Lucy in the Sky, a rewarding read, follows a young teen through a year of change, accompanied by the music of the Beatles.
Science Comics: Spiders: Worldwide Web | Review
August 25, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Science Comics: Spiders: Worldwide Web has too many overwhelming facts, not enough story or connection to the data.
The American Bison | Review
August 20, 2021 by Leave a Comment
In The American Bison: The Buffalo’s Survival Tale, cartoonist Andy Hirsch tells the story of the buffalo, a sad story with a happy ending.
Maker Comics: Build a Robot! | Review
June 2, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Maker Comics: Build a Robot offers surprisingly simple projects thar are not only fun but also introduce basic principles of engineering.
Maker Comics: Create a Costume! | Review
May 13, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Maker Comics: Create a Costume! guides readers through the creation of five costumes and offers a variety of practical advice as well.
Chef Yasmina and The Potato Panic | Review
February 17, 2021 by Leave a Comment
In Wauter Mannaert’s beautifully composed, gracefully drawn Chef Yasmina and The Potato Panic, an 11-year-old amateur gourmet chef and her gardener buddies must save the city from an addictive potato product with a curious side effect.
Review: Dungeon Critters
October 13, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Dungeon Masters Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter roll out a fun campaign mixing comedy, character and careful plotting in their new Dungeon Critters.
Graphic Novels to Watch Out For in 2021
October 6, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Here’s a glimpse of what next year will look like with cover reveals of three upcoming middle-grade graphic novels.
Review: ‘The Nutcracker and The Mouse King’
September 23, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Forget Tchaikovsky; cartoonist Natalie Andrewson adapts E.T.A. Hoffman’s original children’s story, the one that inspired the holiday classic, and with dancing linework and cartoon visual vocabulary, she transforms it into a diverting comedy of a fairy tale.
Review: Dragon Hoops
March 24, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Gene Yuen Lang’s ‘Dragon Hoops’ was getting a lot of buzz even before it was published, and Esther tells us why!
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