You can learn Japanese in a more natural way by exploring the worlds of anime and manga. These stories use the same language people speak every day, so you hear and see Japanese words in realistic settings. Speech patterns, tone, and slang from your favorite shows and comics make lessons feel more familiar and easier…
Category: Reading Lists: Graphic Novels
Graphic novels for kids ages 2 and up including YA graphic novels.
Boston Area: Tui T Sutherland WINGS OF FIRE Event!
In support of Read Your World’s inaugural Newton Children’s Book Festival, Tui T. Sutherland is doing a book event at West Newton Cinema. Together with the Newton Children’s Book Festival and Newtonville Books, West Newton Cinema welcomes you to a children’s book event with Tui T. Sutherland, the New York Times best-selling author of…
17 Amazing Children’s Books on Antarctica
This book list was inspired by My Antarctica: True Adventures in the land of mummified seals, space robots, and so much more by G. Neri. I didn’t have a place for this book in my blog but I couldn’t not include such a beautiful book, so I trucked to the library to make a book…
91 Great Diverse Graphic Novels for Kids and Teens
Graphic novels are my secret weapon to get any kid reading. My recent discovery is that there are also multicultural, diverse, and inclusive graphic novels that bring kids into different perspectives like what it’s like to have hearing loss or go through a civil war. Graphic novels also let us experience new worlds, both present,…
16 Wonderful Space-Themed Children’s Books & GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest authors, Sabrina and Eunice, sisters, and co-founders of Hello!Lucky, a design studio, and creators of Get Outer My Space: The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella. They created a list of their favorite Space-Themed Children’s Books! I’ve added a few picks of my own for a total of 16 wonderful space-themed…
8 Middle Grade Books that Address Body Image & 5 Book GIVEAWAY
Please welcome my author friend, Jarrett Lerner, with his 8 Middle Grade Books that Address Body Image. His latest book is A Work in Progress. I met Jarrett at a children’s book event years ago, right after the launch of his first book, Enginerds. His career has soared since his debut and he’s such a wonderfully…
Keeping It Real: Middle Grade Graphic Novel panel at Boston Book Festival
Colleen AF Venable moderated this popular panel at the Boston Book Festival, Keeping It Real: Middle Grade Graphic Novels. “Middle grade readers can’t get enough of graphic novels that reflect the real lives of kids. Join three authors whose illustrated novels explore the trials and tribulations, large and small, of regular girls. In Kayla Miller’s…







