- ISBN13: 9780979923852
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Mona and Joey can’t stop fighting! They bicker about everything, especially about who loves their favorite superhero, the Mighty Mojo, more. When the Mighty Mojo decides to pass his costume on to them, these argumentative twins fight so much that they rip it in half. Now each twin is only half as strong! Can Mona and Joey look past their differences and combine their powers? Or will they let the evil Saw-Jaw beat them and ruin their hometown’s big parade? Two talented cartoonists, Jay Lynch and Dean Haspiel, combine their own artistic powers to craft a superheroic romp full of twists and turns that are bound to keep early readers asking for more.
Mo and Jo: Fighting Together Forever
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This is a really fun book for a pair of siblings. I got the book for my oldest son who is learning to read. He loves reading and superheroes. I hate books with tv and movie characters so this book pleases both of us.
Rating: 5 / 5
Mo and Jo are Mona and Joey, a brother and sister who love the same superhero, Mojo, but who can’t seem to get along. When Mojo retires and gives the siblings his suit and powers, they have to learn how to work together. This book, too, was in chapters. I felt that this one was a little more preachy than the others, but I think it would work for the intended demographic – kids.
TOON Books are stories in comic book form for young readers. The series advisor is Art Spiegelman, author of the well-regarded Maus graphic novels. Each of the books is recommended for children ages four and up and children in kindergarten through second or third grade. I love this idea of introducing children to the comic book/graphic novel form and enjoyed each of the books. I highly recommend them for the intended age groups.
Rating: 4 / 5
This is one of the most advanced of the Toon Books catalogue, both in concept and language. It’s also the one most grounded in standard superhero ideas. But it’s going to be immediately familiar to the younger readers it’s aimed at, since, whether they’ve seen the movie, they’ve all seen something of the Incredibles and every child has some fundamental understanding of the idea of a superhero. Likewise, pretty much every child, even a singleton like mine, knows all about sibling rivalry.
Mo and Jo are Monica and Joey, twins who just can’t stop arguing. But one day, their mailman turns up with a surprise and a secret: He’s The Mighty Mojo and has decided to give one of them his costume; the source of his incredible powers.
The Mighty Mojo may be a powerful superhero but he obviously knows nothing about these argumentative twins. A huge fight breaks out over the costume and inevitably it ends up in ripped in half. But Mom comes to the rescue (as Moms always do) and turns those two halves into two separate costumes and the latest superhero team of Mo and Jo is born, each with half the powers of the Mighty Mojo.
Unfortunately Mo and Jo seem more concerned with fighting each other than rescuing the city from the evil Saw-Jaw. Can they find a way to put aside their differences in time to save the day?
What do you think? Of course they can! The fun of Mo and Jo isn’t in the unsurprising ending, it’s about the enormous fun that’s had along the way. The bickering and fighting as the twins try to out-do each other is priceless. It’s a funny, fast paced adventure with a lovingly realised pair of heroes. Lynch writes the bickering twosome really well and Haspiel’s art is suitably superhero-ish whilst never failing to get over the fun story.
Rating: 4 / 5
Toon Books are a new set of graphic novels aimed at the emerging reader. They are written and illustrated by professional artists/authors and are wildly intriguing for the young reader. My son who is reading at a Gr. 2 level enjoyed these immensely. The three I am reviewing are the second and latest set (Aug. 2008) to be released.
Mo and Jo: Fighting Together Forever by Dean Haspiel & Jay Lynch is again for the more experienced reader, divided into chapters and is the highest reading level of the lot, approx Gr.2-3. My struggling reader had some difficulties with the vocabulary but with a little help from Mum and Dad he was eager to read the super hero story. With both a girl and boy character this should appeal to both, though I think boys are going to love this one for sure. Every boy’s dream of becoming a superhero comes true when Mo and Jo’s mailman comes to their house and admits that he is the Mighty Mojo but he is retiring and would like to give them his costume which contains his powers.
As a parent I was thrilled with these enticing books that held my reluctant reader’s interest and kept him reading page after page without any pressure from mum or dad to just try and read one more page. In fact we all liked them so much I’ve ordered the first three for Christmas presents this year and look forward to the next books that will published next year. These ‘early readers’ are a fabulous use of the graphic novel format.
Rating: 5 / 5
Mo and Jo fight constantly until they learn to get along and work as a team. Laugh-out-loud funny. I’ll love reading this to my five-year old who could really take a cue from Mo and Jo.
Rating: 5 / 5