Hilda and the Black Hound by Luke Pearson

Hilda is utterly brilliant!' -Raina Telgemeier, creator of Smile 'Plain smart and moving. 'Luke Pearson is one of the best cartoonists working today. Hilda is now on Netflix! Season 2 coming soon! A book sure to garner new fans for this feisty adventurer.- Daryl Grabarek, School Library Journal Copyright 2014 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. Touches of humor abound in both images and dialogue.

Darker shades dominate when the beast lurks, and earth tones and reds and oranges when the characters go about their daily business. The full-size volume offers a minimum of 10 panels of varying sizes per page. Sound like a lot of plot? It is, but Pearson pulls it off with aplomb. Unfortunately, the award ceremony is interrupted by the hound falling through the ceiling, but in the chase that ensues several mysteries are solved, including that of the Nisse's displacement. She visits the library, digs up newspaper articles, draws sketches of the creature, interviews townsfolk who may or may not have seen the creature, maps the locations of suspected sightings, and puts together a Common Core-worthy, book-length report earning her 'Friend to Animals' badge. After a face-to-face with the hound, Hilda sees an opportunity to earn her first scout badge, which thus far has eluded her. Back home, more mysterious happenings occur all over town, Nisse (those furry-faced house spirits that live behind bookcases and the 'gaps in the floorboards') are being tossed out in the street, forced to fend for themselves. People have gone missing, and a sighting of the hound ends Hilda's first camping trip. Gr 3-5-While Pearson's wide-eyed, turquoise-haired protagonist goes about joining the Sparrow Scouts and learns some handy skills from building campfires to erecting shelters, a large, 'wolf-like' creature prowls about Trolberg.

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Hilda and the Black Hound by Luke Pearson