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Charming manga for the tween set

Cardcaptor Sakura: Vol. 1 by CLAMP

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Cardcaptor Sakura is a Japanese comic, commonly called manga, that is created by an all female team who style themselves as CLAMP.  Fourth grader Sakura Kinomoto found an old book in her dad’s library, when she opened it a deck of cards flew out and disappeared.  The cards were created by the magician Clow Reed and are colloquially called the Clow cards.  Each card represents a different power, such as the four elements but also things like flying and illusion.  Only someone with magical ability has the power to open the book so Sakura has some latent magical talent she was […]

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10/17/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:42 |

Narwhal and Jellyfish have delightful adventures – CBR10 Bingo: Award Winner

Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea - (Narwhal and Jelly Book 1) by Ben Clanton

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My 6 year old daughter LOVES narwhals and was thrilled when Grandma gave her Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea. It is a Will Eisner award winning graphic novel and marks off the “Award Winner” bingo square!  The book is made of three stories in which a happy go lucky narwhal and a no nonsense jellyfish learn about friendship, working together, and the power of imagination. One day a narwhal finds itself in strange waters and encounters a creature it has never seen before, a jellyfish.  The jellyfish had never seen a narwhal before and the two aren’t sure if the other […]

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10/6/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:39 |

Barkonauts are the best!

Voyage of the Dogs by Greg van Eekhout

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Greg Van Eekhout is now one of my favorite authors thanks to his Daniel Blackland series, starting with California Bones.  In it he created a fascinating magic system called osteomancy, where one gets magical properties through consuming the remains of magical creatures.  Magical creatures also being fellow spell casters.  Not exactly fit for the tween and under set.  However, Greg has just had Voyage of the Dogs come out and it is all ages. If you know a child that loves dogs and thinks outer space is cool, put this immediately into their hands.  It is the story of four dogs, […]

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10/1/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:38 |

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 |


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