Spice up your kids’ reading life with these new (and awesome) graphic novels–great for summer reading, don’t you think? If you need convincing why graphic novels and comics count as reading, read my reasons here. Comics for kids are a great way to get kids reading. Try one of these comics. New Recommended Comics and Graphic […]
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Good Books from OwlKids
Do you know about the Canadian OwlKids Books and the OwlKids Magazines— Chirp, Chickadee, and Owl? Today I want to give you a sampling of some of their newest books. OwlKids Books Reviewed My Beastly Book of Twisted Tales 150 Ways to Doodle, Scribble, Color, and Draw by Berengere Delaporte A fun activity doodle, scribble, color, and […]
Great Illustrators Study – Shel Silverstein (plus some poetry, too)
Maggy of Red Ted’s Art Blog is hosting a monthly series called Kids Exploring The Great Artists. I thought I’d participate but adapt to be The Great Picture Book Illustrators. As I pondered what illustrator to choose first, my 10-year old told me about an in-class project on Shel Silverstein‘s black and white drawings. Her teacher, […]
Creating a WebComic for Kids – SMASH
by writer and creator of the SMASH webcomic for kids, Chris A. Bolton. My brother Kyle and I were very young when our oldest brother gave us a paperback collection of early Amazing Spider-Man comics from the classic team of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. We read that book so voraciously, we broke the spine. (For years […]
Comics in the Classroom
Comics in the Classroom If you’re interested in using comics in the classroom, I’ve found some amazing resources to get you started. Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, and Alexis Federick-Frost A total genius of a book which explains cartooning in cartoons! The book stars a princess, a dragon, a brave and eager […]
You Can Do a Graphic Novel – Interview with Barbara Slate
Today I’m honored to interview Barbara Slate, author of You Can Do a Graphic Novel and cartoonist for Disney classics Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas, Archie’s Betty and Veronica, Mattel’s Barbie, and many more. Q: I’m really enjoying your new book, You Can Do a Graphic Novel! How did you get interested in comics as […]
Encourage Reading and Pretend Play With Let’s Pretend Balloon Toons
Zoe and Robot Let’s Pretend written by Ryan Sias totally captures what we want for our children – to develop and use their imaginations! The gist of this colorful cartoon is that Zoe wants to pretend play play climbing a mountain (also known as a large pile of pillows) with Robot. Robot tells her, “Zoe, Robot […]