Petit Pierrot #2

Alberto Varanda's charming little dreamer returns for a second volume, with this 2011 Soleil edition's cover showing the wide-eyed, goggle-wearing Petit Pierrot piloting a makeshift paper airplane through a scatter of golden stars. The subtitle Approcher les étoiles — "Approaching the Stars" — perfectly captures the spirit of this small adventurer reaching upward with boundless, earnest wonder. Varanda's delicate linework and warm, muted palette make this a genuinely lovely addition to any shelf.