Picture of author.
98 Works 2,508 Members 223 Reviews 2 Favorited

About the Author

Image credit: Elise Gravel

Series

Works by Elise Gravel

What Is a Refugee? (2019) 143 copies
The Fly (2012) 143 copies
The Worm (2012) 132 copies
The Toad (2016) 128 copies
The Mushroom Fan Club (2018) 110 copies
King of the Birds (2020) 80 copies
The Bat (2016) 61 copies
Olga: We're Out of Here! (2018) 60 copies
I Want a Monster! (2016) 45 copies
The Cranky Ballerina (2016) 44 copies
The Worst Book Ever (2019) 42 copies
A Potato on a Bike (2016) 39 copies
Everybody!: You, Me & Us (2022) 36 copies
The Bug Club (2021) 33 copies
Join the Crow Crowd! (2021) 32 copies
Adopt A Glurb (2010) 32 copies
Olga: Out of Control! (2019) 22 copies
Not Me (2020) 19 copies
You Can Be (2018) 18 copies
New Kids in the Flock (2022) 18 copies
I Am Scary (2011) 18 copies
It's My Body! (2022) 17 copies
I'm the Boss! (2020) 15 copies
Tout le monde! (2021) 15 copies
The Wrench (2012) 13 copies
Everybody! (2021) 11 copies
TU PEUX (2018) 8 copies
How Do You Doodle? (2013) 8 copies
Le mille-pattes (2018) 6 copies
Monstres en vrac (2013) 6 copies
I'm Hungry! (2023) 4 copies
TRIBU QUI PUE (LA) (2018) 4 copies
Comment ça va? (2016) 3 copies
El gusano (2022) 3 copies
DOCTEUR PROUTNIK (2011) 3 copies
Bienvenue chez BigBurp (2005) 3 copies
El piojo (2022) 3 copies
J'ai faim: J'AI FAIM (2022) 3 copies
À vos crayons! (2022) 2 copies
El rosa, el blau i tu (2023) 2 copies
La rata (2022) 2 copies
La clé à molette (2016) 2 copies
Nunuche magazine (2006) 1 copy
La tribu que apesta (2018) 1 copy
El ratpenat (2021) 1 copy
El sapo (2023) 1 copy
Masken (2013) 1 copy
Odd Creatures (2017) 1 copy
El mosquito (2022) 1 copy
El cuc (2021) 1 copy
Todos nos! 1 copy

Tagged

3-5 years (12) animals (54) ARC (12) birds (13) bugs (20) Canadian (17) child (26) children (17) children's (44) children's book (10) children's books (12) children's literature (16) diversity (15) DL (14) early reader (17) Early Reviewers (22) fiction (31) French (21) funny (13) graphic novel (59) graphic novels (14) humor (40) immigration (13) informational (24) insects (27) juvenile (13) kids (15) monsters (21) multicultural (13) nature (16) non-fiction (122) picture book (128) refugee (21) refugees (13) science (43) series (12) spiders (14) to-read (47) worms (16) youth (14)

Common Knowledge

Members

Reviews

Profile Image for Red.
Red
500 reviews
23 followers
April 22, 2023
From pregnancy, runts, to the danger of death in large litters, Olga's third(and final?) Book covers it all. The situation being dealt with is more chaotic than ever but full of characters and fun.

Despite being so young, Olga faces The perils of raising multiple children basically. With up to half a dozen little babies running around and one additional olgamus: the runt. She is really busy.

But, as has been shown in the last two books, she has started to make friends, and with friends comes help. Olga might have been bold in the first book and thought she needed no one but by the third book she knows she needs her friends. Even if she doesn't fully understand them or their interest. She has grown so much as a character and such few words.

Well it still expressing selfishness as in not wanting to give the babies away to anybody, Olga still makes do and raises the kids by herself.

Several of the babies develop different features, one turns dark, one develops a varieties of stripes, and one gets spots. But one, the runt, Mu is the outlier. It gets worse when he is kicked out and left a fend for himself, very young and slowly deteriorating into near lifelessness.

Mu's brush with death certainly scares everyone. Including his mother, Meh.

From thorrable to smad, Olga isn't in it alone. Self-aware, crude, organ-stuffed, and wholesome, this trilogy is a ride for sure.

A great conclusion to what started as a girl going at the world alone.

5 stars.
… (more)
 
Flagged
Yolken | 3 other reviews | Jan 11, 2024 |
Another comic that had my kid's imagination running wild for months -- in a good way. Funny and well-drawn artwork, completely silly descriptions and some nice subtext about taking care of your pets.
 
Flagged
vverse23 | 1 other review | Jan 9, 2024 |
Even my teenagers wanted to sit down and listen to this graphic novel. Full of fascinating facts about crows, and just plain hilarious.
 
Flagged
sloth852 | 8 other reviews | Jan 2, 2024 |
So cute! This book presents real information in a silly and fun format.
 
Flagged
wallace2012 | 14 other reviews | Nov 4, 2023 |

Lists

Awards

You May Also Like

Statistics

Works
98
Members
2,508
Popularity
#10,238
Rating
4.1
Reviews
223
ISBNs
286
Languages
7
Favorited
2

Charts & Graphs