I missed February’s challenge, but things are a little less busy this month, so I managed to write something in response to the prompt Tanita posted over at Finding Wonderland–everyone’s welcome to participate and post a link to the results! Mine somehow ended up being a bit dark… “What are… Read More »March Flicktion Tuesday Challenge
Synopsis: This was such a charming, delightful story about the many questions that come up for kids whose families have in some way crossed cultures. I found a lot to relate to personally here, as the daughter of an immigrant from India/Pakistan. I also really enjoyed the fantastical twist. From… Read More »Cybils Review: PASHMINA by Nidhi Chanani
Gateway to the Great Stupa at Sanchi, 1st century CE. Synopsis: The life (well, lives) of the Buddha are almost naturally suited to graphic storytelling. After all, Buddhist jataka tales and stories of his birth and death have been illustrated in visual form on architectural monuments for centuries…even millennia. They… Read More »Cybils Review: BUDDHA: AN ENLIGHTENED LIFE
Synopsis: I can’t really beat the flap copy for this one, in terms of plot summary, so here you go, fresh from Amazon: Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Fox? No one, it seems.The fox dreams of being the terror of the barnyard. But no one is intimidated by him,… Read More »Cybils Review: THE BIG BAD FOX by Benjamin Renner
Synopsis: First Second consistently puts out high-quality and varied graphic novels for audiences from kids to adults, and Spinning by Tillie Walden—one of our Cybils finalists for 2017 in Young Adult Graphic Novels—is a standout. It’s a graphic memoir, a genre which I always find interesting (oddly enough, I’m not… Read More »Cybils Review: SPINNING by Tillie Walden