Kudos

"I am so impressed with Artsy-Fartsy! It is genuinely funny, entertaining, and educational. The personalities of even the minor characters are developed well, and the plot lines all come to satisfying conclusions in an artful way." — Leslie Patterson, author and former children's librarian

"We got Artsy-Fartsy last week and my son (who just has better things to do than read) has not put it down from the moment he got it. He has devoured the Wimpy Kid books, but said that he likes Aldo better because it's funnier. It's fun to hear giggles coming from the family room and my son is NOT watching TV." — Chris Maguire

"I received Artsy Fartsy yesterday in the school mail. I'm the media specialist at Linton Elementary in Fort Collins.  I was supposed to be wrapping Christmas gifts last night, but instead I was reading this hilarious book!  It is fabulous, and I want to read it to ALL my classes. I love the vocabulary, sarcasm, everything!" — Sandy Scheirman

"I really liked your book. I got it for Christmas. Aldo was really funny. I was wondering if there was another book. My favorite part was when they found the girl and her sister who took their book. The sister said his hair looked like a sea sponge. That was funny. You did good at drawing and writing. I'm giving a copy of the book to my friend. I liked Goosy too. She was funny. It was funny when they said things were dumb of theirs but they didn't mind."—Joshua (9)

Artsy-Fartsy

By: Karla Oceanak

Hardcover
Comic novel
Published December 2009
For readers 8-13
160 pages
ISBN 978-1-934649-04-6
$12.95

Aldo Zelnick is the star of a new comic novel series for children by author Karla Oceanak and illustrator Kendra Spanjer. Ten-year-old Aldo lives with his family in Colorado. He's not athletic like his older brother, he's not a rock hound like his best friend, but he does like bacon. And when his artist grandmother, Goosy, gives him a sketchbook to "record all his artsy-fartsy ideas" during summer vacation, it turns out Aldo is a pretty good cartoonist.

In addition to an engaging cartoon story, Artsy-Fartsy includes an illustrated glossary of fun A words used throughout the book, such as absurd, abominable, and audacious.