When You Look Up by Decur. Translated from Spanish by Chloe Garcia Roberts. Enchanted Lion, 2020. 9781592702930. 184 pp. After Lorenzo and his mom move to a new house, he finds an old desk in his room. It has a […]
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Author: Gene Ambaum
Graphic Novel Review: Aster and the Mixed-Up Magic by Thom Pico and Karensac
Aster and the Mixed-Up Magic by Thom Pico and Karensac. RH Graphic, 2021. 9780593125342. 256pp. The second Aster graphic novel is as delightful as the first and includes two stories originally published as separate books in French. “All’s Well That […]
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Picture Book Reviews
Out Of Nowhere by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2020. 9781534481008. Beetle has a friend, a red caterpillar. They used to have picnics on a big rock that looked out over the forest. But then the […]
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Graphic Novel Review: My Riot by Rick Spears, art and colors by Emmett Helen
My Riot by Rick Spears, art and colors by Emmett Helen. Oni Press, 2020. 9781620107768. 184pp. Val is obsessed with ballet. When her instructor tells her she’s too heavy for Swan Lake because no male dancer will lift her, she […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen
Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen. Oni Press, 2019. 9781620105634. 160pp. including a nature journal and a recipe for mushroom rice in the back. Willow is in elementary school. She cries a lot and lashes out. (A lot […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Black Heroes of the West by James Otis Smith
Black Heroes of the West by James Otis Smith. Introduction by Kadir Nelson. TOON Books, 2020. 9781943145515. 59pp. The first true story of the adventurous and generous Mary Fields opens with her fighting off a pack of wolves, first with […]
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Bookstabber Podcast Episode 3: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Bookstabber Episode 3: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Gene and Willow discuss Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, a short novel about a man exploring an endless labyrinth full of statues. We both thought it was a strange, well-written book, though of course […]
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The Fall Volume One by Jared Muralt
The Fall Volume One by Jared Muralt. Translated from German by Franze He & Christoph Studer-Harper. Image, 2021. 9781534318380. Contains The Fall #1 – #6. http://www.powells.com/book/-9781534318380?partnerid=34778&p_bt There’s a heat wave, an economic crisis, and some kind of summer flu that’s […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Pistouvi written by Merwan, designed and directed by Bertrand Gatignol
Pistouvi written by Merwan, designed and directed by Bertrand Gatignol. English translation by Mike Kennedy. Magnetic, 202. 9781942367956. 192pp. Friends Jeanne and Pistouvi (a fox) live in a tree together. There are birds nearby, some of which are enormous; a […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Big Bad Fox by Benjamin Renner
The Big Bad Fox by Benjamin Renner. Translated from French by Joe Johnson. First Second, 2017. 9781626723313. 188pp. A hapless fox tries to steal eggs from the henhouse at the farm, but he’s beat up by a very angry chicken. […]
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