My Favorite Read-Aloud Books Right Now: October 2015
This month our favorite library finds cover everything from evolution to cuteness, picture books to graphic novels!
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Tag: Graphic Novels
Learn Computer Science Concepts With This New Graphic Novel
There’s a brand new graphic novel on the market this week, and it merges fiction, programming, puzzles, and a big mystery!
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Creating ‘Little Robot’: Ben Hatke Interview
Ben Hatke, best known for his ‘Zita the Spacegirl’ series, has a new book called ‘Little Robot.’ What was the creation like? Check out this interview!
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Looking For New Young Books?
Looking for some new books for your younger kids? Like dinosaurs, pirates, or robots? Then check out these three new titles!
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‘Big Nate: Say Good-Bye to Dork City’ is Filled With Humor and Life Lessons
Don’t miss out on Big Nate’s latest adventures in ‘Big Nate: Say Good-Bye to Dork City.’
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Interview for Dragons Beware!
The adventure continues! Check out the latest Claudette the fearless story in Dragon’s Beware! An interview with the creators.
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Passion and History in ‘She Makes Comics’
Did you know women readership of comics was equal to men prior to 1950? Yup! Watch the entertaining and informative documentary She Makes Comics for interviews with some of the biggest names of females in comics!
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Princess Decomposia And Count Spatula
Princess Decomposia and Count Spatula is a creepy-cute graphic novel by Andi Watson. Read an interview on the characters and the yummy treats in the book!
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Graphic Novels Take Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz Honors for 2015
It was a good year for twins, too.
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Shaping A Life In The Sculptor
David makes a deal with Death for his art, but will he figure out his life before time runs out?
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Exclusive Look at John Patrick Green’s Upcoming Hippopotamister
An exclusive eight-page, full-color preview of Hippopotamister, an upcoming First Second graphic novel for kids, plus an interview with author-illustrator John Patrick Green.
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Chatting with Jen Wang, In Real Life
GeekMom Melanie had the opportunity to chat with artist Jen Wang about her work on the new graphic novel, IRL (In Real Life).
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Pirate Day Book Review: Scott Chantler’s Pirates of the Silver Coast
This all-ages graphic novel features a feisty, adventurous girl seeking her lost brother in a fantasy medieval setting.
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The Stratford Zoo Midnight Review Presents Macbeth
With artwork that bounds off the page, The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Present: Macbeth is a clear but very silly take on one of the Bard’s most famous plays.
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Gene Luen Yang Talks About The Shadow Hero
Check out GeekMom Rebecca’s new interview with the author of The Shadow Hero.
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Between the Bookends at GeekMom
This month the GeekMoms have run the gamut from new interpretations of Beowulf to a murder mystery in post-Revolutionary War New England. There are graphic novels filled with aliens and wizards, shadowy government organizations, teenage boys painting models in their bedrooms, and girls being discovered floating in cello cases. If something there doesn’t pique your interest then I don’t know what will!
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Ben Hatke on Zita, Cosplay, and What's Next
Author-illustrator Ben Hatke talks about his third and final Zita the Spacegirl installment (which publishes this week), life with his four daughters, and what’s next for him creatively.
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Everyone Should Meet The Shadow Hero
The Shadow Hero is a graphic novel with ties to the history of comics, racism, and the duality of first generation Americans, in an entertaining format that young YA and up will enjoy.
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Discussing Earth Day: I’m Not A Plastic Bag
Start a discussion about Earth Day by reading the Archaia graphic novel, I’m Not a Plastic Bag.
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The Return of Zita Wins
The final book in Zita the Spacegirl is out, and she’s unstoppable! (With the help of a lovable cast of friends, of course.)
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