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Tag Archives: youth graphic novels
Summer and Winter: Stepping Stones and Midwinter Witch
Here are two graphic novels my daughter and I have been enjoying – Stepping Stones by Lucy Knisley and the Midwinter Witch by Molly Know Ostertag Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Middle Grade, Realistic
Tagged LGBTQ, Lucy Knisley, Molly Know Ostertag, youth fantasy, youth fiction, youth graphic novels
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Graphic Novels: This Place, Guts, Best Friends
Here’s my #CybilsReadDown Reckoning, plus reviews of three don’t-miss graphic novels (one YA, two middle grade) – This Place:150 Years Retold by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, and Brandon Mitchell et al., Guts by Raina Telgemeier, and Best Friends by Shannon Hale. Continue reading
Operatic and Diana: Princess of the Amazons
Two graphic novels for kids – Operatic by Kyo Maclear and Byron Eggenschwiler and Diana: Princess of the Amazons by Shannon and Dean Hale and Victoria Ying. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Middle Grade, Realistic
Tagged #CybilsReadDown, Cybils, youth graphic novels
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16 Awesome Graphic Novels for Kids on Hoopla
In my on-going series trying to keep kids without access to physical libraries in books, here are some graphic novels that my kids and I enjoy that are available for download from hoopla through your library (if it subscribes to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Graphic Novel, Lists, Middle Grade
Tagged bibliography, hoopla, youth graphic novels
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Graphic Novel Ghosts: Sheets and Lola
Sheets by Brenna Thummler. Lion Forge Comics, 2018. ISBN 978-1941302675. Read on hoopla. 13-year-old Marjorie Glatt has been running a small laundromat by herself ever since her mother died, while going to school and caring for her younger brother. Her … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Challenges, Graphic Novel, Middle Grade
Tagged #CybilsReadDown, Filipino, ghosts, youth graphic novels
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Secrets and Journeys: Four Graphic Novels for Kids
Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen. Oni Press, 2019. 9781620105511. Willow’s tears turn into actual monsters, and she seems to want to cry all the time. She tries to keep them bottled up, but that just leads to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic, Reviews
Tagged Asian-American, Ben Hatke, dragons, dryads, Emma Steinkellner, giants, Jen Wang, Mai K. Nguyen, witches, youth fantasy, youth graphic novels
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Cats and the Sea: Graphic Novels for Kids
I’ve found myself reading a lot of graphic novels lately. Here are some for the elementary to middle grade set. Curiously enough, they all have either cats or the sea as central themes – or both, in the case of Sea … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Historical, Middle Grade
Tagged Amy Chu, cats, Dylan Meconis, historical fantasy, humor, Janet K. Lee, Jim Benton, mermaids, youth fantasy, youth graphic novels
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New Kid by Jerry Craft
I first saw Jerry Craft’s work illustrating the massively underappreciated Zero Degree Zombie Zone. Now he’s come out with his own graphic novel, which is receiving a lot of very deserved attention. New Kid by Jerry Craft. HarperCollins Childrens, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Graphic Novel, Middle Grade, Realistic
Tagged #OwnVoices, African-American, youth graphic novels
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3 Fantastic Graphic Novels for Kids
Here are three recent fantasy and science fiction graphic novels for kids Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neill. Oni Press, 2018. I’m really fond of Katie O’Neill’s beautiful art style paired with woman- and queer-power storylines and couldn’t resist getting this … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Graphic Novel, Middle Grade
Tagged LGBTQ, space travel, witches, youth fantasy, youth graphic novels, youth science fiction
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Cybils Middle Grade Graphic Novel Finalists
The Cybils Award winners were announced yesterday! So many good books – some I’ve read already and some to add to the TBR! I’m so happy that Nevermoor: the Trials of Morrigan Crow won in my Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Historical, Middle Grade, Realistic
Tagged Cybils, LGBTQ, refugees, youth graphic novels
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