• Episode 158: Black Lives: Great Minds of Science, niche #stem in a go-to graphic novel
    Dec 19 2024

    Black Lives: Great Minds of Science is a non-fiction graphic novel that profiles nine STEM scientists for ages 9-13.

    #Black LiveGreatMindsofScience, #greatminds, #BlackLives, #TonyaBolden, #DavidWilkerson, #AbramsFanfare, @abramsbooks , # STEMgraphicnovels, #graphicnovel, #science,

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    4 mins
  • Episode 159: Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho, an instant illustrated classic regardless of the time of year
    Dec 19 2024

    Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho follows a similar format as its classic namesake, but wrinkles in some Christmas mojo for a timeless illustrated picture book.


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    3 mins
  • Episode 157: Jonas Hanway’s Umbrella, makes #nonfiction fun for early elementary, #entrepreneur
    Dec 18 2024

    Jonas Hanway’s Umbrella is a stranger than (non) fiction tale about a man that made the umbrella cool in London.


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    4 mins
  • Episode 156: Butt or Face? Revenge of the Butts, funny non-fiction that sucks in kid readers
    Dec 18 2024

    Butt or Face? Revenge of the Butts combines the curious and the gross in an age-appropriate nature book that makes them laugh and learn.

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    3 mins
  • Episode 155: Courtesy of Cupid, mglit that asks what if the God of Love was your daddy?
    Nov 20 2024

    Courtesy of Cupid, an effortless to read mglit about a teen girl who’s the daughter of the God of Love and has inherited some of his abilities.


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    2 mins
  • Episode 154: Amazing Abe, an illustrated book that's more than niche history
    Nov 18 2024

    Amazing Abe, an illustrated book about a Jewish immigrant newspaper magnate is much more than you think it is.

    Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan’s Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants, Amazing Abe, Norman H. Finkelstein, Vesper Stamper, Holiday House Publishing, illustrated books, non-fiction illustrated books,

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    3 mins
  • Episode 153: The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom slays sophomore curse
    Nov 17 2024

    The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom is the second in this intelligent and absurd graphic novel series that lays waste to the sophomore slump.

    #TheFirstCatinSpaceandtheSoupofDoom, #TheFirstCatinSpace, #TheSoupofDoom, #MacBarnett, #ShawnHarris, #allagegraphicnovels,

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    3 mins
  • Episode 152: The Otherwoods, bait and switch mglit on acceptance cloaked in a horror robe
    Mar 28 2024

    The Otherwoods is LGBTQ acceptance in sheep-horror clothing. It’s not scary enough for the later, yet aims the book’s jacket at that audience.

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    3 mins