Tag Archives: tweens

Pandemic! One Hundred Years Later

Posted on April 1, 2020 by rosinskynatalie

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 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

Get Sets for the Holidays!

Posted on December 1, 2019 by rosinskynatalie

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

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

Crushes Now and Then

Posted on February 1, 2019 by rosinskynatalie

Heartthrob or heartache? Sudden attraction or slow connection? With Valentine’s Day approaching, and its card exchanges popular even in some pre-schools, the recent publication of Svetlana Chmakova’s Crush (2018) was aptly timed. This continuation of the author/illustrator’s award-winning Berrybrook Middle … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, story collection | Tagged 1960s, Awkward, Beach Boys, Beatles, Berrybrook Middle School series, Brave, bullying, Crush, crushes, friends, I Am Young, M. Dean, middle school, music, Pet Sounds, Svetlana Chmakova, teenagers, tweens, Valentine's Day, young love | 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

Today’s Tomorrow

Posted on May 1, 2017 by rosinskynatalie

“May Day! May Day! May Day!” That desperate radio call for help—once the best way for airplanes to signal disaster—is such an appropriate beginning for this May 1 blog post. Today’s inspiration is neither the traditional spring holiday nor the … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels | Tagged 1984, Adam Rapp, consumerism, cults, Decelerate Blue, dystopia, fifteen year-old, future, George Orwell, Grandfather, hospitals, Jonestown, language change, May Day, megamall, Mike Cavallaro, parents, resistance, schools, science fiction, shopping malls, speed, technology, teens, tweens, Vulcan Celestial Supply Shop | Leave a comment

Graduation: Visiting the SuperMutant Magic Academy

Posted on July 1, 2015 by rosinskynatalie

Check your high school diploma! See if the words “SuperMutant Magic Academy” are lurking (perhaps written in invisible ink) on that certificate of achievement. The feelings and “A-hah!” moments evoked by Jillian Tamaki’s recent publication are heartbreakingly familiar as well … Continue reading →

Posted in comics, graphic novels | Tagged 4th of July, boarding school, Canadian author/illustrator, Harry Potter, high school, high school graduation, Hogwarts, J.K. Rowling, Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki, mutants, Skim, SuperMutant Magic Academy, teens, This One Summer, tweens, web comic, yearbook | Leave a comment

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