DRAGONBREATH!NURK?!
Dragonbreath and Nurk are two publications by Ms. Vernon that I thought would be fitting leads for this post. I saw "Dragon" in a bookstore, and it seemed nicely designed with a good amount of text to read. The character, "Danny Dragonbreath" looks promising. A little like Tyler from the PS238 comic series (the kid at super-hero academy without any evident superpowers), Danny can't breathe fire, so he's got to find other ways to make his mark. Didn't spend too much time looking at it, so I am
limited in the info. that can be shared here. "Nurk" wasn't on the shelves, but was mentioned in some promotional material. I was intrigued with the full title - Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew.
The author's website is linked:
Ursula Vernon
Sorry no link in with those cover images, like last time!
BABYMOUSE!
Jennifer Holm and brother Matthew are creators of the "babymouse" series. These books are quite a hit already
with kids in the class. Ms. Holm's other books, chapter books for middle-grade readers, include some really memorable girl characters. Our Only May Amelia is one of the titles I read recently that I really found myself enjoying because of the main character. I found the historical fiction component very appealing, also.Nice website they have for Babymouse. Click the book cover image to the right.
Jennifer Holm
Click the link above to visit Jennifer Holm's author website. As of this post date, she's got a link to Comic Con – San Diego there (doesn't seem active); I guess she was featured on a panel relating to "graphic novels for kids" there this past summer Don't even get me started on how much I'd like to check out Comic Con – just wouldn't want to wear the crazy outfits. Ugh... I forgot Halloween is this month.
Finally, the link to this season's Indie Next List for Kids is linked to the image below.
Autumn '09's list includes a new book by Kate DiCamillo and a collaboration project for Neil Gaiman among other things! Lots of ideas for next time came up while writing this post. I hope there will be a next one soon.
Thanks for tolerating any errors; gotta run and may not have read this as closely as I should. Please comment with any suggestions / edits.
