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COMING SOON!
NEW Paperback Editions of Beloved TOON Classics!
Lost in NYC
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The Big Wet Balloon
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...and two new Benny and Penny Softcovers!!
by Geoffrey Hayes
April 7, 2020
It’s nearly time for lights out but Benny and Penny just can’t settle down. The moon has gone missing, there’s a flashlight to play with, Benny can’t sleep without his favorite pirate hat—and he left it inside the spooky backyard playhouse!
Geoffrey Hayes’ loveable mice are about to find out just how many adventures can be packed in before bedtime. "Framed in sequential panels that occasionally expand to full-page or double-spread scenes, the art features a pair of big-eared, bright-eyed mites (plus the occasional fictive dinosaur) in cozy domestic settings atmospherically illuminated by the glow of lamps, Benny's flashlight and the moon. As in this popular series' earlier episodes, dialogue in unobtrusive balloons furnishes the only text, but the action is easy to follow, and Hayes provides plenty of finely drawn visual cues to the characters’ feelings. Another outing positively radiant with child appeal, featuring a pair of close siblings with complementary personalities." --Kirkus Reviews "A simple but engaging style that young readers will find charming. The series continues to show a fun look at timeless tales of big brothers and little sisters and the wonder of imagination." --School Library Journal |
April 7, 2020
It's not even breakfast time but Benny is already in a bad mood. And when he sets out in the fog to find his missing hat, he leads himself and his sister Penny straight into... big trouble!
Once again Geoffrey Hayes, the winner of the Geisel Award for best early reader, displays his talent at showing finely articulated emotions, as two tiny mice give us a hugely valuable lesson in what it takes to be a leader. Association for Library Service to Children Graphic Novels Reading List (Grades K-2) 2019 Texas Library Association’s Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List 2016 "The text is easily accessible to young readers, with simple, repeating words, but also enforces ideas about controlling emotions and being responsible for one’s actions without being over-bearing. Children will easily relate to Penny and Benny as they grapple with sibling issues that are very real to this age group. The crafty charm of Hayes’s illustrations gives the book a timeless feel, while sleek panel variation and swooping action shots reestablish readers’s focus. Once again, Hayes has created a graphic novel that is inviting, relatable, but, most importantly, fun." --School Library Journal STARRED REVIEW |
And don't miss our 2019 Releases...
Feeling antsy?
Then let yourself be captivated by tiny creatures that hear with their legs and smell with their antennae. Some even explode! In this latest addition to his bestselling Giggle and Learn series, Kevin McCloskey points his magnifying glass to an anthill, shrinking young readers down, down, down into the underground colony. With his trademark humor and curiosity, McCloskey is sure to keep every emerging reader spellbound. 
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September 2019
When Leah and Alan awaken in an enchanted forest, they have only each other and their wits to guide them. In a world full of pet bees and giant rabbits, they befriend foppish lions and stone frogs. Learning to overcome danger, they find their way home—and their independence.
David Nytra’s breathtaking pictures break the boundaries of imagination, sending the reader on a wild flight of fantasy that tells a moving and universal coming of age story. |
May 2019
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The inimitable Frank Viva (author of many bestselling children books including Frank, the Architect) returns to TOON with another instant classic for emerging readers: A Trip to the Top of the Volcano with Mouse— a companion book to A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse (2012), winner of the Cybils Award.
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Just who’s cooing outside? Did you know pigeons can fly faster than a car and farther than a small airplane? Or that they have something unusual in common with penguins, flamingos, and even the dodo? With his trademark mix of humor, well-researched facts, and artistry, Kevin McCloskey delivers the straight poop on these humble creatures, which turn out to be...coo, coo, COOL!
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THREE NEW & NOTABLE TOON Graphics |
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April 2019: Comics: Easy as ABC! by Ivan Brunetti
With two recent TOON hits, Wordplay in 2017 and 3x4 in 2018, Ivan Brunetti demonstrated his ability to bring both sophistication and humor to children’s books. This is harder than it looks but Brunetti’s years of teaching cartooning at Columbia College Chicago made him the perfect candidate to tackle this intuitive and fun guide to a rich topic. In the introduction by Françoise Mouly, Mouly shares her own love of comics and her hopes of inspiring and encouraging young budding cartoonists.
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May 2019: The White Snake by Ben Nadler
With the success of last year’s breakaway hit The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin Americaby Jaime Hernandez (landing on the coveted Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List!), we’re thrilled to release another TOON Graphic for middle grade readers—this one based on a fairy tale by The Grimm Brothers. As in all our TOON Graphics, the back matter (here by cartoonist and educator Paul Karasik) offers young readers the opportunity to explore the historical and forward-looking aspects of folktales.
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The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America
TOON Graphics by Jaime Hernandez with an introduction by F. Isabel Campoy A fresh take on timeless tales! How would a kitchen maid fare against a seven-headed dragon? What happens when a woman marries a mouse? And what can a young man learn from a thousand leaf cutter ants? Famed Love and Rockets creator Jaime Hernandez asks these questions and more as he transforms beloved myths into bold, stunning, and utterly contemporary comics. Guided by the classic works of F. Isabel Campoy and Alma Flor Ada, Hernandez’s first book for young readers brings the sights and stories of Latin America to a new generation of graphic novel fans around the world. Available in English and Spanish in both hardcover and paperback editions! |
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