Benjamin Renner’s ‘The Big Bad Fox’ is a Surprisngly Cute Story About a Fox Who Just Wants to Eat Chickens

Author: Benjamin Renner Release Date: June 20, 2017 Publisher: First Second Review Spoilers:  Moderate GoodReads | Amazon  The Big Bad Fox is a surprisingly touching story for a book about a fox raising baby chicks up so he can eat them. Translated from it’s original French, it’s a really fun book that reads more like a […]

‘Making Scents’ Ends With A Strong Message But Doesn’t Focus As Much on Dogs As We’d Hoped

Author: Arthur Yorinks Artists: Braden Lamb and Shelli Paroline Release Date: June 27, 2017 Publisher: First Second Review Spoilers:  High GoodReads | Amazon  Dogs and quirky kids are a staple in middle grade fiction. Whenever you put the two together shenanigans seem to inevitably ensue. Making Scents is a graphic novel that starts off with the […]

‘The Best We Could Do’ is a Beautiful, Timely Graphic Novel About Family and Refugees in America

Author: Thi Bui Release Date: March 7, 2017 Publisher: Abrams Books Review Spoilers:  Low GoodReads | Amazon  One of the most poignant and moving graphic novel biographies I’ve read in a long time, The Best We Could Do is a wonderfully timely book that tells a very important story. With the kind of controversy surrounding immigration […]

Review: ‘Rise of the Dungeon Master: Gary Gygax and the Creation of D&D’ by David Kushner & Koren Shadmi

Rise of the Dungeon Master Author: David Kushner Artist: Koren Shadmi Release Date: May 9, 2017 Publisher: Nation Books Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon You’d be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t at least have a passing familiarity with Dungeons and Dragons. The roleplaying game has become something of a cultural cultural icon […]

‘One Trick Pony’ is a Unique Sci-Fi Graphic Novel Read

Author: Nathan Hale Release Date: March 14, 2017 Publisher: Amulet Books (ABRAMS Kids) Review Spoilers:  Low GoodReads | Amazon  Nathan Hale has made quite the name for himself with his middle grade graphic novel series Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales. Informative and fun, they are a graphic novel retelling of various events throughout history. Topics that Hale has […]