Author Archives: rosinskynatalie

On the Brink

Posted on January 1, 2020

On the brink of a new year, I have been thinking of medieval explorers at the brink of unknown seas or lands. “Here be dragons or lions,” their mapmakers warned. As we enter 2020 here in the U.S., the little … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels | Tagged 2020, Africa, autumn equinox, Chinua Achebe, colonialism, Congo, corruption, evil, fantasy, festivals, friendship, graphic adaptation, Heart of Darkness, Japan, Joseph Conrad, journeys, maps, New Year, Peter Kuper, President Trump, racism, Ryan Andrews, star map, This Was Our Pact, xenophobia | Leave a comment

Get Sets for the Holidays!

Posted on December 1, 2019

Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa—whichever winter holidays you celebrate, sets of graphic books make great, generous gifts for young readers. Tweens in particular can take delight this holiday season not only in some sets already packaged by publishers but also … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, memoir, war | Tagged "Choose Kind" movement, "Never Again", 365 Days: Mr. Browne's Precepts, Andrew Donkin, Aphrodite, Athena, Augie & Me: Three Wonder Tales, Baby Mouse, Byron Eggenschwiler, child separation, Christmas, Drama, Eoin Colfer, France, genocide, George O'Connor, Ghosts, Giovanni Rigano, graphic novel sets, Greek gods, Greek myths, Guts, Hades, Hanukkah, Hera, Hey KIddo: How I Lost My Mother Found My Father and Dealt with Family Addiction, holiday gifts, Holocaust, Illegal, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Jennifer L. Holm, Jerry Kraft, Jews, Kevin Czap, Kwanzaa, Kyo Maclear, Matthew Holm, middle school, Nazis, New Kid, Olympians series, Operatic, polio-survivor, Poseidon, R.P. Palacio, Raina Telgemeier, religion, Rick Riordan, sisters, Smile, Sunny Rolls the Dice, Sunny Side Up, Tales from the Locker, today's refugees, tweens, White Bird: A Wonder Story, winter holidays, Winter Solstice, Wonder, World War II, Zeus | Leave a comment

In Season and Beyond

Posted on November 1, 2019

November 1 . . . Is it too late now for a great Halloween-based book? Similarly, once this November’s national Native American Heritage Month is over, will it seem out-of-step to read about our country’s first peoples? And just how … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, graphic novels, story collection | Tagged Alicia Elliot, Annie Bannatyne, bisexuality, Canada, discrimination, Faith Erin Hicks, first peoples, friendship, Halloween, high school seniors, humor, indigenous peoples, interracial romance, Inuit, Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection, Nameless City trilogy, Native American Heritage Month, native peoples, Pumpkinheads, Rainbow Rowell, romance, shamanism, stereotypes, teenagers, This Place: 150 Years Retold, tribes, United States, windigos | Leave a comment

It Takes Guts!

Posted on October 1, 2019

It takes guts to face one’s fears! But this effort is worthwhile . . . even if the results may take time. This realization is the focus of author/ illustrator Raina Telgemeier’s new graphic memoir Guts (2019, color by Braden … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, memoir | Tagged anxiety, Baby Sitters Club graphic adaptation, Braden Lamb, diarrhea, fears, fifth grade, fourth grade, grounding techniques, Guts, middle school, nausea, puberty, puking, sensitive stomach, Share Your Smile: Raina's Guide to Telling Your story, sisters, Smile, stress, Telgemeier "how-to" book, Telgemeier graphic novels, therapy, vomiting, worries | Leave a comment

Looking Forward to History

Posted on September 1, 2019

A new school year brings serious fun to students! Young athletes and mathletes, robotics teams and academic decathlon squads, science fair and history day entrants are just some of the young folks who gear up each year for fun. But … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, hybrid books | Tagged Abigail Adams Pirate of the Caribbean, Abraham Lincoln Pro Wrestler, Amelia Earhart and the Flying ChariotChario, American history, back to school, British history, convent, Dylan Meconis, fantasy, funny graphic novels, history, history mash-ups, humor, Jewish immigrant history, King George What Was HIs Problem: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution, Nat Love and Neil Armstrong Space Cowboys, Neil Swaab, new school year, nuns, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen of the Sea, Rabbi Harvey: A Graphic Novel of Jewish Wit and Wisdom in the Wild West, Steve Sheinkin, surprising facts, Tim Robinson, time travel, Time Twisters series, Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your School Books Didn't Tell You About the Civil War, Which Way to the Wild West: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion | Leave a comment

Life’s Soundtracks

Posted on August 1, 2019

Which song could be the soundtrack of your life today? This question is posed to the 8th grade characters in Operatic (2019), a wonderful new graphic novel combining music history and biography with smart insights into the complex tween and … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, graphic novels | Tagged 8th grade, Blinded by the Light, British, Bruce Springsteen, bullying, Byron Eggenschwiler, Canada, friendship, genderfluid, Greetings from Bury Park, homophobia, Kyo Maclear, Maria Callas, Master Class, memoir, middle school, movie, music, music history, opera, Operatic, Pakistani, rock music, Sarfraz Manzoor, soundtrack, teenager, teens, U.S. | Leave a comment

Fireworks or Fizzle?

Posted on July 1, 2019

Anticipating or recalling those 4th of July fireworks? Colorful blasts have been part of “Independence Day” celebrations ever since the U.S. Declaration of Independence supposedly was signed on July 4, 1776. Yet our new country’s continued growth is the exception … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels | Tagged Andy Warner, Arizona Mystery Castle, Auroville, Dean Kamen, Failed Utopias, Fourth of July, gay and lesbian, immigrant, immigrant detention, Intentional Communities, KIng Camp Gillette, Libertatia, Micronations, Nek Chand's Rock Garden, North Dumpling Island, Oneida, pirates, slavery, slaves, Sofie Louise Dam, strange dreams, This Land Is MY Land: A Graphic History of Big Dreams Micronations and Other Self-Made States, This Land Is Your Land song, Visonary Environments, Woody Guthrie | Leave a comment