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A 2023 Children's Book Council Children's Favorite Winner!
In this series of hilarious Big Nate comics by bestsellingauthor Lincoln Peirce, the jokes are flying, and the laughs are always on target!
Warning: Big Nate is back, and the whole school's on high alert. Can drama queen Dee Dee compete with Nate's down-and-dirty gossip gathering? Will Mrs. Godfrey lighten up when she learns that she and Nate share
...Pub. Date
2023
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English
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At the age of 8, Jean-Pierre is leading a blossoming life, subject to the rhythm of nature, in a village that provides enough stories and space to feed his child's imagination. There is the church in the middle of the village - the monument to the dead. A single primary school class, an authoritarian and mustachioed teacher, fights between boys, and slaps from conceited little girls. Jean-Pierre is in love with his mum, as all little boys are, and...
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Haytham al-Aswad is a young boy like any other, growing up in the Syrian town of Deera: he plays soccer, hangs out with his friends, and is studying for an upcoming test. But when the revolution breaks out and people take to the streets to protest the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad, Haytham suddenly goes from kicking the ball to dodging bullets. His activist father is forced into exile, and the rest of the family eventually join him in France, where...
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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"This book is a landmark. It does more than illustrate a so-called counter-cultural event. Rather, it exhibits the integrity and singleness of vision of a complete work of art. I think that a sophisticated public is ready for this. It is among the first to get things right. It does not merely display Burning man in pictures or explain it in words: it manifests the spirit of our culture through its style."
-Larry Harvey, co-founder and director of...
5) Sour Apple
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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By all appearances they are a happy couple. Married, religious, hardworking. What happens behind closed doors, however, is a secret, even to those closest to them. "Kwane jabko" (Sour Apple), written by Jerzy Szyak and illustrated by Joanna Karpowicz, tells a story of domestic abuse, a story of a victim and persecutor. This story of violence spiraling out of control brings no hope, instead playing on emotions and powerful illustrations, painted with...
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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The class of 1997 is newly graduated from Bronson Alcott High School, and with the temperatures rising and the summer starting, Cher and besties Dionne and Tai are heading off for their last summer vacation adventure together before, ugh, real life! Picking up after Clueless: Senior Year, head back to the '90s for summer fun and fashion from superstar writers Sarah Kuhn (Heroine Complex) and Amber Benson (The Witches Of Echo Park), and illustrated...
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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1982. Leiva, Manu and El Canijo are three friends who always go everywhere together. They share their struggles, concerns, hopes, and fears. And their greatest fear of all is the end of the world, predicted by American preachers to occur on the afternoon of October 2, 1982. With the help of a few everyday objects, they will build masks, suits and everything necessary to survive the final judgment at all costs. Although not everything will end as they...
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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This is the story of an invisible man. He's a man that no one ever notices. He is transparent, whatever he does. This is rather a difficult cross to bear! One night, the man who so wants to be seen loses it. He's had enough. He wants to feel things too! His outburst costs him an ankle injury, which in turn leads him to Berenice, the lovely young physiotherapist. She soon sets him straight: we are all victims in one way or another! Gregory Mardon develops...
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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An artist's unique take on the museum experience: people watching Author and artist David Prudhomme meanders through the Louvre, feeling as if in the panels of a giant comic while he himself is creating his own is this graphic novel. In this institution, all manner of people from all over the world rub elbows quietly. So Prudhomme decides to cruise through the museum, not to look at the world famous art, but to observe the people and their interaction...
Pub. Date
2024
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English
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Layne Green is a social media sensation of a cook. He's selected to compete on a reality TV show called Voyage de Gourmet - a globe-trotting foodie adventure. However, his partner is his former best friend, Jiang-Mi Pipper, someone that he really wronged with some of his posts. Join our two stars and a cast of diverse chefs from around the world as they compete to see who is the best young cook! But, at the heart of this story, are Layne and Jang-Mi....
11) Heart Transplant
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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School bullying is universally decried, bemoaned, and condemned. Newspapers, magazines, television, and movies all reflect the ugly truth ... bullying is not only on the rise, but becoming more dangerous every day. Whether it's a teenager committing suicide as a result of a Facebook posting or a group of schoolchildren taunting another autistic child and filming it for the "entertainment" of others, the longest-lasting, deepest-scarring impact of...
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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When the father of a large family makes a beautiful winter coat, little does he know how much use it will get. Little Gedalia wears the coat with pride all year, but when it gets too tight for himhes a growing boy, after allits given to his sister, Yeshaya. Thus begins the journey of the coat as its passed down from child to child, a charming portrait of a loving family. Drawn in a clean-line style with a muted color palette, The Life of a Coat is...
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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"Life under Occupation" is the adaptation of author Jos Pablo Garca's trip to the occupied Palestinian territories, in collaboration with Action Against Hunger and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). From high-security airports to tension on the ground, Garca's ten-day trip from Nablus to Gaza makes for a non-fiction graphic novel full of emotion and eye-opening discoveries.
14) So Buttons #6
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Garbage Pail Kids, Captain America, Marvel Comics, Joe Simon, Herb Trimpe, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Guggnheim Bilbao, Julian Schanbel, Topps, Frank Gehry,
15) So Buttons #5
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Captain America, Dogs, Boston Terrier, Coffee, Schindler's List, Steven Spielberg, Brisket, Mothers, Thanksgiving, Butchers, Cooking,
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Manu and Mariette have immigrated to the countryside. Manu wants a vegetable garden and Mariette wants a baby. But Manu, who's celebrating with much jubilation the birth of his very first radish, is having a hard time accepting the notion of parenthood. I mean, imagine having to admit to your child that you don't know how to change the contact breakers on your car... So Manu hides himself away inside the packing boxes that seem to have become a permanent...
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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It's the greatest WHODUNIT of our time... or a new low for "Presidential Harassment!" Shannon Wheeler, Eisner Award-winning New Yorker cartoonist (Too Much Coffee Man, Sh*t My President Says, God is Disappointed in You), and veteran journalist Steve Duin (The Oregonian, Comics: Between the Panels, Oil and Water) turn their critical eye on The Mueller Reporta comprehensive, understandable, and readable graphic novel version of the book every patriot...
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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By the delicate hand of Didier Kassa (Storm Over Bangui) comes a comic book documentary about the street children of Bangui, told in a style that mixes photo and illustration. 1 VOLUME RELEASED - INDEPENDENT STORIES. In the Central African Republic, children grow up in a state of insecurity, poverty, and malnutrition. The 2013 conflict only exacerbated this situation. The Central African Republic has become what many call a house without windows....
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Whenever Jerome Katzmeier ventures into the society jungle, it's always with the greatest ardor. Everyone has to eat, but when Loulou, the youngest of the Moucherot family, is swallowed by a shark, our madcap warrior will not stand idle. The time of cohabitation with predators is over!
20) So Buttons #8
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Jewish, Yom Kippur, Pork Dumplings, Lon Chaney, London After Midnight, Frankenstein, Jack Pierce, The Exorcist, Dick Smith, Rick Baker, Tom Savini, zombie, 9-11, Man of a Thousand Faces, James Cagney, Boston Terrier, Driving, Dogs,
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