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New Lights on Hanukkah

Posted on November 20, 2020

Do your spirits need a lift? In this time of raging COVID-19 and President Trump’s outrageous behavior towards President-elect Biden, my heart has been gladdened by picture books casting new light upon Hanukkah. One of these charming works is particularly … Continue reading →

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Voting Rights and Wrongs

Posted on October 26, 2020

The upcoming presidential election and its aftermath are hot topics! In conversations and the news, questions about voting rights and wrongs are almost unavoidable. A recent book titled Women’s Right to Vote (2020), written by Kate Messner and illustrated by … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dylan Meconis, Kate Messner, President Trump, presidential election, Vice-President Bident, Women's Right to Vote | Leave a comment

Graphic Insights into Racism

Posted on September 24, 2020

Since George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis last May, public outcries have re-focused attention on the injustices that a few years ago triggered today’s Black Lives Matter movement. For readers tween and up, that movement’s emotional center and origins are embodied … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, comics | Tagged African-American, Alitha E. Martinez, Amidou Diallo, Audubon On the Wings of the World, Audubon Society, bird-watching, Black Birders Week, Black Lives Matter, Black Panther, Black Panther: World of Wakanda, Breonna Taylor, Chadwick Boseman, Christian Cooper, comic book short story, DC comics, George Floyd, graphic short story, Huntington's Chorea, I Am Alfonso Jones, institutional racism, institutional violence, It's a Bird . . ., It's a Bird short story, John Jennings, magical realism, Marvel Comics, Northstar, police, police violence, racial stereotypes, racism, Represent!, Roxanne Gay, semi-autobiographical graphic novel, Stacey Robinson, superhero, Superman, Teddy Krisitiansen, teenage character, Tony Medina | Leave a comment

In School or At Home–Go Graphic!

Posted on August 24, 2020

As this new school year begins so uncertainly, with COVID-19 affecting where and how youngsters learn their official lessons, I have a new resource to recommend. Ivan Brunetti’s Comics: Easy as ABC! The Essential Guide to Comics for Kids (2019) … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, comics | Tagged at home, Black Heroes of the Wild West, Booklist Top 10 Art Books for Youth, Chris Ware, classroom, comics language, Comics: Easy as ABC!, Comics: Easy as ABC! The Essential Guide to Comics for Kids, Covid-19, drawing, Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers, elementary age-readers, grades 1 and 2, grades 3 to 6, graphic novels, in school, Ivan Brunetti, James Otis Smith, James Sturm, Jeff Smith, K/grade 1, Kadir Nelson, Kevin McClosky, lettering, librarians, Neil Gaiman, panels, parents, parents as teachers, point of view, reading comics with kids, reading levels, Roz Chast, short strips, teachers, TOON Books | Leave a comment

Lifting Spirits

Posted on July 23, 2020

Pandemic dangers and safety limits . . . uncertainties about the shape of the upcoming school year—it remains hard to be upbeat when these woes press us down. Low spirits, of course, affect kids as well as adults. Two recent … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, picture books | Tagged A Map into the World, Asian-American, brother-sister relationships, brothers and sisters, C.S. Lewis, Caldecott award-winning, Covid-19 anxiety, Covid-19 depression, Dan Santat, death of child, Drawn Together, elementary age-readers, fantasy, Hmong, humor, Kao Kalia Yang, Khoa Le, Lift, Minh Le, Minnesota, Narnia, pandemic anxiety, pandemic dangers, pandemic depression, picture book, school reopening, Seo Kim, sibling relationships, siblings, Thai-American, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, The Most Beautiful Thing in the World, The Shared Room, upcoming school year, Xee Reiter | Leave a comment

Laws and Orders

Posted on June 29, 2020

The death here in Minnesota of George Floyd has sparked world-wide protests against police brutality and racism, with people demanding new laws and orders to protect every person’s civil rights. History has shown that “law and order” political leaders such … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, memoir | Tagged Afua Richardson, Andrew Aydin, autobigoraphy, civil rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964, George Floyd, George Takei, Harmony Becker, institutional racism, internment, internment camps, Japanese-Americans, Justin Eisinger, Lieutenant Sulu, March Book One, March Book Three, March Book Two, memoir, Mine Okubo, Minnesota, murder, Nate Powell, National Japanese American Museum, police brutality, President Barack Obama, President Trump, Presidential Order 9066, protests, racism, relocation, Representative John Lewis, Run, sequel to March, Star Trek, Steven Scott, They Called Us Enemy, Voting Rights Act, World War II | Leave a comment

Outdoor Art with Heart

Posted on May 28, 2020

Heartfelt messages to neighbors and neighborhood heroes have brightened many of today’s pandemic city views. Drawing with chalk, kids have decorated sidewalks, driveways, and even walls with scenes and words to celebrate people and events such as birthdays and graduations. … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, Books, picture books | Tagged A Map into the World, AIDS, Bill Thomson, celebrations, Chalk, chalk art, Covid-19, grandmother, Hmong, Hmong American, Kao Kalia Yang, Kay A. Haring, Keith Haring, Keith Haring The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing, Khoa Le, Minnesota Book Award, neighborhood, neighborhood heroes, neighbors, outdoor art, outdoor artist, Pandemic, pop art, refugees, Robert Neubecker, Seo Kim, sibling death, sidewalk art, sidewalk chalk drawing, story cloth, street art, The Art of Chalk Techniques and Inspiration for Creating Art with Chalk, The Most Beautiful Thing, The Shared Room, Tracy Lee Sturm, Xee Reiter | 2 Comments

Asian – American Heroes, Hopes, and Hurts

Posted on May 1, 2020

This is an important time to look at graphic works depicting Asian-American heroes, hopes, and hurts. The Covid-19 pandemic has spread some virulent ideas along with its deadly virus. Once-common stereotypes and fears about Asian–Americans, in particular Chinese-Americans, have flared … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, comic book collection, graphic novels, memoir | Tagged "New Superman", American Born Chinese, Andie Tong, Asian - American superheroes, Asian- Americans, basketball, basketball history, Billie Tan, Boxers and Saints, Brent Peeples, Chinese - Americans, Chinese Justice League, Chinese Superman, Chinese virus, Clan of the Fiery Cross, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dan Santat, discrimination, Dragon Hoops, Drawn Together, Fu Manchu, Gene Luen Yang, Girihuru, grandmother, grandparents, Green Lantern comics, hajib, heroes, immigrant, Jade Lantern Legacy, Ku Klux Klan, Lark Pien, Mariko Tamaki, Minh Le, New Superman: Equilibrium, New-Superman and the Justice League of China, non-fiction graphic novel, Pandemic, racism, refugees, Sarah Stern, Sonny Liew, stereotypes, superheroes, Superman, Superman radio series, Superman Smashes the Klan, Taoism, tween - age, Vietnamese refugees, Vietnamese-American, Wuhan flu, yin - yang | Leave a comment

Pandemic! One Hundred Years Later

Posted on April 1, 2020

One hundred years from now, what will people be reading about today’s Coronavirus pandemic? While the full dire impact of Covid-19 is still unfolding, such a long-range perspective on pandemics can inform and possibly comfort some of us. Such stories … Continue reading →

Posted in catastrophe, graphic novels | Tagged 1918 Flu, 1918 Pandemic, African-American nurses, Bob Brown, Coronavirus, Covid-19, desegregation, doctors, epidemic, Fever Year, Fever Year The Killer Flu of 1918, influenza, influenza epidemic, nurses, Pandemic, segregation, Spanish flu, The Notorious Izzy Frink, The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees, tween readers, tweens, World War I | Leave a comment

And the Winner Is

Posted on March 1, 2020

What a thrill! Jerry Craft’s graphic novel New Kid (2019) recently won the prestigious 2019 Newbery Medal for the year’s “most distinguished contribution to children’s literature.” With this award, the American Library Association placed graphic literature fully in the mainstream … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, comics, graphic novels | Tagged 2019 Eisner Awards, 2020 Eisner Awards, ALA Awards, battles, boy robot, Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World, Catholic School, Chinese immigrants, Class Act, Comic-Con, comics, crossdresser, Descender, Dustin Nguyen, early readers, Eisner Awards, Faith Erin Hicks, friendship, genderqueer, Ghosts, graphic novel, Hicotea, Hicotea: A Nightlights Story, James Kolchaka, James Kolchalka, Jeff Lemire, Jen Wang, Jerry Craft, Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer, Jordie Bellaire, K-pop music, Lark Pien, Latin American, Lorena Alvarez, New Kid, Newberry Awards, Newbery Awards, Nightlights, parent-child reconciliation, Penelope Bagieu, SF, Stargazing, surreal images, teens, The Divided Earth, The Nameless City, The Prince and the Dressmaker, The Stone Heart, TOON Books, tweens, wetlands, Will Eisner, Will Eisner Week | Leave a comment

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