It's not often a book comes along that is so full of wholesome, all-ages fun that you feel refreshed and inspired just by reading it, but If Found...Please Return to Elise Gravel is that book. Reproduced from the author's grid-paper notebook doodles, this 2016 graphic novel from Québécoise illustrator Elise Gravel — The Cranky Ballerina, … Continue reading If Found…Please Return to Elise Gravel: A Review
Tracking her rise from humble beginnings to acclaimed author and self-made anthropologist, Peter Bagge's Fire!!: The Zora Neale Hurston Story charts the life of the Harlem Renaissance's most famous woman writer, fast-forwarding through her life in bold technicolor to give us the woman, the myth, the legend: Zora Neale Hurston. Born in 1891 to former … Continue reading Fire!!: The Zora Neale Hurston Story: A Review
I've written a lot about the need for diversity in kidlit, and New Zealander illustrator Katie O'Neill's Princess Princess Ever After hits on all the right notes. Told through O'Neill's vibrant depictions, this love story of two young princesses saving towns from monsters and fighting back against dark magic will delight readers of all ages. … Continue reading Princess Princess Ever After: A Review
In 2003, an artist living her post-college life in New York City made it her mission to draw one thing every day. Vanessa Davis didn't always manage to meet her goals, but the resulting book, Spaniel Rage is well worth the effort. The most striking thing about Spaniel Rage is how relevant it feels today. … Continue reading Spaniel Rage: A Review
Even after decades of U.S. military involvement, the Middle East remains a mystery to many --- if not most --- people in the West. In Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, Sarah Glidden offers a work of meta-journalism that chronicles the experiences of a small band of reporters as they trek through areas … Continue reading Rolling Blackouts: A Review