Tag Archives: teenager

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

In War and Peace

Posted on February 1, 2018 by rosinskynatalie

What happens when peacetime resembles war? I will be pondering this question in coming weeks as we celebrate Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month here in the U.S.A. This year there will be a special focus on the … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, war | Tagged "Hamlet", African-American History Month, All-American Boys, Amadou Diallo, Angie Thomas, Anthony Baez, Black History month, Black Lives Matter, Brendan Kiely, Canaan White, Damian Duffy, Eleanor Bumpurs, Harlem, Henry Dumas, hip-hop "Hamlet", How It Went Down, I Am Alfonso Jones, Jason Reynolds, John Jennings, Kekla Magoon, Kindred, Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, Max Brooks, Michael Stewart, New York City, Octavia Butler, police violence, racism, Sergeant Henry Johnson, Stacey Robinson, teenager, The Harlem Hellfighters, The Hate U Give, Tony Medina, World War I | Leave a comment

Mighty Small? Not at All

Posted on June 1, 2015 by rosinskynatalie

Springing into summer, we Minnesotans see bugs everywhere. Mosquitoes, those tiny terrors, have yet to be out in full force, but ants trail along sidewalks and beetles bustle in gardens. Out past my suburban home, farmers are readying their crops … Continue reading →

Posted in comics, graphic novels | Tagged "Field Guide to Superpowers", Ant Man, Ant Man movie, ants, beetles, Blue Beetle, Blue Beetle comic books, Blue Beetle: Volume One: Metamorphosis, bugs, Clan Apis, Drawing Flies blog, entomology, evolution, honey bees, Jaime Reyes, Jay Hosler, Last of the Sandwalkers, middle school, science education, Sir Charles Darwin, Spider Man, teenager, The Sandwalk Adventures, Wasp Woman | Leave a comment