Box, vol. 1
This slim German import is a fun, imaginative romp with magic, humor, and a talking box! Matthew, a red-haired, snub-nosed white boy, loves to build things. He’s thrilled when he finds a box outside...
View ArticleMilo’s World, book 1: The Land Under the Lake
Milo, a white boy with messy brown hair, drags the reader right into his story by racing through his small, traditional village, past the elderly aunts who keep an eye on him, to the small house where...
View ArticleBrina the Cat, vol. 1: The Gang of the Feline Sun
An adventurous cat learns that the grass is not always greener on the other side in the new graphic novel Brina the Cat, vol. 1: The Gang of the Feline Sun. Written by Giorgio Salati and illustrated by...
View ArticleThe Family Graves, vol. 1: Fiercely Family
Phil Graves believes in science, not magic. His extremely lucrative career as an alchemist is not magical, it is merely the understanding of how bonds lock and unlock. He’s confident there’s an...
View ArticleLaser Moose and Rabbit Boy: Time Trout
When an orange-suited time traveler hurtles through space-time into the verdant landscape of the far distant past, the last thing they surely expected was to slip on a rock, plummet into a beautiful...
View ArticleMr Kazarian, Alien Librarian
When elementary school students Shea, TJ, Walden, and Dani receive an assignment on gas giants, they head to the library to get help from Mr. Kazarian. During the aftermath of some cat-induced chaos,...
View ArticleDragon Quest Illustrations: 30th Anniversary Edition
Ever wanted to be able to review the art of the main characters and monsters from the Dragon Quest franchise in detail and at leisure? Or maybe love the Dragon Quest games and want to get to know more...
View ArticleAmazing World War II Stories
When I was maybe eight or so, my dad bought me a kids book about World War II. It was a topic he was (and still is) very interested in, and that book started my fascination with the global conflict....
View ArticleThe Rose of Versailles, vol. 1
The Rose of Versailles helped define shoujo manga when it was originally published in 1972. Creator Riyoko’s original plan was a biographical manga about Marie Antoinette, but this historical manga...
View ArticleHilda and the Mountain King, book 6
Hilda’s adventures continue in this latest installment. For readers new to the series, the events in the previous book are recapped at the beginning: Hilda’s yearning for adventure has once again...
View ArticleConspiracy of Ravens
Anne Ravenhall, a student at an exclusive school for girls, is mostly okay with her life, although she’s nervous about her upcoming mock exams. She has a best friend, even if some of the other girls...
View ArticleDugout: The Zombie Steals Home
What happens when two bickering young witches unwittingly raise a baseball loving zombie from the dead? Well, when you’re a child, it’s a little bit scary, but also very fun. In Scott Morse’s new...
View ArticleSunny Rolls the Dice
The Holm siblings, Jennifer and Matthew, return to the 1970s with the third installment in their Sunny series, Sunny Rolls the Dice. While the first two deal with heavier topics (namely Sunny’s older...
View ArticleBecoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s Journey to Justice
Thanks to her powerful stances on social justice and civil rights, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has become a cultural icon. Becoming RBG traces Ginsberg’s childhood and her legal career to...
View ArticleA Sparrow’s Roar
An empire split into uneasy factions, flying arrows and clashing swords, tangled cases of impersonation and mistaken identity—it’s not Game of Thrones but rather young adult graphic novel A Sparrow’s...
View ArticleDelicious in Dungeon, vols. 1-2
It’s a typical quest in the mysterious and dangerous dungeon. Human warrior Laios and his party are venturing onto a new level and there encounter a dragon! In a quick and disastrous battle they lose...
View ArticleInvestiGators, vol. 1
John Patrick Green, creator of Hippopotamister and Construction Kitties, is back with a new series about anthropomorphic animals, this time a couple of alligators—The InvestiGators. Whenever there is...
View ArticleWildheart: The Daring Adventures of John Muir
This graphic tribute to John Muir was originally published in 2014 in Great Britain. The current edition was revised and published in North America in 2019 by the Yosemite Conservancy. Bertagna...
View ArticleNew Kid
All Jordan Banks wants to do is go to art school. Instead, his parents send him to the prestigious Riverdale Academy Day School (which is far from his neighborhood and far from diverse), so he will...
View ArticleThe Unstoppable Wasp, vols. 1-2
We all know Janet van Dyne, The Wasp, but Nadia, The Unstoppable Wasp, is a whole other experience. She’s smart, she knows it, and she’s here to shake things up, starting with the scientific...
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