Avni #4

From Romain Pujol and Vincent Caut comes Avni s'en mêle, the fourth volume in this charming French all-ages series from BD Kids. The cover says it all: Avni, the grinning blue mouse-like creature in a striped shirt, stretches a tangle of looping, rubbery limbs that corral a whole crew of animal pals — a bespectacled panda surrounded by flying money and toys, a little tiger clutching a basketball, a pink pig amid art supplies, and a cat brandishing a paintbrush, with a tiny turtle and toy car scattered in the cheerful chaos. It's a wonderfully energetic image that captures exactly the kind of warm, anything-goes mayhem that makes this 2017 BD Kids title so appealing for young readers.