Pixel+Ink has a new young readers chapter book graphic novel available for preorder now: Sky & Ty 1: Howdy, Partner! by Steve Breen. Breen is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist who currently works as an editorial cartoonist for the San Diego Union-Tribune. His video broadcast work has won several Emmys, and his cartoons are nationally syndicated by Creators News Service, appearing regularly in USA Today, The New York Times, and Newsweek.
Breen’s picture books include Stick, Violet the Pilot, Pug and Doug, and Woodpecker Wants a Waffle (2017 New Hampshire Ladybug Picture Book Award). He also created Universal Kids’ Powerbirds.
Read a synopsis here:
Meet the new cowgirl and her T. Rex pardner delivering delightful laughs and rollicking adventure along with their packages from a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner. Perfect for young chapter book graphic novel fans who love Narwhal and Jelly and Unicorn and Yeti.
Meet the best delivery service this side of the Mississippi, run by no-nonsense cowgirl Sky and her slightly goofy, but always dependable pardner, T.Rex Ty. No task is too big or two small for this dynamic duo. And they’ve never missed a delivery yet.
But learning to work together hasn’t always been easy for them. Saddle up as Sky and Ty figure out they both can help solve a little bear problem. And teamwork and some speedy thinking save the day when they tackle getting theIr first package to its destination just in time.
The first book in this funny and warm young chapter book graphic novel series by two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner Steve Breen features two stories rendered in vibrant three-color art, interspersed with fun facts, jokes, and activities.
Breen said in a statement:
“Sky and Ty was actually born out of the Pandemic. In 2020, my kids had a lot of extra time for drawing and coloring and my six-year-old son created a picture of an orange cowboy standing on top of an orange dinosaur. I immediately loved it and told him I wanted to make some kind of childrens’ book with these characters. (He gave me permission!) It seemed that a lot of fun stories could be told with two dissimilar buddies navigating the world together. I changed the orange cowboy to a blue cowgirl and, viola! I had Sky and Ty. Later that year, my family and I wanted to get away during the lockdown so we drove to Arizona. I was so inspired by the trees, streams, and rock formations in the northern part of the state that I made an idealized version of Sedona the setting of the book. ”
Head here to preorder your copy today! Check out an exclusive cover reveal below!
