First Second Reviews
It’s “First Second” week here at Good Comics for Kids… and in celebration of the young publisher’s 5th birthday, I thought I’d collect the reviews First Second titles that we’ve looked at on our blog.
Adventures in Cartooning
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2009/04/01/review-adventures-in-cartooning/
Adventures in Cartooning Activity Book
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/12/22/review-adventures-in-cartooning-activity-book/
Cat Burglar Black
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2009/10/14/review-cat-burglar-black/
City of Spies
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/03/17/review-city-of-spies/
The Color of Earth
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2009/05/18/roundtable-the-color-of-earth/
Foiled (GC4K Book Club)
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/06/17/gc4k-book-club-foiled/
Kaput & Zösky
http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=41
Life Sucks
http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=79
Lewis & Clark
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2011/05/17/review-lewis-clark/
Little Vampire
http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=77
Tiny Tyrant: The Lucky Winner
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/02/22/review-tiny-tyrant-volume-2-the-lucky-winner-2/
The Unsinkable Walker Bean
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/12/16/review-the-unsinkable-walker-bean/
Zeus: King of the Gods (GC4K Book Club)
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/02/12/gc4k-book-club-zeus-king-of-the-gods/
In addition to our standard reviews, the following are our first impressions of First Second titles from our Reading Pile feature.
Adventures in Cartooning Activity Book
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/08/30/the-reading-pile-what-we-are-reading-this-week-2/
Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2011/04/04/the-reading-pile-4411/
Braincamp
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/08/30/the-reading-pile-what-we-are-reading-this-week-2/
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/09/20/the-reading-pile-september-20/
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/07/19/the-reading-pile-what-were-reading-this-week-july-19/
City of Spies
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/07/19/the-reading-pile-what-were-reading-this-week-july-19/
Level Up
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2011/02/21/the-reading-pile-february-21/
Resistance
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/11/08/the-reading-pile-november-8/
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/09/15/the-reading-pile-september-15/
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/08/30/the-reading-pile-what-we-are-reading-this-week-2/
Solomon’s Thieves
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/08/09/the-reading-pile-what-we-are-reading-this-week-august-9/
The Unsinkable Walker Bean
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2011/01/03/the-reading-pile-january-3/
Zita the Space Girl
https://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2010/11/08/the-reading-pile-november-8/
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About Esther Keller
Esther Keller is the librarian at JHS 278, Marine Park in Brooklyn, NY. There she started the library's first graphic novel collection and strongly advocated for using comics in the classroom. She also curates the Graphic Novel collection for the NYC DOE Citywide Digital Library. She started her career at the Brooklyn Public Library and later jumped ship to the school system so she could have summer vacation and a job that would align with a growing family's schedule. On the side, she is a mother of 4 and regularly reviews for SLJ and School Library Connection (formerly LMC). In her past life, she served on the Great Graphic Novels for Teens Committee where she solidified her love and dedication to comics.
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