The Smurfs #6: The Smurfs and the Howlibird: 06 (The Smurfs Graphic Novels) Hardcover – 10 May 2011

fake one, material is so cheap! anyone can identify!

Love this clever French series - it helps reading! I buy the Smurfs series for my daughter.We started collecting this series when she was eight, and a slow reader. She never had the interest in books like her older sister. In fact she said she 'did not want to read', that was ' her sister's job'.So we landed on this clever french series, as 'something different'.In the 12 months we have been reading these books, collecting the entire set. We have become smurf - addicts. More importantly, Hazel has become a competent reader, and has completed the Harry Potter series and now reads pretty much anything.

Fans of the classic original Smurf will love this!

Though it's meant for bigger kids our 2-year old enjoys it very much. It's cute and funny. We skip the words she is not supposed to hear heh

Made my day

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This is one of the books I decided to buy for the elementary school in a nearby town. I started buying books for the school as a hobby. I enjoy it, the kids benefit, so it works out well.When I got this book in the mail, I looked inside of it, and was surprised to find it was done in comic book form. All the drawings were in little cells (squares) that read from left to right. All very colorful, but I thought, "Gee, this isn't what I expected." I thought single pictures would fill the pages. I felt a little disappointed, at first.I actually took the time to sit down on the edge of the bed, put my reading glasses on and start reading the "comic book" inside. I was instantly amazed at the intelligence that had gone into the writing and drawings. I found myself giggling out loud several times--I'm in my 50's. This book is filled with clever humor.It starts off with Grandpa Smurf trying to create a fertilizer. He is almost eaten by a plant which goes carnivorous when the fertilizer is applied. In trying to dispose of the fertilizer, a couple of the younger smurfs drop it into a ravine, and accidentally spill it onto a baby bird. This is how the monster Howlibird is created.Although I didn't finish the book, because I wanted to get it to the kids as soon as possible, what I read of it was delightful. If the kids don't fight over this book when they go to the library, I would be surprised. It was fun, and a good way to interest young folks in reading, to boot.