Tag: graphic novel
The Tea Dragon Festival
Written & Illustrated by: Katie O’Neill For ages:4 years and up Language: English and ASL (American Sign Language) Topics Covered: Family, Fantasy, Friendship, Growing Up. Summary: This is the second story in the Tea Dragon Society books, but is actually a prequel to the first one. Longer than the first, it still took under an hour to completely finish…
This Place: 150 Years Retold
Written by: Assorted Indigenous authors Illustrated by: Assorted Indigenous illustrators For ages: YA & Middle Grades Language: Majority English, Topics Covered: Own Voices, First Nations, Indigenous Voices, Graphic Novels, First Contact, History, Summary: This Place is a graphic novel produced by one of my favorite Indigenous publishers, Highwater. It is an anthology of comics retelling history from a First Nations…
Northwest Resistance [A Girl Called Echo Vol 3]
Written by: Katherena Vermette Illustrated by: Scott B. Henderson, color by Donovan Yaciuk For ages: 12 years and up Language: English, minor French. Topics Covered: History, First Nations, Military Action, Growing Up, Family, Fantasy, Time Travel, Métis History. Summary: This is the third installment about the time-traveling adventures of Echo Desjardins, a Métis teenager learning about her own history. Echo…
Journey Under the Arctic
Written by: James O. Fraoili Illustrated by: Joe St. Pierre For ages: 8-12 years Language: English, gives a small Inuit phrase guide as well. Topics Covered: Historical Figure, Environmental Activism, Nature, Adventure, Global Warming, Graphic Novel, STEM. Summary: This comic book adventure is the second in the Fabien Cousteau Expeditions series, designed for upper elementary readers. The story follows an…
Arthur and the Golden Rope [Feb 4 2020]
Written & Illustrated by: Joe Todd-Stanton For ages: 5-9 years Language: English Topics Covered: Adventure, Mythology, Natural World, Supernatural, Magic. Summary: This is one of the Brownstone’s Mythical Collection books, and we really like the way that it’s set up like a comic book. Arthur is a young boy with a penchant for strange objects and spends a lot of time in…
Becoming RBG
Written by: Debbie Levy Illustrated by: Whitney Gardner For ages: 10 years and up Language: English Topics Covered: History, Legislation, Women in Leadership, Trailblazers, Historical Figure, Historical Events, Activism, Graphic Novel. Summary: This is an AWESOME graphic novel! Something we like about it very much is that while it very closely follows the life of the one and only powerhouse Ruth…
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists
Written by: Mikki Kendall Illustrated by: A. D’Amico For ages: YA older teens (mature topics-violence, assault, enslavement, death) Language: English Topics Covered: Activism, Historic Figures, Historical Fiction, Enslavement, Women’s Rights, Suffrage, Women in Politics, Women in Leadership, Assault, Death, Indigenous Voices, POC-Centric Narratives, Marginalized Populations, Modern Black Freedom Struggle, LGBTQ, Black Feminist Thought. Summary: Triple A, how much do I love you?…