Akissi: Tales of Mischief: Akissi Book 1

"utterly unputdownable"--The New York Times

A Kirkus Best Book of 2018, Akissi: Tales of Mischief brings together the first volume of the hilarious and heartfelt Akissi comics by Marguerite Abouet, the award winning author of Aya of Yop City.

Poor Akissi! The neighborhood cats are trying to steal her fish, her little monkey Boubou almost ends up in a frying pan, and she's nothing but a pest to her older brother Fofana. But Akissi is a true adventurer, and nothing scares her away from hilarious escapades in her modern African city.

Jump into the laugh-out-loud misadadventures of Akissi in these girls-will-be-girls comics, based on author Margeurite Abouet's childhood on the Ivory Coast.

Author: Marguerite Abouet
Publisher: Nobrow Press
Published: 05/08/2018
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781911171478
ISBN10: 191117147X
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Humorous
- Juvenile Fiction | Places | Africa
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women

About the Author
Marguerite Abouet is a renowned writer from Abidjan on the Ivory Coast in West Africa. She started writing because she felt that comics weren't being written for girls, and wanted to change that. She is the author of the tremendously successful comic, Aya of Yop City, as well as the Akissi series for children.

Mathieu Sapin was born in Dijon, France, in 1974. He studied in l'Ecole supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg before becoming a renowned illustrator for many children's magazines and publishers in France.