Squid Happens (The Adventures of Team Pom) by Isabel Roxas. Flying Eye Books, 2021. 9781912497256. 96pp. http://www.powells.com/book/-9781912497256?partnerid=34778&p_bt
In the opening pages, a giant squid takes refuge in a New York City storm drain pursued by two mice in a submarine. Elsewhere Ruby, Agnes, and Roberta rush to an interborough synchronized swimming conference. The story has bunnies, glitter, pigeons, and a tragically misunderstood swim routine that sets up what happens later in the book, which defied my expectations for a kids graphic novel in the best way while fulfilling exactly what it had set up.
Roxas's illustrations are great. I haven't seen colors I loved this much in a long time. Buy this book for your library's children's collection or your favorite kid, and check out the sequel, The Last Dodo, when it coms out in October 2022.











