Bill Watterson's Calvin & Hobbes is a rare treat to the American entertainment world. It's a classic comic strip about a six year old mischievous boy and his make believe best friend: the stuffed tiger, Hobbes. I've been rereading all of the books in this series throughout my life, and I never tire of them. Watterson's magnificent blend of simple childhood humor, advanced appropriate grown-up humor, make-believe and childhood realism make this well written and illustrated comic strip a treasure to have in any household. Both adults and children will love it.
What's worse than one troublesome six year old boy? Answer, 6 of them! All due to Calvin's new device: the duplicator. Now Calvin is getting a taste of his own medicine as his clones are causing trouble with his parents, and Calvin is getting blamed. This is all part of Calvin's imagination, of course, but the storyline reads just as any good sci-fi novel would. This book also features 2 stories with Calvin and his dreaded baby-sitter: Rosalyn. Both are hilarious as Calvin pushes Rosalyn to her limits with his troublesome ways.
This book explores many humorous aspects to the life of a six year old boy. His hatred of school and girls, his wild imagination which at times will cause him to morph into his alter-ego: Spaceman Spiff, and the hindrance of having loving parents who want him to be responsible. I highly recommend!
Darien Summers, author of The Mischievous Hare, a children's book.Get more detail about Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink': A Calvin and Hobbes Collection.
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