AMELIA RULES!: Volumes 2-3
By Chris Wilson Editor-in-Geek STORY SYNOPSIS Amelia’s story continues in these next two volumes in the hit, all-ages series. Reggie leads his band of pint-sized super heroes to battle against the...
View ArticleCRYPTOZOOEY #1
By Michael Schofield Staff Writer So, CryptoZooey #1 was a hit at Comic-Con – and it was Well. Frigging. Deserved! Charming and funny, there is a little related-something akin to my youth’s sacred...
View ArticleDINOSAURS ACROSS AMERICA
REVIEW Geography, like many subjects, can be boring, fraught with the nasty notion that simply memorizing states and capitals constitutes learning. Phil Yeh, while presenting basic information about...
View ArticleTHE DREAMLAND CHRONICLES: BOOK 1
By Kevin Hodgson Staff Writer STORY SYNOPSIS What if you lost your sense of adventure? What if you stopped dreaming and your imagination was left to wither away? In THE DREAMLAND CHRONICLES, writer and...
View ArticleED’S TERRESTRIALS
STORY SYNOPSIS Ed is a dreamer. He loves his comics and make-believe and isn’t really interested in the grown up world. That is, until a space ship full of intergalactic refugee slaves comes crashing...
View ArticleFABLES: LEGENDS IN EXILE, VOL. 1
By Catharina Evans Staff Writer STORY REVIEW The premise of this oft-touted series places “exiled” fables in contemporary New York City to live among the “mundanes” (i.e., real people). In FABLES:...
View ArticleWAR STORIES: Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
By Ellen Ma Staff Writer REVIEW Garth Ennis brings you this series that consists of eight standalone short stories taken place during World War II, with one set in the Spanish Civil War. Although Ennis...
View ArticleHistory in Black and White: Reading Maus in Middle School
Today we have a post from Reading With Pictures volunteer Rosemary Kiladitis. She is a longtime comic book reader, bibliophile, newly minted librarian, and mom of 3. She is a youth literacy advocate...
View ArticleWake up that Summer Reading list with Graphic Novels!
Today we have a post from Reading With Pictures volunteer Rosemary Kiladitis. She is a longtime comic book reader, bibliophile, newly minted librarian, and mom of 3. She is a youth literacy advocate...
View ArticleSummer Reading ideas for Kindergarten through Second Grade
Some may argue with me here and say that all books for primary grades are picture books, so why do they need graphic novels? Fair enough. Books for children ages 5-7 are picture books, but with a...
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