L'ours Barnabé #20

The twentieth album in Philippe Coudray's charming L'ours Barnabé series arrives with a title — Visite guidée — that fits its delightfully absurd cover perfectly: Barnabé the bear and his kangaroo companion find themselves knee-deep in water inside what appears to be an art gallery, surrounded by colorful paintings on white walls, the kangaroo's exclamation mark speech bubble hinting at the gentle, wordless humor the series does so well. Published in 2020 by La Malle aux Images, this slim, cheerful volume carries on the tradition of simple, warm storytelling that has made this bear one of French-language all-ages comics' most endearing characters.