This is the first of three short graphic novels for kids, if I've got it right - I got the collected version from my local library - and the only one, so far (apart from the collection?) that's in English. Which I suppose is an excuse to practice my very terrible beginner French, should I come across the others. It's more of a comic format than a graphic novel, with very short little stories that work as chapters, albeit disconnected ones, in Akissi's life. She's a small girl living on the Ivory Coast, and despite me never visiting there her life is instantly recognisable - Akissi desperately wants a pet, and squabbles constantly with her brother. She's a wee bit of a tattletale, is Akissi, and she's got a horrible habit of eating food that she finds on the ground. Honestly, wherever you are, if you look at the little kids roaming around you, you'll see the similarities. 

The whole thing's goodnatured and appealing and some of the illustrations are very funny. In the first part, a stray cat steals a fish that Akissi's supposed to deliver to a family friend, and the cat's expressions are just hilarious.