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September 10, 2019
Ants Don't Wear Pants!
TOON Level 1 By Kevin McCloskey "An excellent choice for younger readers who like animal facts peppered with humor."
--School Library Journal 
The irrepressible Kevin McCloskey is back with the fifth installment in his much beloved Giggle and Learn series! The author of We Dig Worms and The Real Poop on Pigeons, McCloskey is an illustration professor at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania and his TOON books are informative and easy-to-read odes to oft-maligned creatures. His latest book, Ants Don't Wear Pants, is a perfect way to introduce early-readers to science on a ground level.
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May 21, 2019
A Trip to The Top Of The Volcano With Mouse
TOON Level 1 By Frank Viva ★ “This latest outing with Mouse is an exemplary choice for emergent readers, graphic novel lovers, and curious kids eager to learn about volcanoes (and pizza)."
-- School Library Journal STARRED REVIEW 
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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2019 also brings...
5 NEW PAPERBACK EDITIONS!
September 10, 2019
The Secret of the Stone Frog
TOON Graphics By David Nytra 
★★★ "A beguiling experience that deserves multiple immersions.”
--Publisher's Weekly STARRED REVIEW “A fantastic adventure, this bittersweet chimera will leave you breathless.” --New York Public Library |
April 2, 2019
Perdidos en NYC: una adventura en el metro
A TOON Spanish Graphic By Nadja Spiegelman & Sergio García Sánchez ★★★ "Required reading for anyone, tourist or resident, mystified by or anxious about using arguably the greatest public-transportation system on the planet."
--Kirkus Reviews ★★★ "A graphic novel tale of friendship that combines fascinating facts about the New York subway system, the Empire State Building, history and geography." -- Shelf Awareness |
September 10, 2019
The Real Poop on Pigeons
TOON Level 1 By Kevin McCloskey ★★★ "Budding naturalists who dug We Dig Worms! will, well, coo over this similarly enlightening accolade . . . Another feather in McCloskey's cap."
"A playful and informative take on the ubiquitous, under-appreciated pigeon." - Booklist 
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April 2, 2019
We Dig Worms!
TOON Level 1 By Kevin McCloskey ★★★ "McCloskey comes not to bury worms (they can handle that themselves) but to praise them in a guide to annelids that manages to be reverent in its irreverence." --Publishers Weekly "This paean to the worm is a winning combination of facts and gross-out fun." --New York Times |
April 2, 2019
Stinky
TOON Level 2 By Eleanor Davis 2009 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book "Eleanor Davis's comic has a visual narrative that's as smooth as butter and an accommodatingly waggish text for kids starting their reading careers." --Kirkus Reviews Best of 2008 |
TWO NEW TOON GRAPHICS
April 2, 2019
Comics: Easy As ABC:
The Essential Guide to Comics for Kids A TOON Graphic By Ivan Brunettti 
★ Brunetti, with his crystalline design sense (think Chris Ware for kids) was the perfect choice to spearhead this project."
-- Booklist STARRED REVIEW 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 7, 2019
The White Snake
Based on a fairy tale by The Grimm Brothers A TOON Graphic By Ben Nadler 
"Ben Nadler retells one of my favorite fairy tales … turning it into a fast-paced and irreverent graphic novel. The result is funny, engaging and an absolute delight."
-- New York Times With the success of 2018’s breakaway hit The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America by 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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New and Notable!
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September 2018: 3x4 by Ivan Brunetti
★ THREE Starred Reviews! ★
Fun by the dozen! Annemarie and her clever classmates have to draw sets of twelve and use their imagination to come up with creative solutions. Young readers will delight in the counting game while learning the basics of multiplication. Star cartoonist Ivan Brunetti’s ingenious and fun-to-read comic turns everyone into a math whiz!
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September 2018: We Are All Me by Jordan Crane
★ A Publishers Weekly Starred Review! ★
"It’s just an excellent book, period. Essentially, it falls into the same category of The Same Stuff As Stars, but goes granular. It may even contain the most beautiful rendering of DNA I’ve ever seen in a picture book. Prepare to have your little mind blown (and in shockingly few words too)."
--Betsy Bird for School Library Journal 
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Winner 2018 Aesop Prize
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The Dragon Slayer is the breakaway hit of 2018-19!
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Texas Bluebonnet Award 2019-20 Master List
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The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America
TOON Graphics by Jaime Hernandez with an introduction by F. Isabel Campoy April 3, 2018 Available in English and Spanish in both hardcover and paperback editions!
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.
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★ A New York Times Editors' Choice ★
"Rousing tales, spirited artwork, and rich backmatter ensure that this slim graphic novel for kids becomes a rich resource for all caregivers, not just those of Latinx children." -- Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW ★ Click to read Calvin Reid's feature story and interview with Jaime Hernandez for Publishers Weekly >> |
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