Pilu of the Woods

A heartwarming story of friendship, loss, and finding your way home from debut author illustrator Mai K Nguyen Willow loves the woods near her house They re calm and quiet, so different from her own turbulent emotions, which she keeps locked away When her emotions get the better of her one day, she decides to run away into the woods.There, she meets Pilu, a lost tree spirit who can t find her way back home which turns out to be the magnolia grove Willow s mom used to take her to Willow offers to help Pilu, and the two quickly become friends.But the journey is long, and Pilu isn t sure she s ready to return home yet which infuriates Willow, who s determined to make up for her own mistakes by getting Pilu back safely As a storm rages and Willow s emotions bubble to the surface, they suddenly take on a physical form, putting both girls in danger and forcing Willow to confront her inner feelings once and for all. New Read Pilu of the Woods author Mai K. Nguyen For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This was so precious MY HEART.My thoughts in a nutshell It was cute Perfect middle grade book with a valuable lesson.The story is about Skip over this point if you don t like the sneak peek A little girl, Willow, who is dealing with grief The other kids in the school are bullying her because she likes books and nature One day she has an awful fight with her sister and Willow runs away into the woods, where she meets the forest spirits who also runs away from home They get to know each other and find out what will they My thoughts in a nutshell It was cute Perfect middle grade book with a valuable lesson.The story is about Skip over this point if you don t like the sneak peek A little girl, Willow, who is dealing with grief The other kids in the school are bullying her because she likes books and nature One day she has an awful fight with her sister and Willow runs away into the woods, where she meets the forest spirits who also runs away from home They get to know each other and find out what will they do What impressed me the most Theyou ignore something, the louder it gets nobody likes being ignored I fall in love with the art style It is so gorgeous The plot is about how to understand and process th...So freaking adorable Pilu of the Woods is an MG fantasy graphic novel about a little girl named Willow who gets in a fight with her big sister and goes running off into the woods, where she meets Pilu, a forest spirit As they adventure together, Willow is forced to come to terms with her monsters the emotions that cause her to lash out at her loved ones or to think poorly of herself and she must learn how to take care of those feelings and deal with them in a healthy way, without hurting her family I don t know Pilu of the Woods is an MG fantasy graphic novel about a little girl named Willow who gets in a fight with her big sister and goes running off into the woods, where she meets Pilu, a forest spirit As they adventure together, Willow is forced to come to terms with her monsters the emotions that cause her to lash out at her loved ones or to think poorly of herself and she must learn how to take care of those feelings and deal with them in a healthy way, without hurting her family I don t know if a graphic novel has ever given me quite as many Feels as Pilu did, but wow, this little story is incredible Don t be turned off by its marketing as a middle grade story...Beautiful illustrations, but a mess of ideas and subplots.Beautiful illustrations And a great story about regulating your emotions, I think lots of middle grade readers will relate to this book a lot.Thank you Netgalley and Oni Press for sending a review copy in exchange for an honest reviewPilu of the Woods is possibly one of the cutest MG graphic novels i have ever read I don t think I ve ever cried while reading a graphic novel before this one The story was about love,...A heartwarming tale about friendship and how to deal with your feelings This was obviously targeted for middle school age children, but there s enough there to like about it for all ages The art is fantastic It reads like a picture book in graphic novel form Willow has a fight with her sister and runs off into the woods There she runs into a tree nymph that also has run away after a fight with her mother As Willow helps her find her way home, they become friends while learning how to proce A heartwarming tale about friendship and how to deal with your feelings This was obviously targeted for middle school age children, but there s enough there to like about it for all ages The art is fantastic It reads like a picture book in graphic novel form Willow has a fight with her sister and runs off into the woods There she runs into a tree nymph that also has run away after a fight with her mother As Willow helps her find her way home, they become friends w... I received an ARC of Pilu of the Woods from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review 5 wonderful starsI don t know how to describe this graphic novel it is just something else The art is stunning and the color scheme and the way it changes throughout the story as the emotions change is really clever.I found this graphic novel to be a masterpiece.We follow a young girl Willow dealing with the grief of losing her mother, one day after arguing with her sister she runs into the woods near h I received an ARC of Pilu of the Woods from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review 5 wonderful starsI don t know how to describe this graphic novel it is just something else The art is stunning and the color scheme and the way it changes throughout the story as the emotions change is really clever.I found this graphic novel to be a masterpiece.We follow a young girl Willow dealing with the grief of losing her mother, one day after arguing with her sister ...You know maybe, it s okay to cry sometimes WOW I m so glad that I discovered this gem on NetGalley First of all, I love the art so much I couldn t stop geeking out about it on every page I love the colors, which kinda has a watercolor feel to it and the super cute doodly and cartoony illustrations SO GOOD The story is as lovely as the art The protagonist, Willow, ran away to the woods after having a fight with her older sister In the forest, she met a tree spirit, Pilu, who also ran aw You know maybe, it s okay to cry sometimes WOW I m so glad that I discovered this gem on NetGalley First of all, I love the art so much I couldn t stop geeking out about it on every page I love the colors, which kinda has a watercolor feel to it and the super cute doodly and cartoony illustrations SO GOOD The story is as lovely as the art The protagonist, Willow, ran away to the woods after having a fight with her older sister In the forest, she met a tree spirit, Pilu, who also ran away from her home.I absolutely adore these two characters Willow has these monsters that she keeps inside jars, afraid that they might cause chaos if she lets them out She ignores the fact that they re a part of her But as Pilu said, no one wants to be ignored, even her monsters which is such a good metaphor to feelings In the end, Willow learned that it s okay to accept them I thought being strong meant not crying, or whining, or complaining, or being sad but I was wrong I...Oh my God This book So deep and emotional 5 FULL STARS I would love to thank Mai K Nguyen, Oni Press and NetGalley for this book in exchange for an honest review.I totally recommend this graphic novel book The illustrations are perfect and the story is very heartwarming We see the story of Willow, a girl who struggles with her emotions we can actually see them as little black monsters, which is really accurate and cool and she is running away from home after she s got into a fight with her Oh my God This book So deep and emotional 5 FULL STARS I would love to thank Mai K Nguyen, Oni Press and NetGalley for this book in exchange for an honest review.I totally recommend this graphic novel book The illustrations are perfect and the story is very heartwarming We see the story of Willow, a girl ...I love the art, especially that adorable dog But the story is a little girl s downbeat slog through a forest with a spiritless tree spirit as she comes to terms with loss and grief Dull and predictable.I really didn t like this one at all The drawings weren t my thing, the story was both depressing and confusing, and the book was riddled with typos and odd style choices Pilu of the Woods, despite the title and the cover illustration, is actually about a girl named Willow who lives with her father and older sister, Linnea She had a mother once, but she s dead now, and Willow is always getting in trouble because she doesn t know how to deal with her feelings She bottles them up literally un I really didn t like this one at all The drawings weren t my thing, the story was both depressing and confusing, and the book was riddled with typos and odd style choices Pilu of the Woods, despite the title and the cover illustration, is actually about a girl named Willow who lives with her father and older sister, Linnea She had a mother once, but she s dead now, and Willow is always getting in trouble because she doesn t know how to deal with her feelings She bottles them up literally until she just has to let them out in a fit of anger and or violence This part of the book had me confused at first, because there are these drawings of little creatures in bottles throughout the panels, and I wasn t sure what that was about for the longest time The bit about the mother is also confusing, because it almost seems like her death is what caused Willow to become the way she is But that s not the case, because her mother tells her before she dies to alwa...I received this an ARC copy from Netgalley.I gave this a 4.5 out of five stars.I really enjoyed the story and the art of this It shows the loss of a parent and the hardships with it and being lonely This is a mid...Willow is feeling lost, figuratively and literally She s just run away from her sister and her home to the woods where she once spent time with her mom Her mom who s lost forever.In the woods she meets Pilu, a tree spirit who is lost as well Willow and Pilu s lives parallel each others in some ways Willow and Pilu are both angry at their circumstances and don t know a way out their own turbulent anger As Pilu starts talking about how she feels invisible and how she isn t sure she wants to g Willow is feeling lost, figuratively and literally She s just run away from her sister and her home to the woods where she once spent time with her mom Her mom who s lost forever.In the woods she meets Pilu, a tree spirit who is lost as well Willow and Pilu s lives parallel each others in some ways Willow and Pilu are both angry at their circumstances and don t know a way out their own turbulent anger As Pilu starts talking about how she feels invisible and how she isn t sure she wants to go home something starts being drawn out in Willow Pilu not wanting to go back home to her mother makes her think of the mother she will never get back to This anger manifests into something real and scary Will Willow be able to get control of her emotions And will Pilu decide to face her family Pilu of the Woods is a story about facing our emotions before they get the better of us The concept of Pilu of the Woods is one that could easily bring up my emotional side The b...

• English
• 22 November 2018
Mai K. Nguyen
• Paperback
• 160 pages
• 1620105632
• Mai K. Nguyen
• Pilu of the Woods