Ariol #2

A delightful entry in Emmanuel Guibert and Marc Boutavant's beloved French series, this 2002 Bayard Poche volume finds young Ariol — the wide-eyed blue donkey — nose-to-nose in a tense standoff with a pig classmate while a colorful crowd of animal kids looks on from the schoolyard. The gathered onlookers include a horse, a duck, a cat, a rabbit, and more, giving the scene a wonderfully lively, social energy that captures the messy, funny world of childhood friendships and rivalries. *Jeux Idiots* ("Silly Games") promises exactly the kind of warmhearted, wryly observed humor that makes Ariol such an endearing series for young readers and adults alike.