Graphic Novels
Let’s kick off our Tuesday with a preview of Dance Class vol. 4: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Paris. You don’t have to have read the earlier volumes to get the idea: It’s a lively slice-of-life story about three friends who are in dance class together. In this volume, they are training [...]
Prepare for another winter storm by hunkering down with some of the comics coming out this week. BOOM! Studios and IDW Publishing continue their two smash-hit titles with a new Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Marvel Comics has another Monsters Inc. one-shot, The Perfect Date, and Papercutz [...]
Cartoonist Joey Weiser’s latest work, Mermin Vol. 1: Out of Water, is about as close to a literal fish-out-of-water story as one would probably want to encounter in a comic book. After the title character, a young mer-boy, rescues a young surface-dweller boy from a shark, he’s invited to stay with the boy’s family and [...]
My Friend Dahmer is a strong example of the power of an engaging nonfiction narrative in illuminating the darker side of human nature. For teens interested in more insightful, hard-hitting works, check out the following titles. Given that My Friend Dahmer skates the line between teen and adult in terms of collection, please be aware [...]
Check out SLJ's Stars list. From Julia Donaldson's "The Highway Rat" to Gail Carriger's "Etiquette & Espionage." There's something for everyone.
A short month gets a short list to end it, but we still have some fun books this week! Archaia Entertainment releases the second volume of The Dark Crystal Creation Myths. BOOM! Studios has the next trade of Adventure Time comics, and Kodansha Comics has the third omnibus of Kitchen Princess, a title that went [...]
Ariol: Just a Donkey Like You and Me By Emmanuel Guibert Illustrated by Marc Boutavant Translated by Joe Johnson Papercutz $12.99 ISBN: 978-1-59707-399-8 Ages 9-12 On shelves now. The French are different from you and me. They have better comics for their kids. Sure, America’s been doing passably well in the last few years, but [...]
Gr 6–9—Framed as the president relaying his biography to his young son Tad, this comic refreshingly covers Lincoln's early frontier life as well as his presidency...
Gr 7 Up—Who better to give Martin Luther King, Jr...
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