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October 20, 2011 by Scott Robins

Little Island Comics: North America’s first graphic novel store for kids!

October 20, 2011 by Scott Robins   1 comments

In early October, Little Island Comics, in Toronto, Canada, welcomed kids, parents and kids comics enthusiasts for their grand opening. It was a two-day celebration with appearances from Fiona Smyth (The Never Weres), Claudia Davila (Luz Sees the Light), Clayton Hanmer (C-TON’s Super Amazing Year of Crazy Comics), Jeremy Tankard (Boo Hoo Bird), Kean Soo (Jellaby) and Tory Woollcott (Mirror Mind). As the first comic book and graphic novel store specifically aimed at children, there was much to celebrate.

I met up with the store’s manager, Andrew Woodrow-Butcher for a guided tour of the store and asked him a few pointed questions about how Little Island came about, what the store hopes to offer and what the future holds for North America’s first children’s graphic novel shop.

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A tour around Little Island


Questions for Little Island’s manager in a bow tie


More of Little Island Comics

If you’re in Toronto, I urge you to stop by Little Island Comics – their staff is friendly, knowledgeable and they offer an astounding variety of kids comics and graphic novels sure to send children’s librarians and graphic novel aficionados into a kid-charged tizzy.

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About Scott Robins

Scott Robins is a librarian at the Toronto Public Library and the co-author of A Parent's Guide to the Best Kids' Comics. He is the children's programming director for the annual Toronto Comic Arts Festival. He has also served on the graphic novel selection committee for the Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens and is a jury member of the Joe Shuster Awards in the "Comics for Kids" category.

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  1. Beverly Woodrow says

    October 20, 2011 at 11:10 pm

    Wonderful interviews, thank you. From a teacher’s point of view this seems to be a great resource and opportunity for purposeful reading, writing and art work for developing students of many ages.

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