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Comment on Interview: Faith Erin Hicks by Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:00:32 +0000

OOOh, I love Pamela Service – I read and loved her books as a youngish teen. I had sort of relegated her to “authors I read as a child but they’re dead or stopped writing or something” when to my UTTER DELIGHT she started a series called Alien Agent. They are some of the most popular chapter books at my library and teachers and kids alike love them – they’re funny, with some deeper themes, but great on different levels for different kids.

And I’ve preordered Friends with boys for my library and myself (-:)

Comment on Question Tuesday: Graphic Biographies too fictional? by Comics A.M. | James Sturm on why he’s boycotting The Avengers | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:56:39 +0000

[...] Commentary | Librarian Robin Brenner and the contributors to the Good Comics for Kids blog discuss whether the inclusion of dialogue in graphic novel biographies makes them fiction. [Good Comics for Kids] [...]

Comment on "T" is for Teenagers, Not Kids by Snow Wildsmith

Snow Wildsmith — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:26:11 +0000

Hello Kate! I think your way of handling that sort of issue works very well! You’re exactly right that using the example of movie ratings is a good way of helping non-manga and no-graphic novel reading parents to understand the rating system. Good work! Thank you, also, for volunteering. Library volunteers are worth their weight in gold!

Comment on Question Tuesday: Graphic Biographies too fictional? by Anne

Anne — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:02:26 +0000

This is a great question! I’m a public librarian and we don’t buy many (really any) graphic biographies at my library due to lack of interest, but I think they are a fantastic teaching opportunity in school libraries. It seems like there are tons of ways to incorporate them into writing lessons for the reasons above (you can discuss all sorts of authorial choices). It would be interesting to compare graphic biographies with fictionalized accounts of famous peoples’ lives, such as Zora and Me.

Comment on "T" is for Teenagers, Not Kids by Kate

Kate — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:22:33 +0000

I love anime and manga and have read a-lot of manga I also volunteer at my library. I’m old enough now I know what I like and don’t like in my manga or books for that matter. I know censorship is a big no no at my library but the one day I saw a tween looking at the manga and she picked out Death note vol one my otaku button went into panic mode. I then walked over and flipped the book over and explained to the mother that “this book might be to scary for her and might be to complex for her” I then explained that manga has ratings on the back as I don’t think many non anime people know this (seeing as books don’t have ratings why should a comic right?) I then pointed out some Teen friendly manga I thought she would like.

Death note has also been one of those challenged books due to adults thinking a kid is a terrorist for making their own fake death note (oh yes this has been a thing) so that one is always on my radar of be careful I try to tell parents who are looking at the manga that there are ratings on the back I don’t say “this is not for your kid” or anything like that I just inform them of “This book is rated like a movie”

On a side note check this out http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids?from=Main.ptitlerax1116nu5ji

Comment on GC4K Reading List: Comics That Celebrate America’s Cultural Diversity by Stories Beyond Black and White: 25 Graphic Novels for African American History … - GRAFIC DESIGN – GRAFIC DESIGN

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:08:50 +0000

[...] an augmenting series of kids’ comics have been featuring ethnically different characters in stories set in a new past, we note on this year’s list of forthcoming, recent, and backlist [...]

Comment on GC4K Reading List: Comics That Celebrate America’s Cultural Diversity by Stories Beyond Black and White: 25 Graphic Novels for African American History Month — Library Journal Reviews

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:37:59 +0000

[...] By Martha Cornog Leave a Comment While an increasing number of kids’ comics have been featuring ethnically diverse characters in stories set in the recent past, we note on this year’s list of forthcoming, recent, and [...]

Comment on All ages comics and manga for 1/25/12 by Warrior Innkeeper Comics

Warrior Innkeeper Comics — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:38:51 +0000

I’d like to add our Less Than Historical comics to your list as well.

THE LESS THAN HISTORICAL ADVENTURES OF LI’L LINCOLN – follows a 10-year-old Abe Lincoln and his best friend Fido, “a mutt of no discernible heritage” as they share adventures with famous characters from American Folklore.

THE MAGNANIMOUS INVENTIONS OF BEN & MIKE – follows Ben Franklin and his friend, a gremlin named Mike. When Ben flies a kite during an electrical storm he is hit with lightning sparking the idea for a Magnanimous Invention – a Time Machine!

Comment on "T" is for Teenagers, Not Kids by Snow Wildsmith

Snow Wildsmith — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:12:55 +0000

Mary,
The funny thing is that the specific ninjitsu you mentioned (Naruto turning into a busty woman) didn’t bother me at all, though I can certainly see your point about it being insulting. It just goes to show that people are all very different and there’s a lot of difficulty in finding what is “appropriate” for either a particular person or for an age range. I think this is one of those issues that librarians, teachers, parents, and readers in general will have to keep struggling with as they help kids and teens find books to enjoy.

Thank you for visiting and for your comments! I appreciate you keeping the discussion going!

snow

Comment on "T" is for Teenagers, Not Kids by Mary

Mary — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:41:00 +0000

I wish that specific ninjitsu in naruto was left out because it was good from the point that I read up to in the first book otherwise. I only read the first two chapters of the first book and that is what I have based my opinion on and I did not watch the anime when it was aired on cartoon network. I just would like to point this out. The art style used in naruto is really cool. I have seen the manga book covers and video game art in magazines.