Tag Archives: friendship

And the Winner Is

Posted on March 1, 2020 by rosinskynatalie

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

On the Brink

Posted on January 1, 2020 by rosinskynatalie

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

In Season and Beyond

Posted on November 1, 2019 by rosinskynatalie

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

Life’s Soundtracks

Posted on August 1, 2019 by rosinskynatalie

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

Tweens Spring Forward

Posted on March 1, 2019 by rosinskynatalie

Transitions. Whether it is tweens careening towards adolescence or winter blossoming into spring, the change is predictable–even if the pace is not! This is why fickle March seems an apt moment to catch up with two award-winning graphic novels about … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels | Tagged All's Faire in Middle School, award winner, bullying, challenges, elmentary school graphic novels, family relationships, friendship, growing up, humor, Latinx characters, middle school, Newberry Honor book, Renaissance Faire, roller derby, Roller Girl, self-awareness, sports, team relationships, The Great Art Caper, The Great Pet Escape, tween girls, tweens, Victoria Jamieson | Leave a comment

At Play

Posted on July 31, 2018 by rosinskynatalie

With school supplies already on store shelves and in newspaper ads, autumn is looming! It is a good time to remember how valuable unstructured play and long summer days can be for our young people before they head back to … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels | Tagged 7th grade, 8th grade, African American, All Summer Long, Asian, Barbara Perez Marquez, cardboard boxes, Chad Sell, Cloud Jacobs, costumes, David Demeo, Dominican folklore, fairy tale characters, fantasy play, forming a band, friendship, gay families, gender identity, gender roles, Hope Larson, imaginative play, Jay Fuller, Katie Schenkel, Kostas Ntanos, Kris Moore, Manuel Betancourt, Michael Cole, middle school, mixed race families, Molly Muldoon, neighborhood, neighborhood play, psychological growth, role playing, social growth, The Cardboard Kingdom, thirteen year-olds, tweens, unstructured play, Vid Alliger | Leave a comment

Of Mice and Middle School

Posted on March 1, 2018 by rosinskynatalie

Babymouse is growing up! I recently learned that the perky heroine of twenty graphic novels for young kids started this school year as a middle schooler. Yet the safe haven that school provides this fantasy character is not what students actually … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, hybrid books | Tagged Babymouse, Babymouse Tales from the Locker, Forgive Me Leonard Peacock, friendship, Gail Sidonie Sobat, growing up, guns, humorous books, hybrid novel, Jamie's Got a Gun, Jennifer L. Holm, Kerlan Award, Lights Camera Middle School!, Matthew Holm, Matthew Quick, Miss Communication, Mouseketeers, Parkland Florida, school shootings, Shaun David Hutchinson, Spyder Yardley-Jones, teen age shooter, Violent Ends: A Novel in Seventeen Points of View | 1 Comment