Ape & Armadillo Take Over The World: TOON Level 3 (Toon Into Reading!, Level 3) - Hardcover

James Sturm is the author of several books for kids, including the Adventures in Cartooning” series and the forthcoming Ape and Armadillo Take Over the World. James also helped start a college for cartoonists, The Center for Cartoon Studies, in the small railroad village of White River Junction, Vermont.

An Eisner Nominee for Best Publication for Early Readers

A Junior Library Guild Selection

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"Apes and armadillos! Magic! If you’re looking for a good friendship tale, this entry into the TOON Books oeuvre will hit the spot." - Elizabeth Bird

"The text perfectly captures the wildly creative narrative spirit in the play of imaginative children, who are not bound by logical rules and physical limitations.” - Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW

"Sturm’s deep story line gently teaches children the ways of friendship and compromise...VERDICT: An excellent addition." - School Library Journal STARRED REVIEW

"Whichever character’s side readers are on, they’ll appreciate this pitch-perfect push-and-pull between disagreeing parties and it only gets better (and funnier and more surprising) when Ape comes up with his own plan." - Horn Book Magazine

"Captures the larger-than-life emotions and imaginations of these friends in crisply drafted cartoons as Machiavellian machinations give way to compromise." - Publishers Weekly

"Sturm’s large, vibrant panels are ideal for engaging young readers, and quirky details (is that an alligator in the sewer?) will ensure devoted contemplation." - Booklist

"Simply but colorfully drawn with emotion-filled characters, young readers will thoroughly enjoy this cartoon story of Armadillo and Ape's friendship and where it takes them." - School Library Connection

If Ape and Armadillo can get along, then there’s hope for all of humanity." - Judy Schachner, author of Skippyjon Jones

A fantastical story for children, every page rich in giggles and gorgeously illustrated." - Jules Feiffer

"Kids will love this graphic novel that touches on a situation very familiar to kids: the bossy friend who wants everything done his or her way." - Mom Read It

"[Sturm] makes the smart choice of stuffing a lot of comics in here: main storylines, marginalia and add-ons. Perceived value was a big deal for me as a kid -- not the in the price-point way, but that there were enough elements in a book for me to want to pick it up more than once." - The Comics Reporter