Asterix and the Griffin
Jean-Yves Ferri & Didier Conrad (illustrator)
Want to start at the beginning? The first volume, published in 1960, is Asterix the Gaul.
Asterix books have been recommended several times on Five Books: in an interview on The Best Books for Learning French, an interview on The Best Books on Learning Latin, and The Best Graphic Novels for Eight Year Olds (an interview with Helen in our By Kids for Kids section).
Asterix (album 39). New titles are still coming out in this bestselling comic series of all time. The current writer-illustrator team was mentored by Albert Uderzo, one of the original co-creators.
Readers will enjoy this comic book series more and more as they grow up and increasingly understand the references, but Asterix is popular with children as young as seven.
