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Tugs at your heart

Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier

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Ghosts is the most recently published of Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novels and also the most fantastical.  Since I had read and reviewed her other three books earlier this year, it seemed only appropriate to do this one as well.  While I didn’t connect to this story the way I did Smile and Drama, I did fall for the characters and the story of family, identity, and death. Cat’s younger sister, Maya, was born with cystic fibrosis, it affects her lungs and digestive system and there is no cure.  The family moves from their Southern California home to the coastal Northern California town of Bahia […]

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6/29/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:25 |

Phoebe and Marigold Heavenly Nostrils are the new Calvin and Hobbes

Phoebe and her Unicorn by Dana Simpson

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Phoebe and her Unicorn is at times charming and touching, but mostly it is funny, and overall an entertaining read.  What began in 2012 as a daily webcomic (originally titled Heavenly Nostrils) has now been gathered into seven graphic novels, and is still being posted daily by author and artist Dana Simpson.  On the strong recommendation of a friend I picked up the first graphic novel, Phoebe and her Unicorn, for my six year old.  She loves it, her ten year old sister loves it, and I quite like it too. Phoebe is a smart, goofy, and somewhat lonely fourth grader with a […]

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5/29/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:20 |

The powers of a Girl and the powers of a Squirrel: Doreen Green is Unbeatable!

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World by Shannon and Dean Hale

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Squirrel Girl is a breath of fresh air in the super hero genre.  Created by author Will Murray and artist Steve Ditko, Squirrel Girl was introduced to the Marvel comics universe in 1991 due to a desire to create a lighthearted superhero story.  The character floated around for a while teaming up with Avengers and other super groups.  In 2015 she was rebooted and given her own comic series, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. She has become quite a popular character, especially with younger audiences, and this chapter book, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World came about to meet the demand for more SG […]

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5/6/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:17 |

A peak into a possible life

Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

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Raina Telgemeier took her childhood struggles with her sister and adapted them into this funny, and at times touching, graphic novel about the joys and angst of sisterhood.  I have two sisters, however with a twelve year age difference between my first sister and myself, and a fourteen year age difference (plus the complexities of autism) between me and my second sister, with the added complication that I moved away from home when they were seven and five respectively, I’ve never had what I consider a “normal” sister relationship.  One might argue there is no such thing as  “normal” sister […]

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3/1/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:9 |

Valensteins Gettin’ Some Lovin’

Valensteins by Ethan Long

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Even monsters need some lovin’ in Valensteins by Ethan Long.  Part of mostly stand-alone titles, the members of Fright Club do not understand the concept of love. After all who wants to be mushy and all that? However, one member has a different idea about love. This a straight forward story about how sometimes friends do not always do what the others do. But when something is worthwhile, you will do it regardless what others think. The story itself is funny and simple. Of course, the concept is anything but simple. The way the characters are presented you can interpret […]

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2/12/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:31 |

Chinese New Year

Home for Chinese New Year by Wei Jie

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Gung Hay Fat Choy! Or Happy New Year. Friday February 16, 2018 the Year of the Dog begins. Many traditions surround this holiday. One of my personal ones is to read books about the Chinese New Year. Two new (to me) books, are Ruby’s Chinese New Year by Vickie Lee and Joey Chou and Home for Chinese New Year: A Story Told in English and Chinese by Wei Jie and Xu Can. Ruby’s Chinese New Year hints at Little Red Riding Hood and tells the story of how the Zodiac was given which animal would represent which year. This year […]

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1/29/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:15 |

Becoming Bach

Becoming Bach by Tom Leonard

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For Johan Sebastian, there was always music. This amazingly colorful picture book introduces the life of a man that wanted to become a “bach” (a musician). He took the patterns he heard and saw and created music from that. These patterns that he turned into melodies and song made him one of the most important composers of all time (though it was not always that way). Bach’s story is captivating. Read the illustrations of Leonard as they are works of art by themselves. The story is very simple. Yet, still a good introduction to the man that would-be Bach. There […]

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1/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:6 |

Count Down to Yoga

Zoo Zen: A Yoga Story for Kids by Kristen Fischer

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When a little girl needs to do a little yoga, she counts the ways to do the poses…. literally. This yoga book for children combines animal poses that children can do and counting. Fun text combined with bright, soft colorful images has never made educational look so good! Yoga books are never my thing. Honestly, they can be a little “preachy” most of the time. Yet, this book is very straight forward. “We do a yoga pose” end of story. The counting of the animals is not intensive either. Yet, you can tell it is a counting book. The presentation […]

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1/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:3 |


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