By Brian Smith
A little pea who rolls too far from home teams up with a chatterbox bee and a bird who can't fly to find his way back.
Pea takes a dare and rolls right off the edge of the farm, and then a storm sends him tumbling somewhere far from the vine he calls home. Small and lost, he falls in with Bee, who never once stops talking, and Jay, a bird who can't fly and won't admit it. Three unlikely friends, one long way back.
This is the softest, youngest one on the trail, and the friendliest place for a brand-new comic reader to start. The pages are bright and uncrowded, the jokes are gentle, and the three mismatched friends carry the whole thing on warmth. It's the first of a series, so a young child who loves this trio has more waiting without any jump in difficulty.