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Sometimes it’s hard for an adult to read a story for children and enjoy it for what it is. Just a story for children. On first read, adults reading The Big Adventures of Majoko might just shrug their shoulders wondering where is the complexity in this story or the oomph, but upon a second read […]
Sometimes it’s hard to pull off a particular style when writing for kids. Are the kids going to get it? Will they understand the nuances of word choice, the significance of color schemes, the jokes? Aaron Reynolds and Neil Numberman take film noir, apply some schtick, and make what can be a dry sub-genre work […]
One of the pivotal battles of the Civil war was the battle of Gettysburg. C.M. Butzer attempts at making the battle and Lincoln’s speech come alive for upper elementary school readers. While the actual battle itself only makes a small appearance, the events surrounding it and the explanation of why this was such an important […]
One of the most popular sections in my library, aside from the graphic novels, is books on drawing. It’s often that a student comes up to me and says they’re writing/drawing their own comic. These students request books on how to draw and how to write comics. And while Jessica Abel and Matt Maden’s Drawing […]
I know this may come as a shock to some of you, but Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers isn’t real. I’m sorry. But what if it was? What if the TV show was really a documentary and everything you saw on the screen had actually taken place, complete with weird aliens, space ships, and cool costumes? […]
When I unpacked my order a couple of months back and saw “The War at Ellsmere,” I was sure I had ordered the title by accident or that the vendor had sent me the wrong title. I couldn’t recall even hearing about the title, let alone being interested enough in the description to order it […]
It took me a while to read James Patterson’s Maximum Ride series. I don’t read his adult books, they’re just not my type of reading, and I wasn’t sure what to make of his YA book. But I finally had to read it, to see what all the buzz was about and I liked the […]
The first time I ever read a Baby-Sitter’s Club book was during my Young Adult Literature class in library school. Sure, I’d known about the series for years, but I was already too old for them when they were first released in 1986, so I never had a reason to pick one up. I’d made […]
I have a confession to make. I never read Treasure Island as a kid. Actually, I haven’t read it as an adult either. Until reading the Marvel illustrated version, I had no desire. But now I feel like I’ve missed out. Treasure Island (Marvel Illustrated Series) By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by Roy Thomas Art […]
st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters! Anyone who grew up in the 80s (yes, I’m dating myself now), will recognize this refrain. It’ll also probably bring up an image of a giant marshmallow traipsing through New York City. So, of course, I couldn’t resist the title when I saw it on display in the […]
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