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As many educators can attest, comics are wonderful tools to teach, reinforce, and maintain reading skills in young children. But literacy isn't the only area where graphic novels can be [...]

The Favorite Daughter. By Allen Say. Illus. by the author. June 2013.32p. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $17.99 (9780545176620). Gr. 1-3. Yuriko, who is staying with her father for the weekend, comes [...]

* Mouse Bird Snake Wolf. By David Almond. Illus. by Dave McKean. 2013.80p. Candlewick, $17.99 (9780763659127). Gr. 2-5. Almond-McKean is one of the most fertile partnerships out there, with The [...]

The One Trick Rip-Off + Deep Cuts. By Paul Pope. Illus. by the author. 2013. 288p. Image Comics, $29.99 (9781607067184). 741.5. Pope has long been admired for his unique global [...]

Another Night at the Museum. By Milan Trenc. Illus. by the author. Mar. 2013. 32p. Holt/Christy Ottaviano, $16.99 (9780805089486). Gr. 1-3. Trenc follows up his Night at the Museum (2006) [...]

Relish: My Life in the Kitchen. By Lucy Knisley. Illus. by the author. Apr. 2013. 192p. First Second, paper, $17.99 (9781596436237). 741.5. Knisley, daughter of a chef mother and gourmand [...]

Ralph Azham: Why Would You Lie to Someone You Love? By Lewis Trondheim. Illus. by the author. Tr. by Kim Thompson. 2012. 96p. Fantagraphics, $14.99 (9781606995938). 741.5. Trondheim's Dungeon graphic [...]

Passenger. By Andrew Smith. Oct. 2012. 480p. Feiwel and Friends, $17.99 (9781250004871). Gr. 10-12. * Things got mighty grim for Jack in The Marbury Lens (2010), but it seems that [...]

Broxo. By Zack Giallongo. Illus. by the author. Oct. 2012. 240p. First Second, paper, $16.99 (9781596435513). 741.5. Gr. 7-10. Nobody messes with Broxo, a young warrior with a wicked sword, [...]

The Wolf's Whistle. By Bjorn Rune Lie. Illus. by the author. 2012. 32p. Nobrow, $18 (9781907704031). Gr. 3-6. Origin stories are one of the great themes in comic-book lore, and [...]

An Awesome Book! By Dallas Clayton. Illus. by the author. 2012. 64p. Harper, $16.99 (9780062114686). PreS-Gr. 2. Written for Clayton's newborn son and self-published in 2008--and subsequently hyped by Hollywood [...]

George Bellows: Painter with a Punch! By Robert Burleigh. Illus. by George Bellows. June 2012. 48p. Abrams, $18.95 (9781419701665). 759.13. Gr. 3-5. Bellows was a turn-of-the-twentieth-century painter who captured the [...]

Alien Attack. By Max Chase. May 2012. 128p. illus. Bloomsbury, paper, $5.99 (9781599908502). Gr. 3-5. A long time from now, in a galaxy right here, a bunch of crab-clawed aliens [...]

The Secret Life of Money: A Kid's Guide to Cash. By Kira Vermond. Illus. by Clayton Hanmer. 2012. 160p. Owl, $19.95 (9781926973197); paper, $13.95 (9781926973180); e-book, $13.95 (9781926973203). 332.4. Gr. [...]

It's a crime, really. While the whole world has watched Harry Potter, Bella Swan, and Katniss Everdeen dazzle young readers, a whole gang of shady adult crime writers have slipped [...]

* Larf. By Ashley Spires. Illus. by the author. Apr. 2012. 32p. Kids Can, $16.95 (9781554537013). PreS--Gr. 2. World, meet Larf. The seven-foot-tall, bunny-owning, red-scarf-wearing, ultrahairy Sasquatch lives in happy [...]

Vamplayers. By Rusty Fischer. 2012. 298p. Medallion, paper, $9.95 (9781605424491). Gr. 9-12. It says a lot about how vampires have played out in pop culture that harkening back to Buffy [...]

The Dunderheads behind Bars. By Paul Fleischman. Illus. by David Roberts. Apr. 2012. 48p. Candlewick, $16.99 (9780763645434). Gr. 3-5. The oddball squad from 7he Dunderheads (2009) are back to their [...]

The Lonely Existence of Asteroids and Comets. By Mark Weakland. Illus. by Carlos Aan. 2012. 32p. Capstone, $29.99 (9781429675468); paper, $7.95 (9781429679879). 523.44. Gr. 3-5. It can be tricky to [...]

* Goliath. By Tom Gauld. Illus. by the author. Mar. 2012. 96p. Drawn & Quarterly, $19.95 (9781770460652). 741.5. Sure, everyone loves the biblical under, David, but isn't it time someone [...]

* Kill Switch. By Chris Lynch. Apr. 2012. 176p. Simon & Schuster, $16.99 (9781416927020). Gr. 9-12. Daniel has a special relationship with his grandfather, a retired government worker who was [...]

Juneteenth.By Julie Murray.2011. 24p. illus. ABDO, lib. ed., $17.95 (9781617830396). 394.263. Gr. 2-4.Presenting information as straightforwardly as possible, this entry in the Holidays series centers around Juneteenth, a day that [...]

The Silence of Our Friends.By Mark Long and Jim Demonakos. Illus. by Nate Powell.Jan. 2012. 208p. First Second, paper, $16.99 (9781596436183). 741.5.Set in Houston in 1968, this graphic novel is [...]

The Prince's New Pet. By Brian Anderson. Illus. by the author. Dec. 2011. 40p. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter, $16.99 (9781596433571). Gr. 1-3. Prince Viridian's birthday, like every other day, is miserable. [...]

Mustache! By Mac Barnett. Illus. by Kevin Cornell. 2011. 40p. Disney/Hyperion, $16.99 (9781423116714). K-Gr. 2. Ah, the endless pleasure of drawing little mustaches on pictures. When his subjects plead with [...]

reMIND, v.1. By Jason Brubaker. Illus. by the author. 2011. 152p. Coffee Table Comics, $24.95 (9780983114901). 741.5. Gr. 7-12. Brubaker's handsomely packaged graphic novel takes more wild left turns in [...]

A Web of Air. By Philip Reeve. Oct. 2011. 304p. Scholastic, $17.99 (9780545222167). Gr. 6-9. Two years have passed since Fever fled London at the end of Fever Crumb (2010), [...]

Summer Storm. By Kristina Dunker. Tr. by Margot Bettauer Dembo. 2011. 176p. AmazonCrossing, paper, $9.95 (9781611090307). Gr. 10-12. A summer afternoon like any other at the lake turns sour for [...]

The Food of China. By Tamra B. Orr. 2011. 64p. illus. Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark, lib. ed., $21.95 (9781608702343). 394.1. Gr. 4-7. Underscoring that food is a gateway to culture, this entry [...]

A Monster Calls. By Patrick Ness. Illus. by Jim Kay. Sept. 2011. 224p. Candlewick, $16.99 (9780763655594). Gr. 7-10. After the stylistic feats and dumbfounding originality of Ness' Chaos Walking trilogy, [...]

Soccer in Africa. By Mike Kennedy and Mark Stewart. 2011. 24p. illus, lib. ed., $21.27 (9781599534411). 796.334096. Soccer in Asia. By Mike Kennedy and Mark Stewart. 2011. 24p. illus, lib. [...]

Blackout. By John Rocco. Illus. by the author. 2011. 40p. Disney/Hyperion, $16.99 (9781423121909). PreS-Gr. I. It's a scenario many kids are probably all too familiar with: a young boy wants [...]

The FitzOsbornes in Exile. By Michelle Cooper. 2011. 464p. Knopf, $17.99 (9780375858659); lib. ed., $20.99 (9780375958656). Gr. 9-12. Cooper's follow-up to A Brief History of Montmaray (2009) has the surviving [...]

The Boy Who Cried Ninja. By Alex Latimer. Illus. by the author. Apr. 2011. 32p. Peachtree, $15.95 (9781561455799). PreS-G r. 2. Naturally, Tim's folks are having none of his excuses [...]

The Kentucky Wildcats. By Mark Stewart: 2010.48p. illus. ib. ed., $26.60 (9781599533674). 796.323. The North Carolina Tar Heels. By Mark Stewart. 2010. 48p. illus. lib. ed., $26.60 (9781599533667). 796.323. The [...]

Gadgets: The Inside Story on How Gadgets Work. By Steve Parker. Illus. by Alex Pang. 2010. 40p. Mason Crest, lib. ed., $19.95 (9781422217955). 621.3. Gr. 5-8. This is a maddeningly [...]

Liar. Liar. By Gary Paulsen. Mar. 2011. 128p. Random/Wendy Lamb, $12.99 (9780385740012); lib. ed., $15.99 (9780385908177). Gr. 5-8. In this glib take on a classic morality theme, Margaret A. Edwards [...]

Play Ball, Jackie! By Stephen Krensky. Illus. by Joe Morse. Mar. 2011. 32p. Millbrook, $16.95 (9780822590309). Gr. 2-4. There's no shortage of picture books about pioneering baseball players, but this [...]

Quest for the Spark, v.1. By Tom Sniegoski. Illus. by Jeff Smith. Feb. 2011.224p. Scholastic/Graphix, $22.99 (9780545141017); paper, $10.99 (9780545141024). Gr. 4-7. At long last, and after a few diversions [...]

Harvey: How I Became Invisible. By Herve Bouchard. Illus. by Janice Nadeau. Tr. by Helen Mixter. 2010. 168p. Groundwood, $19.95 (9781554980758). 741.5. Gr. 5-8. In this Canadian graphic novel, a [...]

Science Beats Crime. By John Perritano. 2010. 48p. illus. Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark, lib. ed., $28.50 (9781608700783). 363.25. Gr. 5-8. This title in the Cool Science series takes the reliably attractive angle [...]

50 Burning Questions: A Sizzling History of Fire. By Tanya Lloyd Kyi. Illus. by Ross Kinnaird. 2010. 104p. Annick, $21.95 (9781554512218); paper, $12.95 (9781554512201). 541. Gr. 4-8. In many ways, [...]

A Tale Dark & Grimm. By Adam Gidwitz. Nov. 2010. 256p. Dutton, $16.99 (9780525423348). Gr. 4-7. As if Hansel and Gretel didn't already have it tough in their original fairy [...]

Best Food Writing, 2010. Ed. by Holly Hughes. Nov. 2010. 368p. Da Capo/Lifelong, paper, $15.95 (9780738213811). 641. In a time where the most elemental of activities--consuming sustenance--is an increasingly political [...]

Really, Really Big Questions about Space and Time. By Mark Brake. Illus. by Nishant Choksi. 2010. 64p. Kingfisher, $16.99 (9780753465028). 523. I. Gr. 4-7. The wise choice to use the [...]

Alligators. By Melissa Gish. Sept. 2010.48p. illus., $23.95 (9781583419670). 597.98. Bats. By Melissa Gish. Sept. 2010.48p. illus., $23.95 (9781583419663). 599.4. Eagles. By Melissa Gish. Sept. 2010.48p. illus., $23.95 (9781583419687). 598.9. [...]

Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour. By Brian Lee O'Malley. illus. by the author. 2010. 248p. Oni, paper, $11.99 (9781934964385). 741.5 Gr. 10-12.. O'Malley wraps up his megahit slacker opera in this [...]

Dark Rain: A New Orleans Story. By Mat Johnson. illus. by Simon Gane. 2010. 160p. Vertigo, $24.99 (9781401221607). 741.5. Whereas Josh Neufeld's documentary comic A.D.: New Orleans after the Deluge [...]

Score! The Action and Artistry of Hockey's Magnificent Moment. By Mark Stewart and Mike Kennedy. Oct. 2010. 64p. illus. Millbrook, $29.27 (9780822587538). 796.355. Gr. 5-8. Following the same formula they've [...]