a book about positivity and friendship, told with ocean creatures. A recurring theme is that you are never alone, which is just so important to remember during these isolating times. The friendships are sweet, the illustrations are cute, and the comics are funny. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this book! My son loves sharks and I’ll be buying him a print copy when it releases!

I received an electronic ARC from Andrews McMeel Publishing through NetGalley.
Delightful comics that capture the heart of friendship. Colmenares offers readers a window into the love and support friends offer each other. Readers will identify with the universal themes and enjoy the fun and truth when they see these underwater characters interact. A kind book when we need more kindness in our world.

What an adorable book! Cute marine animals being happy and supportive is exactly the kind of thing I need to cheer me up when I'm down (or just whenever). Even though they're told via adorable sea creatures, the underlying messages of friendship, love, and support are universal.

Sharks are just the sweetest cutie pies in the whole wide world. Amiright?

Seriously, everyone needs a bit of positivity and kindness and love in their life. Especially in times like these. Oh, and the funny. You definitely need some of the funny.

And a lot of these mostly one or two panel comics are pretty funny. Okay, many of them are not particularly realistic. Life often sucks. There’s no way around it. Unless there is. Like here. I think I just needed this book right now. It made me feel all warm and fluffy, and besides all the content smiles it also made me laugh out loud a couple of times.

Today is a lovely day. With sharks. :)

<I>Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in return for an honest review.</I>

I know its only February but I don't think I'll regret already calling this one of my favorite books of 2021. Sweet, bright, heartwarming, and funny - this book is a balm for the soul. The only thing that disappointed me was that it was over so quickly. The soundtrack (a code for which is at the end of the book) is also just as comforting and relaxing.

A pure and simple delight.

I had actually never heard of the author/artist previously and was utterly delighted to get to enjoy this book. It's fun, it's silly, it's simple and detailed all at once. We read this in one sitting because we just kept enjoying it page after page!

SO STINKIN CUTE. I love the art, the wholesome messages, and the ridiculously adorable sea creatures. There is nothing to NOT like about this book and I want everyone I know to read it. Thank you to NetGalley for the ebook in exchange for an honest review! 6 stars if I could!

Thank you for the e-arc NetGalley. As a lover of all thing in the ocean this just was the sweetest book. All the critters have these adorable personalities that jump off the pages. Beautifully written and illustrated (and I’m a sucker for good typography and this has it). I’d look at this again and again when I am having a rough day and I’m sure it would cheer me right up.

Love the artwork, everything is so cute. There is a great mix of humor and inspiring life reminders that can be appreciated by all ages.

This is similar to " The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" but with more humor. Can really see coming back to this book again and again to read to my son.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book for review.

Thanks to the publishers for sharing this one. It's sweet, though not so much to my taste. My full review appears on Weekend Notes.

What a sweet book! The illustrations were super cute, while the themes of love, friendship, and kindness throughout were totally heartwarming.

What an absolutely delightful book. I loved every second of this beautifully drawn book about the creatures that live in the sea and how they choose kindness over being mean [think scary sharks etc] and how they can help each other have better days when they are sad or frustrated. This is a perfect way to get kids to talk about their feelings and what scares them or makes them sad or whatever is going on in their lives [and heaven knows we need more things that help us be open about all the struggles that we are all currently facing in this world today]. It is so well-done and lovely and I enjoyed every second of this book and immediately added it to my wish list because I need to own this to be able to go back myself and remind myself that I have friends around me when I am sad and that better days are ahead if we only look for them.
Absolutely fantastic!!

Thank you to NetGalley, Andres J. Colmenares, and Andrews McMeel Publishing for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The only thing you will have an issue with this one is cuteness overload!! I loved this one from page one and any little boy or girl for that matter will fall in love with the humor and artwork. It was a perfect little book about how to make friends even when it seems unlikely.