Issue No. 143

DARTH VADER AND SON GIVES US A FUNNY PEEK AT VADER’S HYPOTHETICAL DADDY SIDE

Darth Vader and Son

by Jeffrey Brown

Chronicle Books

2012, 64 pages, 6.8 x 6.8 x 0.2 inches

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Darth Vader and Son is cute, and perfect for the little Star Wars fan in your life. It playfully posits the question “What if Darth Vader had actually raised Luke?” Author and illustrator Jeffrey Brown turns run-of-the-mill parenting activities into fun moments full of Star Wars references.

This book isn’t so much a story as it is a peek into the hypothetical everyday life of Vader and Luke. Every page of the book tells its own complete story of sorts. Some pages are miniature comics while others are full-page illustrations. Brown does an incredible job of telling his story in these single images. I imagine this book would be great for children just learning to read, similar to how the Owly books help develop a sense of story without the need for lines and lines of text.…