In the three years I’ve been writing comics, my books have skewed to an older audience – I usually say high school junior or older when people ask. It wasn’t a specific decision to gear my books away from children, the stories I was telling happened to decide that for me. My next book, The…
Kids’ Corner: EXTRA YARN
EXTRA YARN Written by Mac Barnett Art by Jon Klassen Published by HarperCollins Release Date: January 17, 2012 Price: $16.99 Much of North America is getting chilly, so it only seems appropriate that we should discuss a fantastic book for kids about sweaters and a never ending box of yarn. Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen’s…
Kids’ Corner: CHU’S DAY
CHU’S DAY Written by Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Adam Rex Published by Harper Collins Release Date: January 8, 2013 Price: $17.99 Neil Gaiman teams up with Adam Rex to tell the tale of a young panda who possesses a Howitzer of a sneeze. This is one of the cutest books that I read in 2013. Adam…
Kids’ Corner: SPOOKY HOUR
SPOOKY HOUR Written by Tony Mitton Illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees Published by Orchard Release Date: August 1, 2004 Price: $23.99 “Bong! goes the bell in the rickety tower, twelve times…that means it’s spooky hour!” Happy Halloween! Spooky Hour by Tony Mitton and Guy Parker-Rees rounds out our look at spooky books for kids in counting…
Kids’ Corner: LITTLE GOBLINS TEN
LITTLE GOBLINS TEN Written by Pamela Jane Illustrated by Jane Manning Published by HarperCollins Release Date: July 26, 2011 Last week Kids’ Corner discussed Room On The Broom, a spooky book that doesn’t get too spooky, and this week we are continuing that theme with Little Goblins Ten. This fun little tale is a counting…
Kids’ Corner: ROOM ON THE BROOM
ROOM ON THE BROOM Written by Julia Donaldson Illustrated by Axel Scheffler Published by Dial Books for Young Readers Release Date: September 20, 2002 Price: $15.99 Halloween themed books that won’t scare the living daylight out of little ones aren’t the easiest books to find, so today we head back to 2002 to talk about…
Kids’ Corner: QUEST
QUEST Written by Aaron Becker Illustrated by Aaron Becker Published by Candlewick Press Release Date: August 26, 2014 Price: $15.99 Aaron Becker returns to the world he built in Journey to blow the minds of adults and children alike in the wonderful story Quest. Becker’s mastery of visual storytelling continues in this volume, with the…
Kids’ Corner: MR. TIGER GOES WILD
MR. TIGER GOES WILD Written by Peter Brown Illustrated by Peter Brown Published by Hachette Book Group Release Date: September 3, 2013 Price: $18.00 This cat…is wild. Not in any crazy way, but in a glorious way that bucks conformity and teaches kids that letting the animal out is a good thing sometimes! Mr. Tiger…
Kids’ Corner: OLIVIA AND THE FAIRY PRINCESSES
OLIVIA AND THE FAIRY PRINCESSES Written by Ian Falconer Illustrated by Ian Falconer Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers Release Date: August 1, 2012 Price: $17.99 Chances are you’ve seen Ian Falconer’s spunky pig around and about somewhere, as Olivia is everywhere…but did you know that while Olivia is great, Falconer has really hit…
Kids’ Corner: THE RED HEN
THE RED HEN Written by Rebecca Emberley Art by Ed Emberley Published by Roaring Brook Press Release Date: October 2010 Price: $16.99 Many know the classic tale of the Little Red Hen who, try as she might, can’t get any of those lazy fools to help her whip up a cake/bread/etc. Take that classic tale…
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