Teen Librarian Toolbox
April 2, 2024 by J. Caleb Mozzocco
For her third "Club" book, the ever-prolific Elise Gravel turns her attention from mushrooms and bugs to the bizarre, alien (and perhaps even cute?) microorganisms that live invisibly among us.
December 9, 2022 by Johanna
The cartoons collected in 'Revenge of the Librarians' are geared for adults, but book-loving teens will find plenty to like—and to laugh about—between the covers.
July 27, 2021 by Johanna
A review of Constitution Illustrated, a comic version of the US Constitution, with each page using a different popular comic character.
July 15, 2021 by Johanna
The Bug Club feels like a scrapbook by a fascinated fan with tons of bug facts and friendly cartoon images guaranteed to interest readers.
January 16, 2020 by J. Caleb Mozzocco
A new edition of John Stanley's Little Lulu comics presents a new opportunity for kids to meet one of comics' greatest kid characters...regardless of who the particular presentation might be targeted towards.
May 31, 2019 by J. Caleb Mozzocco
Not only should you not judge a book by its cover, but sometimes you shouldn't judge a book by its title either. Case in point? Elise Gravel's latest work, The Worst Book Ever.
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October 25, 2017 by J. Caleb Mozzocco
Poppies of Iraq Writers: Brigitte Findakly and Lewis Trondheim Artist: Lewis Trondheim Drawn and Quarterly; $21.95 By virtue of the circumstances of her birth, Brigitte Findakly had quite an interesting and important story to tell. By virtue of her profession and that of her husband, she had the perfect way to tell it. The result […]
June 7, 2017 by J. Caleb Mozzocco
If Found Please Return to Elise Gravel Writer/artist: Elise Gravel Drawn & Quarterly; $17.95 Montreal artist and author Elise Gravel has created over 30 books, many of them focused on simply and charmingly drawn monsters and animals that all seem to emanate a cuddly charisma and all-around cuteness…no small feat considering that many of those […]
February 25, 2016 by J. Caleb Mozzocco
Anna & Froga: Fore! Writer/artist: Anouk Ricard Drawn & Quarterly; $14.95 Let’s see, if we start with 2012’s Wanna Gumball?, this is the fourth collection of Anouk Ricard’s Anna & Froga comics that Drawn & Quarterly have published on their Enfant imprint, which makes the sub-title–”Fore!”–all the more appropriate. That title, and the cover illustration […]
December 30, 2014 by J. Caleb Mozzocco
Pippi Won’t Grow Up Written by Astrid Lindgren Drawn by Ingrid Vang Nyman Translated by Tiina Nunnally Drawn & Quarterly, $14.95 Writer Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking returns to comics in another new volume from publisher Draw & Quarterly, containing Tiina Nunnally’s translation of Lindgren and artist Ingrid Vang Nymann’s original 1950s comics starring the world’s […]
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