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Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: The Rise of the Graphic Novel
A comics historian offers a short but pithy history of the industry and how it led to the format known as the graphic novel, a term first coined by Will Eisner in the late 1970s...
The Bane of Heaven
Gr 6–9—These adaptations of traditional tales are best read as graphic-novel versions of Chinese martial-arts movies...
Lio: There's a Monster in My Socks
Gr 3–6—Here are a few tips for surviving life with Lio: if there's a KEEP OUT sign on his door, don't try to vacuum in there...
Classical Civilization
Gr 6–9—These serviceable texts, decorated with archival illustrations of classical scenes and architecture, are a little dry and a little strange...
The Hunger Pains
Gr 7 Up—Caricature, turnabouts, puns, and gross-out gags are the order of the day in this broad parody of all three books in the "The Hunger Games" trilogy (Scholastic)...
Ancient Greece
Gr 3–5—Four sequential chapters outlining the history of each civilization are introduced by a "you-are-there" anecdote: a chariot race at the Olympic Games, the opening of King Tut's tomb, a caravan traveling the Silk Road...
The Mad Art of Caricature
Gr 6 Up—Master MAD Magazine caricaturist Richmond has something to teach even the least-talented stick-figure artist in this comprehensive discussion of the art form...
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again
Gr 3–6—The Tootings are your average 21st-century British nuclear family: there's Dad, recently laid off from his job assembling tiny things; Mum, who works at Unbeatable Motoring Bargains; Lucy, a teen always clad in black; Jem, who tries to keep his head down; and Little Harry, the youngest...
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