
Politics in Practice
February 13, 2023 by Johanna
Science Comics: The Periodic Table of Elements has a great blend of educational content and framing story.
August 23, 2022 by Johanna
Ghosts of Science Past effectively and creatively uses the Christmas Carol structure of three ghosts to teach the importance of biology.
March 11, 2022 by Johanna
Science Comics: Birds of Prey is a fascinating read about raptors with gorgeous art.
August 25, 2021 by Johanna
Science Comics: Spiders: Worldwide Web has too many overwhelming facts, not enough story or connection to the data.
September 17, 2019 by Lori Henderson
First Second's line of Science Comics looks at the not-so-humble cat, from prehistory to the domestic breeds of today.
August 29, 2019 by Lori Henderson
First Second's Science Comics line looks at the flying fuzzies that are anything but rodents; the Bat.
ADVERTISEMENT
August 22, 2019 by Lori Henderson
Dogs are known as man’s best friend. A dog named Rudy is here to explain how and why that is.
October 4, 2018 by Johanna
Science Comics: The Brain: The Ultimate Thinking Machine Written by Tory Woollcott, Illustrated by Alex Graudins First Second, $12.99 (paperback), $19.99 (hardcover) Ages 9-13 The Science Comics line is a wonderful marker for quality educational comics, and who better to teach about The Brain than a mad scientist? Fahama is helping her crazily determined younger […]
July 18, 2018 by Johanna
Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity by Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd First Second, $12.99 Ages 9-13 The Science Comics series is generally outstanding, but this volume is one of the best. An exciting subject is made understandable though our charming hosts, a series of educated animals with connections to space exploration. The first chapter covers […]
August 29, 2015 by Brigid Alverson
We had two interesting announcements from First Second Books in the past few days. First of all, Jen Wang’s The Prince and the Dressmaker was announced on the Diversity in YA Tumblr: The Prince and the Dressmaker is about a young 19th Century prince named Sebastian who secretly loves to wear dresses. He hires an […]
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Heavy Medal
by Steven Engelfried
Enter your email address below to receive notifications of new blog posts by email.