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Paul is Dead by Paola Baron

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Paul is Dead. How many Beatles fans know that story? Paul McCartney died at the height of Beatlemania and was replaced with a copy. And Paola Baron explores that idea in Paul is Dead, a speculation fiction graphic novel that causes questions of fame, reality, and self to have more questions than answers. I do not want to know what Baron or illustrator Ernesto Carbonetti were smoking when they created this realistically abstract, realistic-surrealism book, because John Lennon was not the only one having an […]

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With a Little Help from My Friends by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

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There is no question that With a Little Help from My Friends is the John Lennon and Paul McCartney song. It is right there in the title. What I did not expect was Henry Cole’s illustrations. I expected the classic song, but not how it was illustrated. I did not expect two friends, who are their own true selves, find each other. I did not expect some lovely coloring and a combination of minimal and just the right amount of details. The story comes from […]

Hey Grandude, Take a sad day and make it better

Hey Grandude! by Paul McCartney,

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Hey you readers! Paul McCartney (yes that Paul McCartney, you know the cute one) has, along with Kathryn Durst, created a picture book called Hey Grandude! It is a cute and fun story about a grandfather whose pack of grandchildren call him Grandude. And they love visiting him, but one day things just do not feel right. And like most grandfathers, Grandude knows what to do. He grabs his compass, a handful of postcards and with these words, “See the compass needle spin, let the […]



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