L'Ombre d'un Nuage #[nn]

From Éditions Sarbacane comes this charming Franco-Belgian-style album by Nicolas Poupon, whose expressive, rubbery linework leaps right off the cover. A scrappy gang of cartoon animal kids — dogs, mice, and one bespectacled human child — tumble and bound through the air against a bold yellow moon set on a soft teal sky, full of joyful, barely-controlled chaos. L'Ombre d'un Nuage looks like exactly the kind of all-ages adventure that earns a permanent spot on the shelf.