Anders and the Mountain - by Gregory MacKay (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A delightful new alpine adventure in this much-loved series from one of Australia's most exciting graphic-novel creators

Following a disastrous performance of the school band at the end-of-term concert and a fight between animals and beetles over a live action role-play game, the school holidays kick off with wondrous a trip to the lollipop factory, where an airplane showers sweets on the crowd. However, the next morning the animals awake to find that every single beetle has vanished! Have Anders and his friends scared them away with their LARP disagreement?! The crew and their parents head off on a walking holiday in the mountains, feeling glum and hoping to find the beetles in their travels. (Cue some very relatable friendship regrets!)

Full of twisty challenges that the gang must overcome in their search - from a landslide and pack of wolverines to some giant praying mantises that set them impossible riddles - it all comes to a head in an ancient stone temple, with a call-back to the woeful school concert.

Review Quotes

PRAISE FOR THE ADVENTURES OF ANDERS

'These stories make me wish I was a kid again.' Terry Denton

'Imaginative and entertaining.' Magpies

'A delightful graphic novel.' Good Reading

'A sweet, funny...graphic novel that champions friendship, creativity and imagination...perfect for comic fans or reluctant readers.' Readings

'The combination of congenial friendships, playful worldbuilding...and fantasy-tinged action should easily win this quirky crew some fans.' Publishers Weekly, UK

'It is easy to see the potential for Anders and the Volcano as a valuable addition to the classroom library...I can just see student sketch books filled with little Anders and Bernies...' Reading Time, Children's Book Council of Australia

'Me and my family have lent Anders to 5 people and they have all loved it. I have read it 3 times now and I still love it.' Moss, 8 - -

About the Author

Gregory Mackay has been making comics since school. He enjoys drawing and watercolor painting. He likes drawing airplanes and machines, as well as building models and painting pictures. Both Anders and the Comet and Anders and the Volcano, his first books for children, have also been published in France, and have been shortlisted for the Angouleme Festival, the most prestigious comics awards in Europe, acknowledging the best comics published across the world. In 2018 Gregory undertook a six-month Australia Council for the Arts residency at the Keesing Studio at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris.