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Title: Meanwhile Author: Jason Shiga ISBN: 9780810984233 Pages: unpaged Publisher/Date: Abrams, c2010. “Are you an inventor?” “Why, yes, I have over 150 patents to my name. [...] In fact, I was just about to test some of my inventions when you walked in. Would you like to help?” “YES!” “Well, these are my oldest and [...]
Title: Mercury Author: Hope Larson ISBN: 9781416935889 Pages: 234 pages Publisher/Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (an imprint of Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing Division), c2010. Two stories, two parallel lives, play out in this graphic novel by Eisner Award winning author Hope Larson. The year is 1859 and Josey house is playing host to a traveler [...]
February 19, 2011
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Title: Resistance: Book 1 Author: Carla Jablonski Artist: Leland Purvis Colorist: Hilary Sycamore ISBN: 9781596432918 Pages: 121 pages Publisher/Date: First Second, c2010. Paul Tessier lives with his two sisters, Marie and Slyvie, and his mother in the free area of France during World War II. The rest of France is occupied by German soldiers, who are steadily [...]
January 7, 2011
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Title: The Unsinkable Walker Bean Written and Illustrated by: Aaron Renier Colored by Alex Longstreth ISBN: 9781596434530 Pages: 192 pages Publisher/Date: First Second, c2010. “Somewhere, in the middle of the ocean…off the coast of an uncharted island chain… there is a TRENCH. For miles it dives beneath the ocean’s floor… past smoke-stacks… spewing boiling, toxic [...]
Title: The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: How Greg Heffley Went Hollywood Author: Jeff Kinney ISBN: 9780810996168 Pages: 199 pages Publisher/Date: Amulet Books, c2010. “This book is the story of how a little idea got turned into a major motion picture, and how a fictional cartoon character became a real boy.” (1) I don’t think you [...]
Title: Tales From Outer Suburbia Author: Shaun Tan ISBN: 9780545055871 Pages: 92 pages Publisher/Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, c2009. This is an odd book that defines definition, and I’m not sure that’s a good thing. The book is a collection of fifteen short illustrated stories that revolve around “outer surburbia” which is unlike any small [...]
Title: Into the Volcano Author: Don Wood ISBN: 9780439726719 Pages: 175 pages Publisher/Date: The Blue Sky Press, c2008. We love Don and Audrey Wood as a children’s picture book team at my library. The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear is one of my personal favorites (just look at the [...]
Title: The Storm in the Barn Author: Matt Phelan ISBN: 9780763636180 Pages: 201 pages Publisher/Date: Candlewick Press, c2009. The Storm in the Barn tells the story of Jack Clark, an eleven-year-old boy who is facing lots of problems as a result of the dust bowl. His sister Dorothy is suffering from dust pneumonia, he’s become [...]
Title: Robot Dreams Author: Sara Varon ISBN: 9781596431089 Pages: 208 pages Publisher/Date: First Second, c2007. In this wordless graphic novel, Sara Varon tells the story of a dog who builds a robot friend. They enjoy each other’s company, until one fateful day when they go swimming at the beach. The robot encounters water damage, and [...]
Title: Korgi Book One: Sprouting Wings ISBN: 9781891830907 Pages: 82 pages Title: Korgi Book Two: The Cosmic Collector ISBN: 9781603090100 Pages: 84 pages Author/Illustrator: Christian Slade Publisher/Date: Top Shelf Productions, c2007. c2008. I’m blogging both of these books as one [...]
