![]() ![]() Narrated by the historical Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, Galileo! Galileo! is the story of NASA’s mission to Jupiter. Galileo! Galileo!, by Holly Trechter & Jane Donovan, (Aug. It is also a CYBILS 2020 Graphic Novels nominee. This is the kind of story my library kids love: warmth, family, and friendship, with some magic to infuse the tale.īeetle and the Hollowbones has starred reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal, Publisher’s Weekly, and Booklist. The two start spending time together, to BG’s disappointment, but when Aunt Hollowbone’s awful plan to raze the mall becomes public news, Beetle realizes she has to save BG and find a way to release the mall’s hold on them.Ī story about friendship, doing the right thing, and standing up for yourself, Beetle & The Hollowbone’s illustrations are beautiful and vibrant, with adorably creepy creatures that I could easily envision in an animated series. Beetle’s old friend Kat shows up for a sorcery apprenticeship with her intimidating Aunt Hollowbone, and Beetle is fascinated: Kat’s cool, she’s social media famous, chic, and great at magic, to boot. Blob Ghost – or, BG, as Beetle calls them – is relegated to the mall, so Beetle happily visits, and is sad when she has to leave. That said, Beetle & Hollowbones is adorable! A homeschooled goblin-witch named Bettle befriends Blob Ghost, a blobby ghost that inhabits space at the local mall in the town of ‘Allows. So I hope this post makes up, in some way, for the oversight. I am still embarrassed and mortified, because I really work to keep to things like that. 2020, Atheneum Books for Young Readers), $21.99, ISBN: 9781534441538įirst, I have to make a huge apology here: I was invited to a blog tour for Beetle back in August, which also happened to be a point where things were falling apart here, and I blew the date. ![]() Get a look at a chapter excerpt here, thanks to publisher Candlewick.īeetle & The Hollowbones, by Aliza Layne, (Aug. As a surrealistic exploration and companion to the original, Woodman-Maynard’s book certainly provides a compelling look. In her author’s note, Woodman-Maynard even states that she was excited by the metaphors in the story, and it was not her intent to be “an exact literal interpretation of the novel”. The story of Jazz Age love and murder feels like a series of beautiful watercolors, but a large chunk of the story is missing, making this hard to follow for readers who haven’t read the original story. Woodman-Maynard’s envisioning of the Fitzgerald classic is much more surreal, with dreamlike watercolors and narration blended into the background: Nick’s words wander around rugs and through lightbulbs, run over sidewalks, and curl into cigarette smoke. The Great Gatsby is getting lots of graphic novel love lately Fred Forham’s vision was a 2020 CYBILS graphic novel nominee. In the meantime, I’ve got some graphic novels to crow about. Let’s finish this year strong and look forward to a better 2021. I hope you all had warm and happy holidays, and are safe and well. I didn’t get anything done around my home, as I’d hoped, but I did take a break, knit, and read for a bit, and it was nice. This text refers to the audioCD edition.Hi all! I gave myself a mental health break for the holidays. In addition to performing in plays and musicals, her voice can be heard on numerous commercials, audiobooks, cartoons, and video games. She is former cohost of Fridays on the Cartoon Network. Tara Sands is an American actress, television host, and voice talent who has won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards for narration. She is the voice of many cartoon characters, including Leo and Luna in Yu-Gi-Oh, Carrie in Barbie: A Fairy Secret, Nathan in Pok e mon, and Lola in Angelo Rules. Her voice has also been heard on television in commercial campaigns and numerous Nickelodeon and Disney products. You can find her online at Cassandra Morris has received critical acclaim for her voice-over work from Publishers Weekly and AudioFile magazine, earning a dozen Earphones Awards and twice been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. ![]() Terri lives with her husband and two daughters in Cleveland, Ohio. She most definitely did draw a lot during class, which worked out well, since she grew up to be a cartoonist: she is the creator of the internationally syndicated, Reuben Award-winning comic strip The Pajama Diaries and was a longtime writer of humorous cards for American Greetings. Terri Libenson may or may not have been inspired by her own mostly good, sometimes harrowing middle school experiences in writing Invisible Emmie. ![]()
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