Tag Archives: humor

Lifting Spirits

Posted on July 23, 2020 by rosinskynatalie

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

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

Looking Forward to History

Posted on September 1, 2019 by rosinskynatalie

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

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

Great Graphic Gifts

Posted on December 1, 2018 by rosinskynatalie

Giving “experiences” rather than “things” is a trend this winter holiday season, making graphic literature a fashionable, two-for-one joy for the tween-and-up readers on your gift list. They can hold a volume in their hands, actively scanning between text and … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, hybrid books | Tagged Auschwitz, Brian Selznick, concentration camps, demonizing enemies, displaced persons camps, elves, Eugene Yelchin, goblins, holiday gifts, Holocaust, humor, hybrid graphic novel, hybrid novel, Judaism, M.T. Anderson, music, opera, spying, survivors, The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge, Vesper Stamper, war, What the Night Sings | Leave a comment

Lively Looks at the Day of the Dead

Posted on October 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

A spirited crowd welcomed author/illustrator Raina Telgemeier to the Twin Cities the other week. Tweens in family and class groups filled a large university auditorium, excited to meet the popular, award-winning cartoonist, on national tour to promote her brand-new graphic … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, picture books | Tagged award winner, Aztec heritage, Braden Lamb, calaveras, California, cystic fibrosis, Day of the Dead, death, Dia de Los Muertos, Dia de Muertos, Duncan Tonatiuh, engraving, etching, Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, Ghosts, Halloween, holiday celebrations, humor, Jose Guadalupe Posada, lithography, Mexican-American, Mexico, Raina Telgemeier, satirical art, sisters, skeleton, skull, supernatural | Leave a comment

Teachable Moments

Posted on June 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

Now that it is summer vacation time in North America, more of our young people’s teachable moments will take place outside of school. Graphic works can play a part in the lessons they learn—especially in areas often given shorter shrift … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, hybrid books, picture books, Uncategorized | Tagged all ages, animal transformation, Banksy, Birdsong: A Story in Pictures, brothers and sisters, cross-dressing, E. Eeero Johnson, early readers, empathy, gender fluidity, gender identiy, high school students, humor, James Sturm, K-1st grade, Kamishibai, Kirstin Cronn-Mills, life lessons, Minneapolis, Original Fake, peformance art, sexual orientation, storytelling, summer reading, teenagers | Leave a comment