Our parents were medical people-Mom was a nurse and Dad was a doctor. Jenni seemed to like them, and hers was the only feedback I really got.
Since my bedroom was right across from his, I’d be the first to see them.ĭid your big sister give you favorable reviews, Matt? At the time, it was a thing for kids to decorate their doors to reflect their personalities, and Matt would post his comics of space aliens on his door. When he was in fifth or sixth grade, he began drawing aliens from outer space-lots of them.
From an early age, I loved to read, and Matt was always drawing and cartooning. We are two of five children, and I’m the only girl, born right in the middle. Holm: In a way, I guess they probably were. Looking back, would you say the seeds for your creative collaboration were sown in your childhood? The prolific duo talked to PW about how they came to collaborate, how that process works, and about their new Babymouse endeavor. In September, Scholastic’s Graphix imprint will publish Swing It, Sunny, a sequel to the Holms’s 2015 middle-grade novel, Sunny Side Up. Also due from Random on Independence Day is the siblings’ Comics Squad #3: Detention, and the publisher will release I’m Scared, the fourth installment of the My First Comics board-book series, in August. This summer and fall, the Holms have multiple pub dates to celebrate, beginning with the July 4 debut of Babymouse Tales from the Locker #1: Lights, Camera, Middle School! In this graphic novel,Babymouse, who is now in middle school, makes a calamity-filled attempt to write and direct a sweeping cinematic epic.
Launched by Random House in 2005, the 20-book series has more than three million copies in print worldwide. Their first joint project was the graphic-novel series Babymouse, starring a headstrong young mouse with messy whiskers and a wild imagination. Holm and Matthew Holm, siblings who have published novels separately (Jennifer is a three-time Newbery Honor recipient for Our Only May Amelia, Penny from Heaven, and Turtle in Paradise and Matthew co-wrote Marvin and the Moths with Jonathan Follett) and have collaborated on a number of children’s books series. Instead, she's going to remain Sunny-side up!.There is very little creative down time for Jennifer L. because she is NOT going let all this confusion get her down. Luckily Sunny's got her best friend and a mysterious new neighbor on her side. But when Dale comes back, she STILL misses him. Sunny misses her brother Dale, who's been sent to boarding school. But the truth? Sunny is NOT having the best time.Not only is the whole middle school thing confusing. When her Gramps calls her from Florida to ask how she's doing, she always tells him she's fine.
From the award winning duo of Jennifer and Matthew Holm comes the sequel to the bestselling Sunny Side Up - full of just as much heart and just as many laughs.Summer's over and it's time for Sunny Lewin to enter the strange and unfriendly hallways of. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. VERDICT A must-have for middle grade graphic novel collections.-Marissa Lieberman, East Orange Public Library, NJ The Holms are realistic about Sunny's complicated family situation yet imbue the upbeat narrative with hope. References to 1970s pop culture, such as General Hospital and pet rocks, add authenticity. The exaggerated, cartoonlike artwork strikes the right balance of humor and heart, candidly conveying Sunny's emotions. Fans of Sunny Side Up will adore this sequel, which provides enough background for new readers to jump right in. With some sage advice from Gramps, Sunny learns that she can't always fix everything but that offering her brother love and support may be enough. When Dale returns home for Thanksgiving, he's angry that his family sent him away.
She and her best friend plan their Halloween costumes, watch popular TV shows, listen to records, and read comics. Her older brother, Dale, has been sent to boarding school to help with his drug problem, and life isn't the same at home. Gr 4–6-It's autumn of 1976, and Sunny has just entered middle school. With her brother Matthew, Jennifer created the graphic novel series Babymouse and Squish. Holm is the New York Times bestselling and three-time Newbery Honor Winning author of multiple novels for young readers.