Category: Graphic Novels
Books for Boys: 5 Funny Kids Books
In honor of National Humor Month, here is a list of some recently published books that will keep your kid laughing (and reading).
Do Graphic Novels Qualify as Books?
Back in the days when we drank gallons of Tang and ran wild in the neighborhood like dogs without leashes, these books were called comic books. Now they’re graphic novels and have fancy covers and binding so they don’t fall apart.
Squish by Jennifer L. Holm
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Review: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
Jeff Kinney added another addition to his increasingly popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series: The Ugly Truth. This chapter of Greg Heffley’s life is chronicled in the same diary/illustration style so many children have come to know and love, but this time around the loveable protagonist is on the cusp of that very rocky period known as puberty.
What’s up with my family?
“What’s up with My Family?” tackles eight issues that often confound teenagers with regard to how their parents and siblings behave.
Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000
By Luisa LaFleur, The Children’s Book Review Published: February 17, 2010 Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000 by Eric Wight (author and illustrator) Reading level: Ages 7-10 Paperback: 86 pages Publisher: Simon and Schuster (forthcoming) Source of book: author What to expect: Overcoming adversity, importance of teamwork
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Enter to win a personalized signed copy of Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000, by Eric Wight.
Tales Fom Outer Suburbia: Shaun Tan
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review Published: July 22, 2009 Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan Reading level: 12+ Hardcover: 98 pages Publisher: Templar Publishing (March 2, 2009) What to expect: Suburbian life, Australia, Short stories, Fiction A poetic look at human nature through 15 imaginative and abstract tales that create a mysterious, [...]
