The latest reviews of comics, anime, superheroes, manga, and more for the K-12 audience from School Library Journal
Iron Man at Your Library By SLJ Staff - 10/20/2008
If your students need a little push to get excited about reading and writing, tell them about the Iron Man Visits Your Library contest, which invites K-8 students to write about or illustrate their favorite superhero or come up with one of their own. More
Graphic Novels 11/01/2008
Elementary and Middle School ASHIHARA, Hinako . Sand Chronicles . vol. 1. tr. from Japanese by Kinami Watabe. illus. by author. unpaged. (Shojo Beat Manga Series). glossary. Viz Media . 2008. pap. $8.99. ISBN 978-1-4215-1477-2 . LC number unavailable. Gr 8 Up—After her parents' divorce, 12-year-old Ann and her mother move from Tokyo to the country to live with her grandmother.
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Graphic Novels 09/01/2008
Elementary and Middle School AKIRA, Shouko . Monkey High! vol. 1. tr. from Japanese by Mai Ihara. illus. by author. 184p. Viz Media 2008. pap. $8.99. ISBN 978-1-4215-1518-2 . LC number unavailable. Gr 7 Up–Haruna sees the students in her new school, with their cliques and power struggles, as acting like monkeys on a mountain.
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Graphic Novels 07/01/2008
Elementary and Middle School CAMMUSO, Frank . Knights of the Lunch Table Bk. #1. 144p. (The Dodgeball Chronicles). CIP. Scholastic/Graphix July 2008. pap. $9.99. ISBN 978-0-439-90322-6 . LC 2007037480. Gr 4-8–Arthurian legend gets an update for young readers in this outstanding graphic novel.
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Graphic Novels 05/01/2008
Elementary and Middle School APPIGNANESI, Richard , adapt. A Midsummer Night’s Dream . illus. by Kate Brown. 207p. (Manga Shakespeare Series). CIP. Abrams/Amulet June 2008. pap. $9.95. ISBN 978-0-8109-9475-1 . LC 2007028315. Gr 7 Up–Shakespeare’s classic play is retold with a significant effort by the publisher to preserve the language and tone of the original.
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Reviews: Graphic Novels 03/01/2008
Elementary and Middle School BILGREY, Marc , et al. Ghouls Gone Wild! No. 1. illus. by Mr. Exes, et al. unpaged. (Tales from the Crypt Series). Papercutz 2007. Tr $12.95. ISBN 978-1-59707-083-6 ; pap. $7.95. ISBN 978-1-59707-082-9 . LC number unavailable. Gr 6 Up–“Tales from the Crypt” returns to comic-book format after almost 50 years.
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Reviews: Graphic Novels By Staff - 01/01/2008
Elementary and Middle School CAREY, Mike . Re-Gifters . illus. by Sonny Liew & Marc Hempel. 148p. Minx . 2007. pap. $9.99. ISBN 978-1-4012-0371-9 . LC number unavailable. Gr 7 Up—Jen Dik Seong, or Dixie, is having trouble getting her ki focused. Normally an outstanding hapkido student, she finds that her crush on classmate Adam is affecting her ability to fight.
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Graphic Novels 11/01/2007
Elementary and Middle School ABADZIS, Nick . Laika illus. by author. 208p. bibliog. Web sites. Roaring Brook/First Second 2007. pap. $17.95. ISBN 978-1-59643-101-0 . LC number unavailable. Gr 7 Up–During the Cold War, Russia and the U.S. were entrenched in a battle to be first in space. Laika tells the tale of one special soldier in that battle, the dog who flew in Sputnik II.
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Gr 3-6–The years 1770 to 1789 were pivotal times in American history. Colonists dissolved their ties with Great Britain, fought a war for independence, and established a new government.
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The staff of Salinas Public Library (CA), aka The John Steinbeck Public Library, pose with Lewis Buzbee, author of Steinbeck's Ghost, a middle-grade novel that centers around the threat of the library's closing in 2004. After a difficult struggle, the library remains open and has just extended its hours to seven days a week.
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