In Nothing, a kid gives the usual answer to "What did you do today?" However, his mom does not want to hear that answer. He describes a routine day of school, play, homework, and dinner, but the illustrations depict them reimagined into fantasy and science fiction scenes. It shows that even a mundane day can be "awesome" with a little shift in perspective.

Note: I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley. I was not compensated in any other fashion for the review and the opinions reflected below are entirely my own. Special thanks to the publisher and author for providing the copy.

A short and sweet graphic novel about a boy telling his mother about his school day. Through his telling we see in his mind the fantastical way he saw the events of the day, from getting to school , to lessons and playtime with his friends, making out that it was just an ordinary day.
The illustrations were charming and bold, full of detail and fantastical elements. It was accessible and would make a great talking tool, pointing out what's really happening in the pictures.
Will be recommending this story time and enjoyable for young and old alike.

Such a fun story! A mom comes in to say goodnight to her son, and asks him what he did that day. "Nothing" he replies. "Really.... nothing?" she responds, and he tells her he got out of bed, got dressed, went to school...pretty boring stuff. However, the illustrations tell a different story: in his mind, his trekking through a dangerous jungle, skillfully avoiding obstacles at every turn. When Mom asks about his day at school, once again he did "nothing," but when pressed, he ran into his friend Jake at the lockers, and they walked to class together. At recess, they made a new friend, Emily, and later, there was a quiz, and an assembly. In his head, school is a big space station, with alien teachers and a gravity-free playground, and the buses are spaceships. The "nothing" he did after school turns out to be learning Emily lives nearby, so they rode their bikes together, and climbed trees, played a pickup game with some older kids, and tried to catch frogs by the creek. When she had to go home, he went home also, and read a book, watched t.v. with the pets, then Dad fixed dinner. But in his mind, he and Emily were adventurers in a Medieval setting, riding a unicorn and a flying horse, battling orcs and sailing a Viking ship to catch a giant frog monster, ending with a feast. Mom says goodnight, and he thinks about tomorrow, and how it will be the best day ever. The illustrations depicting all these adventures are great fun, full of detail and action and imagination, and they play so well against the mundane account of the boy's day. In a nice meta touch, we see the boy reading this book in a couple of the illustrations. This book is bound to spark some imaginative play!

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The answer to the age-old question - what did you do today? Only here, nothing is a little more exciting than what today's children might really have experienced. Our main character has a much more exciting day at school and with his friends. With the words a child might use - going to school, visiting a friend - the illustrations tell a different story of excitement and adventure. The question is - is he being imaginative, or does the young boy actually live a more exciting sci-fi filled life!? This book could be used to open up the imaginations of young readers to create their own "it was an ordinary day" type story or explore how graphic novels can tell a story through their pictures.

A cute insight to a child’s mind and what ‘nothing’ really means to them. Makes me wonder just how exciting my sons days are!

If your favorite part of Boss Baby was the flights of fancy when taking a bath is really an amazing adventure, this is the book for you! I found it charming.

Maybe it's just a matter of target: I'm too grown up to appreciate the story
Well.. "story" is definitely not the suitable world to describe this comic book. All the book revolves on a conversation between a mother and her son where she's trying to break into the lame answers of her child about how the day has been.
"Nothing" is the answer for everything, so in order to avoid such hollow replies the boy begins to describe his day through an imaginary adventure where everything turns magical even if it's normal routine.
I guess, it can be fine for really young readers to understand the power of imagination but to me it wasn't an enjoyable read.

The frustration of a parent trying to find out about a child's day. With the wild imagination of a child, all rolled into a book. The art panels were different and I liked it.

This book is simple but joyful and made me miss being a kid so much that I wanted to cry. Okay maybe I did cry just a little. 😂 The art in this book is exceptional and the writing and art together both capture what it is to be a child, what imagination really looks like... and- if you're an adult, it will send you back there just for a minute before you realize that it's a gift to be a child, but it only comes once.

And as for the children reading this book? I think that they will love it, and they will look at the pictures over and over and over again and it will encourage their own imagination as they go about the mundane mess of life, they will see it for so much more. And who wouldn't want that for their child?

Beautiful book. Thank you #netgalley for allowing me the opportunity to review this book for the exchange of an honest opinion. I honestly can't wait to buy this one for myself and I don't even have a kid. ☺️

I thought this was enjoyable. Nothing amazing but fun enough. I don’t think I’ll reread or buy a finished copy but it was an okay read. The illustrations were creative and imaginative and the story idea had potential but I just don’t feel it was executed in the best way. It was quite simple and not much to it.

I was drawn into requesting this by the cover and the description and despite being targeted towards children, I really enjoyed this quick and easy read. The graphic novel was fast paced and the art style suited the plot and pace excellently. Reading this took me back to my childhood and reminded me of my own overactive imagination, of how everything and anything can be an adventure and the pure innocent happiness we can find in the seemingly ordinary everyday. I enjoyed reading this and the reminiscent feelings it evoked.

We’ve all been on the receiving end of the answer “nothing” when asking a child what they did today. The author takes this as the premise for this beautifully illustrated picture book.

It is bedtime and as a mother asks her son about his day, his words describe a pretty mundane, ordinary day, while the illustrations suggest that his imagination was working overtime whilst going through the motions of his everyday tasks.

This book would be great to talk about the power of the mind and how we can turn simple, ordinary moments into something extraordinary with just a little imagination.

I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a short graphic novel story about a boy who tells his mother about his day. His mother asks him what he did throughout his day and he says “Nothing.” While he tells he about his “boring” day, it was actually the opposite for him.

I really loved that the words and the images told the two sides. The words were about his typical day while the images showed how fun and extraordinary his day was.

A fascinating visual journey. Well worth the visit, and recommended for graphic novel readers. Highly imaginative and engaging.

Michael Molinet created a beautiful reminder of what it means to create adventure with every moment. "Nothing" is a fantastic short graphic novella set in the mind of a child. It is just one day, and it aptly captures a world of daydreams filled with magic and imagination.

This story must be read at least twice - once to merely read the dialogue and at least once to live the magic.

The first thing that got my attention was the cover. After reading the description my curiosity was peaked.
What goes through their mind when a child gives nothing as an answer to your questions? Keeping the cover in mind I find this book very promising. But the execution of the idea was a little bit let down.

The main character's imagination is quite wild as expected but with a short and basic storyline, fast-paced images, and ever-changing themes you don't get time to digest the beauty of vision and story. Now this graphic novel is geared towards 6+ children and maybe the way it's presented is more suitable for them. However, I can't help but think sticking to one theme would make this book more enjoyable.

Lastly, the black and white drawings where the mother and the son talk felt slightly eerie and spooky. If I only read those parts I would have thought this was a horror story. It was interesting.

I want to thank NetGalley and Notable Kids Publishing for providing the copy for reviewers.

a sweet retelling of a ordinary day of a little boys life paired with fantastic visuals of his imagination.

This is a sweet exchange between a mother and son where the mother asks how his son's day was just before bedtime. As he replies to her questions, his imagination takes hold and he is transported into the many exciting adventures he had while answering his mother with a 'normal' account of the day. I loved the ending.
A good book for a child and anyone who is a kid at heart.

Thank you NetGalley and Notable Kids Publishing for giving me the opportunity to read this for my candid review.

"Nothing" is a fun picture book for kids that celebrates creative minds. In this story, readers experience the transformation of an ordinary day with a glimpse into a young boy's imagination. I enjoyed this story and the illustrations. This book is an excellent read for parents, grade-schoolers, and educators.

A short and simple book with beautiful illustrations (I loved the Indiana Jones theme at the outset).

What seems to a parent as a nothing kind of day is in actual fact, in the eyes of the child narrator, the best day ever. My children, when asked questions about their day would react in the same way, but in their minds are experiencing something way different than “okay” or “not much happened today”.

“Nothing” captures this really well. Nice tale but it could have been a little longer.