The Bolds to the Rescue

Gr 2–4—Continuing the story of The Bolds, the humorous tale of two hyenas and their children who left the wild to live in safety disguised as humans, the titular family begins to welcome other wayward animals into their home and teach them how to act like humans. These lessons include everything from how to hold cutlery to toilet training. But when two racehorses join the mix, an angry owner comes searching for them. This quick-paced read full of so-bad-they-are-good puns from Mr. Bold is quite an enjoyable sequel. The absurdity of animals training to be humans is chuckle-inducing, as are the illustrations—which are just as funny as the collection of jokes in the back of the book, which also appear in scattered word bubbles throughout the story. Almost as intriguing as the artwork is the changing text, which grows and alters in an onomatopoeic and hyperbolic fashion.