Good-Bye Chunky Rice - 4th Printing Author:Craig Thompson This stunning book-length debut is a quiet picture novella of a small turtle, Chunky Rice, leaving his home and his mouse friend, Dandel. A Dr. Seussian cast of colorful characters and lush cartoon-y brushwork shape this into a charming, profound tale of loneliness, loss, and undying friendship.
Publisher's Weekly described "Good-bye, Chunky Rice" as an alternative-comics answer to St. Exupery's The Little Prince - and I think that was a good comparison. A poignant story, but not exactly a novel.... I recommend it.