Ernest & Rebecca #8

A lush, sunlit forest glade sets the scene for this eighth volume of Guillaume Bianco and Antonello Dalena's delightful all-ages series, subtitled Un jour pas comme les autres — "A Day Like No Other." On the cover, pink-haired Rebecca crouches face-to-face with her little green microbe companion Ernest, the two surrounded by glowing mushrooms and dappled woodland light that hints at a genuinely magical adventure ahead. Published by Le Lombard in 2018, this charming Franco-Belgian album captures the warmth and whimsy that makes this friendship between a spirited girl and her tiny unusual pal so genuinely appealing.