Dog Days
The Crush and Other Stories
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected 25 Aug 2026
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- £5.99
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- Pre-Order
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
Best friends (and dogs!) Mia and Willow share the peaks and the potholes that come with friendship in the first volume in a funny and addictive middle grade graphic novel series.
Mia and Willow are dogs and best friends and they’d have it no other way—but Mia's giant crush on a skateboarding cat named Jesse is ruining Willow's life! The two buddies come together and apart as all BFFs do--riding bikes, complaining about homework, eating ice cream, and getting up to all kinds of hijinks. In fourteen delightful bite-size chapters drawn in comics-style panels, Dog Days is a new graphic novel series perfect for ages 8-12. It features Claudia Boldt's quirky unique art style and characters in interconnected stories. Cheeky chapter titles and ridiculous situations make for laughs on every page. Kids will relate to Mia and Willow as they take on the trials of tweendom—together!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Across a series of interconnected tales, Boldt (Did You Fart?) presents an amiable graphic novel, a series launch about friendship's highs and lows. An opening portrait gallery introduces the comic's cast, as well as their likes and dislikes, before the work dives into the first of 14 stories. Doglike classmates Willow and Mia have been best friends forever, but wordsmith Willow begins to worry about their dynamic after learning about artist Mia's feelings for feline classmate Jesse. Despite Willow's efforts to steer conversation elsewhere, it seems that all Mia can talk, think, dream, and doodle about is Jesse. The situation worsens in the following entry: as she learns more about Jesse, Willow's attempts to warn Mia that "he's a jerk" result in a friendship fallout. A heartfelt apology on both sides ("Maybe I'm a little jealous"; "I'm sorry I was mean") one story later keeps the duo's good times rolling through birthday surprises, ice cream hangouts, and more. Easy-to-follow paneling and sprightly mixed-media illustrations feature pastel washes of color, handily guiding readers along as the protagonists get up to all manner of mischief and merry-making. The goofy humor and physicality of the oblong-shaped animal characters ensure that rollicking fun is had by all throughout this madcap collection. Ages 8–12.
