![]() ![]() However the place that her Gramps lives ain’t no amusement park. At first she thought that Florida might be a fun place, as it is the home of Disney World, after all. Sunny Lewin is being sent off to Florida to stay with her grandpa for the entire summer. ![]() When is summer vacation not actually a summer vacation? “Sunny Side Up” is the first novel in the “Sunny” series and was released in the year 2015. They are set in the Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania, when Sunny Lewin (age ten) is not down in Florida visiting her grandpa for the summer. The books are middle grade, semi-autobiographical graphic novels. The series is set during the seventies, and features certain things from the period: Polaroid SX-70 ‘instant’ camera, TAB cola, and Dorothy Hamill’s ‘wedge’ hairstyle. ![]() It follows the lives of kids whose older brother’s delinquent behavior has thrown their family into chaos, and “Sunny Side Up” is a compelling “problem” tale and is a love letter to the comic books which helped the protagonist make sense of her world. The books are a funny, sweet, and simple introduction to the impact that emotions can have on the people around you. Holm and Matthew Holm use speech balloons, panel frames, and thought bubbles to teach kids how to read a story. This is a comic board book series about feelings. The series began publication in the year 2015, when “Sunny Side Up” was released. Holm writes the “Sunny” series of graphic novels which are illustrated by Matthew Holm. ![]()
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