Just so you know where I’m coming from, I’m not a fan of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Being introduced by way of forced dissection of a lesser known novel in literature class did not help. I’m amazed that I kept reading American literature after that, I was so turned off by the experience. I shudder recalling […]
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Mary Azarian The Snowflake: Winter’s Frozen Artistry by Kenneth Libbrecht and Rachel Wing The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder by Mark Cassino with Jon Nelson, Ph.D. The National Weather Service (NWS) defines a white Christmas […]
Poe: Stories and Poems, a Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Gareth Hinds Steampunk Poe, illustrated by Zdenko Basic and Manuel Sumberac Halloween’s almost here, and I can’t wait! October’s put me in the mood for spooky reads despite the fact that the scariest thing I can handle are the sharks in Finding Nemo. Edgar Allan Poe […]
Area schools have been in session for a week or so now, and the air around the Library’s Teen Department has been filled with equal parts excitement and trepidation all month. There have been a lot of butterflies, whether it’s the start of band camp or sports practice or middle school or senior year. Middle […]
Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb! written by Veronica Chambers, illustrated by Rachelle Baker You know the feeling you get when you hear the ice cream truck coming? The anticipatory thrill, the bounce-on-the-balls-of-your-feet excitement when you hear the music from down the street? That’s how I’ve felt while waiting to get my hands on this week’s […]
This was almost the shortest book review submitted here: “Read them! They’re wonderful!” Because that’s all you really need to know about the books published by the Joplin High School Cartoonist Club. It’s easy to gush about the delightful results of local students’ creativity and hard work. And, it’s loads of fun to see a […]
Pictures have such power! Bright and bold or quiet and soft, the stories they tell vary as widely as those told by words alone. What happens when powerful pictures and beautiful text meet in the same book? Magic! Traci Sorell creates magic with her first children’s picture book, We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga. A citizen of […]
Long Story Short: 100 Classic Books in Three Panels by Lisa Brown Cats of the Louvre by Taiyo Matsumoto I had a chance to reduce my “To Be Read” (TBR) pile by a handful of titles over the holidays, including some comics and graphic novels. Two of the books took an interesting approach using art […]
Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters: Poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins with pictures by Wolf Erlbruch Peculiar Questions and Practical Answers: A Little Book of Whimsy and Wisdom from the Files of the New York Public Library New York Public Library, illustrated by […]
Heart and Brain: Body Language by Nick Seluk Making Comics by Lynda Barry Buried treasure can pop up in all sorts of places–on a tropical island, in an attic trunk, at a garage sale, or in this case, on a bookshelf. I found these delights while looking for something else. Isn’t that the case with […]
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