Among this comic’s many strengths, diverse representation in a book about something as joyful as cuteness will delight many readers. Mimi and her family are Black, her neighbors are Latinx, and everyone featured in the story is Black or brown. Grant’s illustrations are frothy and perfectly pastel, and her manga-inspired facial expressions communicate as much as her text. I love that it's a graphic novel chapter book for young readers. Grant Maleeha Siddiqui 's review it was amazing This is, dare I say, SO CUTE. Mimi is absolutely as cute as the title describes. Mimi and the Cutie Catastrophe: A Graphix Chapters Book (Mimi 1) by Shauna J. Furthermore, the text is simple, efficient, and funny, making it perfect for early readers and classroom read-alouds.

Narratively, this book is crafted for young audiences, following a deliberate repetitive structure: a four-fold problem presented, four attempts at a solution, and finally, an epiphany that solves Mimi’s identity crisis in a satisfying way. In frustration, she sets out to prove them wrong and learns the true strengths of her assertive self-identity in the process.

But her predilections find her typecast, as her mom warns her not to get dirty, her friends doubt her physical strength and intellectual acumen, and cool older kids take digs at her ebullient nature. Shauna is also the creator of the early reader graphic novel Mimi and the Cutie Catastrophe. The titular Mimi is a free-spirited, tutu-sporting young girl with a penchant for pink, purple, expert accessorizing, and delicious (pink and purple!) jelly toast. K-Gr 2–The catastrophes keep coming, but the cuteness, happily, also never lets up. Mimi and the Cutie Catastrophe: A Graphix Chapters Book (Mimi 1) - Shauna J.

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