![]() ![]() He doesn’t appear to be too excited to be there, but a crab attracts his attention. Benny, a little boy, arrives at the beach with his parents in their car. Readers can always clearly see what is going on, with very occasional close-ups for emphasis. The story is presented in a six panel grid, with the images carefully designed to show the characters in mid-shots and long-shots so we always know where they are in relation to the backgrounds. ” It won’t be much help for anyone who can’t read yet, but it’s a useful way for adults to introduce the concept of comics to children. The pictures work together to tell the whole story. Look at the panels from left to right and top to bottom. ![]() ![]() Boxes called panels show you how to follow the story. ![]() It’s introduced with a one-page explainer, ‘How to read a wordless graphic novel’ that demonstrates with numbered panels just how a comic strip works: “Wordless graphic novels are easy to read. There are no words, making it ideal for early readers who won’t have to wrestle with text and can instead enjoy looking at the images and working out what is going on just by analysing pictures, looking at the character expressions and so on. Benny on the Beach is a bright and colourful comics story for younger children. ![]()
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