Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for August 15, 2024

Seagull in that inset! LOL!!

Amelia – Hard pass. Spud – “Can I eat mayonnaise from the jar while reading them?” Rose – “Will there be any science comics? Like XKCD or Atomic Robo?” Mom – “Keep talking.” Sterling – “Can I eat the seagull raw?”

A cunning plan!

Find out how much it is worth before making plans.

it feels like amelia is realizing the day could have been better spent messing with the tourists…

Smart plan, Wallace!

maybe don’t let sterling take care of it

I’m waiting for Sterling to eat the emerald.

Sterling is channeling Weird Al..!

Good thinking mom! Remove Sterling from close access to the shiny object.

Why, the library could buy——Will Henry books! A clever plan indeed!

Spud is speechless. He must be imagining the clamcakes and Del’s sprouting wings and flying away.

Woot Woot!

….going to be a "legend " in their own “mind”!!!!

I’m surprised. I really thought that they would try to track down the person who lost the emerald.

I volunteer for my local library’s book sale department. On occasion, the library will donate books that haven’t been checked out often (or at all). I was surprised when they gave us dozens of Young Adult graphic sci-fi novels. I would have thought there would be an interest in them.

Unless you’re independently wealthy, you don’t give away a windfall like this. And I don’t think Wallace’s family is that well off.

Actually, that could get more participation and involvement in the local public library which would benefit the community at large. While l would have chosen a different charity, l still commend him for the thought, though not totally unselfish……

That’s actually a great plan! Though it banks entirely on the library following through on it, because once the money is in their hands…I don’t see how Wallace can guarantee it’s not spent on anything else, like, I dunno, a new checkout table or something instead.

Thought Sterling was wearing sunglasses in panel 2 – then I realized it was his bushy eyebrows

Getting nervous about putting that gem in safekeeping ASAP

Help your family out with some of that loot, too.

Librarians in my day would, faint at the suggestion.

Wallace’s Mom, it’s fine to talk with your kids about finances, you know? Wallace is old enough to understand, in child-friendly terms, stuff like bills, college funds and that a stay at home mom and a fisherman aren’t going to have a financially easy life. Sell the rock to see what it gets you. Donate a nice amount of it to the library, whichever sum is appropriate depending on how much you can sell it for, give each kid twenty bucks to spend as they like, and invest the rest into something safe but relatively high-yielding for Wallace’s future.

Oh Good! Mom is holding on to Sterling.

A real gem of an idea!

heck no, sell it

He can read “Wallace the Brave” by Will Henry. A 176-page book on your local library’s shelf, right now! (it was actually a free borrow on Hoopla last month too)

It’s a good plan and Rose approves.

This scenario prompted lots of thoughtful discussion .