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lustrated by Gergely Dudos. Fox & Rabbit: Celebrate. Amulet Books.

Fox & Rabbit are a series of graphic novels, each book comes with 3-4 comics inside it, typically all about the subtitles of the book. The plots are easy to understand, but some may not always understand the sarcasm that Rabbit and some of the other animals say. The illustrations are bright and colorful, and they work well with the text, neither one of them overpowering the other. The only odd thing is the noses for each of the animals, they are more snubbed than elongated like they should be. That could be from what the illustrator wanted to do, to make their comics stand out from others or it is also easier to draw the snubbed noses than the others.  

 

 



Sell, Chad. (2023). The Cardboard Kingdom: Snow and Sorcery. Alfred A. Knopf.

This graphic novel has several stories within it all pertaining to either snow or sorcery. The illustrations are wonderful, adding to the fantasy aspect of the novel. The fine line detail Sell can do on every page and within each comic strip is impressive. Small expressions on the characters’ faces and objects in the background of the strip showcases Sell’s talent. The plot of Hot Cocoa and Copycats was confusing, seemed like there was a lot going on in the story more than just the villain. Possibly reading more of these comics would make all of them together make more sense than just reading them one at a time or out of order.  

 


Brown, Don. (2021). In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years After the 9/11 Attacks. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Older children will understand the plot as it deals with a real-life situation of the attacks from 9/11. The illustrations are muted in color to show the darkness of the day and aftermath of the attacks. This is not a series of books but stand alone, so there would not be any access to others in the series. The text and images work hand in hand to give life to the darkness that happened that day.

 

 


Kibiushi, Kazu. (2008). Amulet: The Stonekeeper (Book #1). Graphix.

The illustrations outnumber the number of words in this graphic novel, but the images give life to missing words. Onomatopoeias are used frequently within the text giving verbal expressions to what the images show. There are several books in this series that children will be able to read and access. The plot is easily understandable for young people.

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