Congratulations to TOON’s very own Françoise Mouly!
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Mouly to be inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards HALL OF FAME!
Editor and publisher Françoise Mouly founded Raw Books and Graphics in 1978. With her husband Art Spiegelman she launched Raw magazine in 1980, which is perhaps best known for serializing Spiegelman’s award-winning Maus. A lavishly produced oversize anthology, Raw published work by Lynda Barry, Charles Burns, Kim Deitch, Ben Katchor, Richard McGuire, Lorenzo Mattotti, Gary Panter, Joost Swarte, Jacques Tardi, and Chris Ware, to name but a few. When Mouly became art director at The New Yorker in 1993, she brought a large number of cartoonists and artists to the periodical's interiors and covers. In 2008 she launched TOON Books, our independent imprint devoted to books for young readers done by cartoonists. |
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TOON Books represent a whole new approach to books for beginning and reluctant readers—a rethinking as radical as the first time Theodor Geisel put a hat on a cat. Each book is just right for reading to the youngest child, but this is also the first and only collection ever designed to offer early and reluctant readers comics they can read themselves.
Each TOON book has been vetted by educators to ensure that the language and the narratives will nurture young minds.The comic format helps every child develop and master core reading comprehension strategies like Visualization & Imagining, Making Connections, or Retelling. With TOON Books, parents, caregivers, homeschoolers, teachers, and librarians can help every child become a lifelong reader, one who knows how to read for pleasure and for information—a reader who loves to read. |
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"Comics are a gateway drug to literacy."
—Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Maus, A Survivor's Tale
—Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Maus, A Survivor's Tale
Find the right TOON Book for every young reader:
INTEREST LEVEL: Ages 3+
READING LEVEL: Grades K-1 |
INTEREST LEVEL: Ages 4+
READING LEVEL: Grades 1-2 |
INTEREST LEVEL: Ages 5+
READING LEVEL: Grades 2-3 |
INTEREST LEVEL: Ages 6+
READING LEVEL: Grades 3+ |
Our Best-Selling, Award-Winning, Teacher-Approved Sets
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"Without a doubt, the best go-to option for parents looking for quality comics for early readers is the many graphic novels from Toon Books." — Mental Floss |
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NEW from Liniers on April 6, 2021
Watch the book trailer for WILDFLOWERS!
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"Argentine American cartoonist Liniers applies both conventions of magical realism and a keen understanding of how children’s minds work to this weird and wonderful story. Like children’s backyard play, sheer delight."
★★★ —Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review |
Celebrate Black History today and all year long:
The essential graphic novel for every young reader!
“Black Heroes of the Wild West is a brilliant and entertaining offering. Through sharp and evocative storytelling in the exciting medium of comics, lesser-known African American historical figures will be introduced to new generations of readers.”
—From the introduction by KADIR NELSON, winner of the 2020 Caldecott Award |
"Comics That Dismantle the White Cowboy Myth"
Read the "Black Heroes" Review |
And the award goes to.... an indispensable guide to comics for kids
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Praise all around for TOON Books
