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Comics: Easy as ABC!: The Essential Guide to Comics for Kids
Comics: Easy as ABC!: The Essential Guide to Comics for Kids by Ivan Brunetti; illus. by the author and various artists Intermediate TOON 56 pp. 4/19 978-1-943145-44-7 $16.95 Paper ed. 978-1-943145-39-3 $9.99 Brunetti, comics educator and cartoonist of TOON titles Wordplay and 3x4, offers a noteworthy and intriguing comics how-to...
Review of Lift
Lift by Minh Lê; illus. by Dan Santat Primary Little, Brown 48 pp. g 5/20 978-1-368-03692-4 $17.99 Lê and Santat (Drawn Together, rev. 7/18) present another story focused on everyday familial relationships, expressed through concise writing and extraordinary visuals. As young Iris waits for an elevator with her family in...
Review of When Stars Are Scattered
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed; illus. by Victoria Jamieson; color by Iman Geddy Intermediate, Middle School Dial 264 pp. g 4/20 978-0-525-55391-5 $20.99 Paper ed. 978-0-525-55390-8 $17.99 This poignant graphic novel about growing up in a Kenyan refugee camp is based on co-author Mohamed’s experiences...
Review of Pluto Gets the Call
Pluto Gets the Call by Adam Rex; illus. by Laurie Keller Primary Beach Lane/Simon 48 pp. 11/19 978-1-5344-1453-2 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-1454-9 $10.99 Rex and Keller dramatize Pluto’s demotion to dwarf planet status in this smart and playful offering of informational comedy. Rex’s wry and engaging text is told completely...
Review of Red Rover: Curiosity on Mars
Red Rover: Curiosity on Mars by Richard Ho; illus. by Katherine Roy Primary, Intermediate Roaring Brook 40 pp. 10/19 978-1-250-19833-4 $18.99 Debut author Ho and experienced illustrator Roy (Neighborhood Sharks, rev. 11/14; Otis and Will Discover the Deep, rev. 3/18) deliver an informative and surprisingly tender portrayal of Curiosity, the...
Review of Crossing On Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World
Crossing On Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships,
and a Journey to the New World by David Macaulay; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Roaring Brook 128 pp. 5/19 978-1-59643-477-6 $24.99 Macaulay chronicles his own mid-twentieth-century immigration story in full color and a wide trim size—along with plenty of diagrams...
Review of The Iliad
The Iliadadapted by Gareth Hinds; illus. by the adapterMiddle School, High School Candlewick 264 pp.3/19 978-0-7636-8113-5 $27.99Paper ed. 978-0-7636-9663-4 $16.99As with his treatment of The Odyssey (rev. 11/10), Hinds offers an ambitious and compelling comics adaptation of a Homerian epic. This complex, winding tale picks up in the tenth year...
Review of New Kid
New Kidby Jerry Craft; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School Harper/HarperCollins 249 pp. g2/19 978-0-06-269120-0 $21.99 Paper ed. 978-0-06-269119-4 $12.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-269121-7 $10.99 Craft’s engaging graphic novel follows Jordan Banks (an African American seventh grader from Washington Heights) through his first year at the prestigious Riverdale Academy Day School (RAD). Jordan has...
Review of Found.
Found.by Jeff Newman; illus. by Larry DayPreschool, Primary Simon 48 pp.11/18 978-1-5344-1006-0 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-5344-1007-7 $10.99A sense of isolation permeates the opening spreads of this wordless story as a girl gazes out at a rain-drenched city street from an apartment window. She soon spots a little lost dog, and a...