The Babysitters Club, vol. 5: Dawn and the Impossible Three

There’s always an adjustment period when you hire a new babysitter, and there’s an adjustment period when you hire a new artist to follow Raina Telgemeier’s delicious graphic novel adaptations of the iconic Babysitters Club books that many current librarians and...

Pokémon Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire, vols. 2-3

The countdown is on: Pokémon trainers Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald have just days before a massive meteor destroys the planet. Their friends at the Devon Corporation want the three powerful trainers to help them ready a high-tech device to shift the meteor’s path. But...

All’s Faire in Middle School

Those who teach middle school are condemned to remember their own middle school experiences, including the memories that most humans have conveniently stored away from themselves. Believe me, I would know. I’m fairly confident that Victoria Jamieson also remembers her...

The Boy & the Beast, vols. 1-2

The Boy & the Beast was a 2015 fantasy-adventure film released in Japan to critical and popular acclaim. It was released in the US the following year, along with a new manga series, of which three volumes are currently available (this review covers books one and...

Happiness, vols 1-4

High school freshman Okazaki lives at the bottom of the social totem pole: he’s a gopher for bullying classmates, his only friend is as cowardly as he, and he quietly lusts after the girls around him. When a late-night vampire attack changes everything, Okazaki must...

The Whiskers Sisters, vol. 1: May’s Wild Walk

Lerner Graphic Universe brings another French comics creator to the US: Miss PATY and her Whiskers Sisters series. The sisters live alone in the woods, waiting for their grandfather to return from a long trip. Maya, who has pink hair and antlers, is the oldest and...

Roundtable: Adult Content in Comics

As more and more libraries collect comics for adult readers, content present in any library’s collection can be increasingly intended solely for adult readers. What’s visually presented on the page, from sex to violence to drug use, may push a title into an adult...

Great Escapes of World War II, vols. 1-4

From Capstone Publishing comes a new series based on remarkable tales of survival during wartime. Great Escapes of World War II takes young readers behind enemy lines where soldiers, resistance fighters, and prisoners have only one chance to escape from Axis forces....