Between the Bookends: 8 Books We Read in June 2019
In this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie, Corrina, Amy, and Patricia share some of their favorite reads of the last month.
Continue ReadingIn this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie, Corrina, Amy, and Patricia share some of their favorite reads of the last month.
Continue ReadingIn this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie, Lisa, Rebecca, and Missy share some of their favorite recent reads.
Continue ReadingWith our children back in school for a new year of learning, Sophie, Kay, Lisa, and Rebecca share some of their latest reads.
Continue Reading‘The Secret Loves of Geeks’ is a collection of 37 illustrated stories, comics, prose, and essays about love. Their authors span a wide range of gender and sexuality, age and writing experience, making this a truly diverse collection.
Continue Reading‘In the Pines’ by Erik Kriek is a graphic novel in which Kriek takes five well-known murder ballads and transforms them into haunting, macabre illustrated narratives.
Continue ReadingRebecca Angel gets into deep character questions with Faith Erin Hicks for her new graphic novel, ‘The Stone Heart.’
Continue ReadingBats: these nocturnal mammals are under appreciated and misunderstood. In this new graphic novel from the Science Comics series for grade-school, learn about these necessary pollinators and insect eaters from around the world.
Continue ReadingDanTDM’s graphic novel will quickly earn a spot on your kids’ favorite books lists with its ‘Minecraft’-inspired setting and characters.
Continue Reading‘Crafty Cat and the Crafty Camp Crisis’ is the latest graphic novel in a series about a young girl who transforms herself into a crafting genius. Here is a sneak peek at the cover and a few pages too!
Continue ReadingMaighread Scott’s graphic series, ‘Toil and Trouble,’ tells the tale of the three witches from ‘MacBeth.’ The story weaves in and out of the well-known story of ‘MacBeth,’ which provides a familiar framework that doesn’t completely contain all that this story offers.
Continue ReadingOur favorites picture books included stories monsters under the bed, mimes, writer’s block, and unruly fathers. Plus, we got to read a new graphic novel about alien abduction and a spunky little girl.
Continue ReadingIt’s true not all comics are about superheroes. But likewise, not all superhero fans are comics fans.
Continue ReadingIf your first and favorite memories of the Slayer are the snarky barbs from Cordelia and the Scooby Gang meeting up in the library, have I got a book for you.
Continue ReadingKids will be engaged and enjoy learning about dinosaurs and coral reefs with ‘Science Comics.’
Continue ReadingWonder Woman: Earth One is a deceptively challenging book so if you’re in this comic thing for the funny pages or the action heavy punch outs, this probably isn’t the graphic novel for you. Though there is some fantastic punching. Also, battle kangaroos.
Continue ReadingMy family’s favorites this month include some picture books and graphic novels covering epic stories about robots who can’t fall asleep, the power of music and kindness, what it means to lie, cardboard creatures coming to life, and a girl and her sword.
Continue ReadingGregory A. Wilson is a man who wears many hats. Not only is he a fantasy author, but he is a college professor, one of the hosts of the science fiction and fantasy podcast Speculate!, and a TwitchTV channel host! His latest endeavor as author is the upcoming graphic novel ‘Icarus,’ an epic fantasy about a pair of unlikely heroes who are bound together by their quest to free an entire people from slavery. This week, Greg tells us what made him geek out while writing ‘Icarus.’
Continue ReadingJoin GeekMom for an interview with Tony Cliff, the author of ‘Delilah Dirk and the King’s Shilling,’ the second swashbuckling adventure. We chat about the action, the friendships, and the fashion of the new graphic novel.
Continue ReadingThe team behind Li’l Gotham is back for a unique take on DC’s Big Three in a book for middle grade kids.
Continue ReadingRebecca honors First Second’s 10 year anniversary with an ode to her favorites of the publisher’s graphic novels.
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