Like other comics for this age group, it’s a good primer for more advanced illustrated texts. There aren’t too many panels per page, but they are arranged in interesting ways, using different shapes and sometimes overlapping each other. Though it has fewer pages and larger fonts, it looks a lot like a graphic novel for older readers. This book is good for transitional readers. However, the funniest parts are when Binky uses his imagination as he prepares for his interstellar travels. Some comedic elements have a wider appeal, like the bodily humor found in the text. Cat lovers especially will laugh at the ways in which Binky tries to help his owner, because it’s exactly what cats do (like when he tries to “give them massages” but he is really just clawing them). The humor in this graphic novel is apparent early on when the reader sees the world from the titular cat’s unique perspective he dreams of going to “outer space”, which is the world outside his house, and he wants to protect his family from “aliens,” also known as insects.
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