The Cardboard Kingdom
“The Cardboard Kingdom” affirms the power of imagination and play during the most important years of adolescent identity-searching and emotional growth. Drawn and co-written by Chad Sell, its award-winning story touches on themes like family conflict, inner-strength and gender identity, as we meet a diverse neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary boxes into colorful costumes -- knights and rogues, robots and monsters -- creating adventures filled with humor and action.
Accolades
2019 Rainbow Book List, Graphic Novels
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2018
“Sheer entertainment . . . . There is plenty of excitement, aggression, competition and gender bending . . . in the action-packed episodes.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Sell's cheerful, friendly artistic style . . . will appeal to fans of Victoria Jamieson. A breath of fresh air, this tender and dynamiccollection is a must-have.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
“Issues of gender, class, and culture take center stage . . . Imagination, these kids prove, can erase what seem like unbridgeable differences.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Author/Illustrator: Chad Sell Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2018
