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Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Punycorn and the Princess of Thieves from Clarion Books and Quinnelope and the Unicorn Untopia from Oni Press.
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Just in time for Native American Heritage Month we've a preview of Diné cartoonist, zinester, and librarian Julie Fiveash's upcoming graphic novel debut!
Here's a look at the graphic novels that publishers have been acquiring, and when we can expect to see them.
New month, new box of books from Penguin! I hope you find something fun to add to your winter reading lists.
The little ones in your life can stay hydrated thanks to the new Hydro Flask/Very Hungry Caterpillar collab.
Folks, I think it's fair to say that the Persian myths on your library shelves are in serious need of an upgrade. Happily, one is here, and we're talking about it today.
Today our second nomination period opens. You have until Saturday Nov. 8 to pick two more precious nominations for Mock Newbery 2026.
In the spirit of And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, Teen Librarian Karen Jensen shares a review of THIS IS WHERE WE DIE by Cindy R.X. He
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Kindred Dragons Volume 1 from Abrams Fanfare and Agent Cupcake from Oni Press.
"Then she was smoked, delicately. She was delicately smoked. Delicately smoked was she." Like it when your picture book protagonists are killed off halfway through the title? Then you're gonna LOVE today's book.
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen discusses some YA books you might like if you like EVERYBODY SCREAM, the new album by Florence & the Machine (which she really recommends)
It's unicorns vs. zombies in cartoonist Sam Bragg's new fantasy epic, but that's just the start of this sprawling story set at the end of the world.
32 new and forthcoming books to get on your TBR.
Guest poster Owen Ridings introduces STORY SPINNERS to our Mock Newbery discussion, noting that this graphic novel "manages to pack in humor, realistic sibling dynamics, and fantastical adventures—all while cleverly satirizing the entire fairy tale genre."
Visit a land that's more like, "a tale from folklore, rather than in a magical fictional setting." We talk Pumpkin Kings (and their living wards) with Steven Banbury.
Teen Librarian Cindy Shutts shares a Video Games in Real Life program
Here's a look at the graphic novels that publishers have been acquiring, and when we can expect to see them.
Here's a look at the graphic novels that publishers have been acquiring, and when we can expect to see them.
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