James Sturm
Author
Publisher
TOON Books, an imprint of RAW Junior, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
34 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Armadillo is trying to come up with a plan for global domination ... but with every new idea, being a bad guy seems a little less fun-especially if ruling the world means losing your best friend"--
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Knight can't wait for her first camping trip! She and her horse Edward pack everything they need--including her beloved Teddy--and head out into the woods. But when it's time for bed, Teddy is nowhere to be found!"--
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
61 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 19 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Knight, Edward the chubby horse, and of course the Magic Cartooning Elf are back for more fun, but this time they're sharing the stage with a host of new characters. In Adventures in Cartooning: Characters In Action you'll learn how to create your own kooky characters. And fresh faces are needed -- the famous director Otto Airs is making a movie, and he's invited everyone in the kingdom to audition! It's your chance to dream up boatloads of wacky...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
59 p. : col. ill. ; 19 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A story about the magical cartooning elf and a brave knight creating a book for children for Christmas introduces information about story elements, rhyming text, and creating comic strips.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Knight's best friend is her horse, Edward. They go everywhere together and do everything together! But when the Knight gets a gryphon, suddenly all she talks about is how awesome her new pet is. Edward can't help it--he's jealous! But the gryphon turns out to be more of a peril than a pet, and it's Edward who comes to the rescue in the end. It turns out that gryphons aren't so great...but Edward sure is!" -- provided by publisher.
6) Ogres awake!
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"The knight and her horse, Edward, have made a startling discovery: there are three huge ogres asleep at her doorstep! When they wake up, the kingdom is in big trouble! The knight, Edward, and some garden gnomes fight back, not with swords and shields, but with potato peelers and spoons. It turns out that ogres are pretty friendly when they have full stomachs!"--Provided by publisher.
7) Hocus focus
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"All day long, the Knight peels turnips. This isn't what she had in mind for her first magic lesson. She wants to make a magic potion, not soup! Things get a lot more exciting when she steals the wizard's magic wand and spell book. Her potion transforms Edward into a giant wormand he's hungry"--Pg. 4 of cover.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Satchel Paige began his baseball career in the Negro Leagues in Alabama in the 1920s. For years, Jim Crow laws, which segregated blacks and whites, kept him out of the major leagues. But they couldn't stop him from becoming a world-class athlete. This is a fictionalized account of a real-life sports hero.
10) Off season
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
212 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 16 cm x 21 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"How could this happen? The question of 2016 becomes deeply personal in James Sturm's riveting graphic novel Off Season, which charts one couple's divisive separation through the fall of 2016-during Bernie's loss to Hillary, Hillary's loss to Trump, and the disorienting months that followed. We see a father navigating life as a single parent and coping with the disintegration of a life-defining relationship. Amid the upheaval are tender moments with...
Author
Publisher
TOON Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
50 pages : all color illustrations ; 16 x 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The wordless adventure of two children whose misdeeds are punished when they're transformed into monkeys. In the tradition of kamishibai, or Japanese paper theater, the wordless format gives freedom to the readers to tell the story as they see it"--
Series
Guys read volume 5
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 242 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable--and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited by...
13) Alay-oop
Author
Series
Publisher
New York Review of Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"William Gropper was one of the great American cartoonists and illustrators of the twentieth century. A student of George Bellows and Robert Henri, he was a prolific newspaper cartoonist, a WPA muralist, a Guggenheim recipient, and committed political activist--the first visual artist called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, after which he was blacklisted (though he got revenge with his pen). He was also a master of visual storytelling,...
14) Market day
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : all col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Carting his lovingly handcrafted rugs to town, Mendleman discovers that the shop that carried his wares has been taken over by a new, bottom-line-oriented owner who stocks only cheaply made merchandise. With the disappearance of his patron, Mendleman's world is upended. His only recourse is to sell his rugs for a pittance to a grand new emporium. Although he must accept the insult for the survival of his young family, the blow drives the sensitive...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Graphic, an imprint of Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First graphic edition.
Physical Desc
383 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A beautiful and faithful graphic novel adaptation of Richard Adams's beloved story of a group of rabbits on an epic journey in search of home."Every rabbit that stays behind is in great danger. We will welcome any rabbit who joins us." Watership Down is a classic tale of survival, hope, courage, and friendship that has delighted and inspired readers around the world for more than fifty years. Masterfully adapted by award-winning author James Sturm...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st softcover ed.
Physical Desc
284 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presented as a panorama of a single day in New York City, this collection of drawings is not only a tribute to Wortman, but also to the city that sparked his voracious creative output.