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This Gotham has style — and you can have it, too

We’re pretty much obsessed with the new superhero show Gotham, airing Mondays on FOX. Full of gritty heroes and even grittier villains, it takes everything we love from the Batman universe and makes it feel even rawer and more realistic (which isn’t an easy feat when you’re dealing with super…
Rachel Carter
October 18, 2014
Children's Books

Lincoln Peirce’s Big Nate is Back with New Misadventures

New York Times best-selling author, Lincoln Peirce, is back with everyone's favorite troublemaker, Big Nate, in Big Nate: Payback Time! (Andrews McMeel) Lincoln’s unique comic-styled writing allows readers to follow Nate’s adventures from frame to frame with all his mayhem illustrated. Like many energetic sixth grade boys, Big Nate and…
Rachael Suhie
March 28, 2019
Fiction

Comic Book for Owners of Cats AND Babies

It's quite a statement, but one that us cat-lovers have come to accept. It is also a fact that The Oatmeal (Matthew Inman) delightfully exploited for us in How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You and has continued it for us in his latest, Why My Cat…
Meagan Foy
June 5, 2019
Author Discovery ZoneChildren's Books

“Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre” Graphic Bio Brings the Author to Life

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/charlotte-bronte-before-Jane-Eyre-.jpg At a time when the topic of feminism is more prevalent than ever in children’s literature, the deeply motivating graphic biography Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre (Disney-Hyperion) by Glynnis Fawkes is a great introduction for children ages 11 and older to this literary classic. “Literature cannot be the business…
Lee Pelletier
September 20, 2019
AudiobooksFiction

Audiobook Transforms Marvel Comics with Cast

A full-cast experience transforms a year’s worth of comics into a “movie for your mind.” Richard Rohan narrates the scenes, while a full cast of 47 actors makes the characters come alive—along with an outrageous number of sound effects including explosions, sirens, and screams. The story is as good on…
AudioFile
January 2, 2019

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