Benny and Penny in The Big No-No

Geoffrey Hayes’s Benny and Penny in The Big No-No is a gentle, full-color comic for early readers, published by RAW Junior in 2009. In this single issue, the young mouse siblings learn a lesson about jumping to conclusions when they suspect a new neighbor of wrongdoing. Hayes, working in colored pencil, crafts a warm, word-rich story that respects its audience’s intelligence while tackling everyday childhood conflicts. It stands as a charming entry point for the very young into the world of sequential art.