The Flock
Summary
The Flock is a children’s graphic novel by Tim Wolkiewicz, discussing and explaining the concepts of sharing the Gospel, helping those in need through fostering, and what it means to be adopted into both a human family and God’s family. The story loosely follows the lives of two sheep as they listen and obey the Good Shepherd’s teachings and work to evangelize a fellow sheep…or perhaps a wolf in disguise…
Assessment
The Flock is a comic-strip style graphic novel centered around the ideas of sharing the Gospel, leaning on the Lord for His provisions and blessings and sharing said blessings with a particular heart towards adoption/foster care. The comic has a simple yet adorable art style in the vein of old newspaper comics, utilizing a slightly more modern sense of comedic timing and humor to get many of its points across.
The artwork is clean, geometric, and delightful, with the graphic novel almost entirely in black and white. The graphic novel’s core messages are thinly veiled under the guise of metaphors and symbolism, relying on the sheep and wolf characters to provide visual explanations (some of which are humorous) about how God adopts people into His family. While the message is presented in a relatively age-appropriate fashion, it adds a little bit of depth where needed to provide a more complete explanation.
Light-o-Meter
Overall — 5 out of 7 Little Lights
Story: 4 out of 7 Little Lights
Artwork: 5 out of 7 Little Lights
Quality: 4 out of 7 Little Lights
Theological Message: 6 out of 7 Little Lights
Age Appropriateness — Appropriate for young children.
Talk
This was a super fun read with some great messages of adoption and diligence! I really enjoyed the simple yet cute artwork as well as all of the little, comedic moments that were interspersed throughout the novel. I thought some of the comedic timing and background slapstick were absolutely delightful. There was juuuuuuuust a touch of well-placed sass in some of the characters that really kept the story flowing.
The messages occasionally seemed a little advanced for the target audience (kids), but I don’t think that is a problem; even if a child doesn’t understand the concepts now, they might be able to understand them later or it’ll lead them to ask faith-building questions to their trusted adults. In that case
Overall, if you are looking for a resource to teach kids about foster care or adoption (either by human parents or by our Heavenly Father), this is definitely worth checking out!
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