La Balade de Yaya #3

Bathed in a dreamlike wash of indigo and moonlight, this third volume of La Balade de Yaya presents its two young protagonists — a thoughtful girl and a roguish boy, both rendered in Jean-Marie Omont and Colo Zhao's delicate, watercolor-tinged style — seated together against a backdrop of traditional Chinese rooftops glowing beneath an enormous full moon. The subtitle Le Cirque promises adventure and spectacle ahead for this mismatched pair. Published in 2011 by Éditions Fei, this Franco-Belgian take on childhood friendship set in early 20th-century China is as visually enchanting as it is warmly human.