New Junior Graphic Novels 2009 Part 1
I’m putting together a new brochure for the Graphic Novels for Libraries company I work for and couldn’t help but notice the amazing variety of Junior Graphic Novels around this quarter.The titles below are just a sample, next week I’ll post the rest of the titles I uncovered.
All of these are highly recommended for junior library collections and hopefully I’ll be reviewing them up close in the coming weeks.
Some highlights include:
Adventures in Cartooning: How To Turn Your Doodles Into Comics
ISBN: 1596433698 Softcover B&W 112p
In this action-packed cartooning adventure, kids will have as much fun making comics as reading them.
Once upon a time . . . a princess tried to make a comic. And with the help of a magical cartooning elf, she learned how – well enough to draw her way out of an encounter with a dangerous dragon, near-death by drowning, and into her very own adventure! Like the princess, young readers will discover that they already have the drawing and writing skills it takes to make a comic – they just need a little know-how. Adventures in Cartooning supplies just that. Booklist Starred Review. Grades 1-5
Jellaby In The City
ISBN: 1423105656 Softcover Full Colour 176p
As Portia, Jason, and Jellaby continue their journey through the city of Toronto, Portia is torn between her friendship with Jellaby and her duty to help the sweet monster find his way back to his home.
How can Portia say goodbye forever, when Jellaby has become her best friend? But the clues leading them to Jellaby’s origins begin to turn sinister. Now Portia must find a home for Jellaby, save Jason from the grasping tentacles of his new “best friend,” and come to terms with the
mysterious disappearance of her father. It’s a lot to take on, but Portia is mad, bad, and ready to kick some monster butt. Ages 9-12.
Frankie Pickle And The Closet Of Doom
ISBN: 1416964843 Softcover B&W 96p
Meet Frankie Pickle…the kid with the world’s most amazing imagination! It takes him on adventures.It helps him save the day.And sometimes it gets him into trouble. When Frankie’s mom says he never has to clean his room again, he goes hog wild. The more he plays, the bigger the mess grows, until it tumbles out of control! Now Frankie must clean up his act, but will his imagination be enough to conquer the CLOSET OF DOOM? A graphic novel interspersed with prose chapters. Grades 1-4.
The Elsewhere Chronicles
Volume 1 Shadow Door ISBN:0761339639 Softcover Colour 46p
Volume 2 Shadow Spies ISBN:0761339647 Softcover Colour 46p
Volume 3 Master of Shadows ISBN:0761347445 Softcover Colour
In The ElseWhere Chronicles, Rebecca, Noah, Max, and Theo discover a passageway into another world in the abandoned house of Grandpa Gabe, Rebecca’s grandfather. The old movie projector in the library opens a passageway to a world of monsters and creatures made of shadows – a place of secrets and dangers set loose when the sun sets. The only weapons to fight them lie in the land on the other side of the Shadow Door! With Rebecca and Max trapped on the other side of the passageway, Noah and Theo must rush to their aid. The ElseWhere Chronicles won the 2007 Lyon Festival Youth Prize and was nominated for the 2008 Essential Youth Prize (children’s choice) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. Ages 9-12
