Category Archives: Graphic biography

A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

Posted on March 19, 2023 by kyurenka

A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat. First Second, 2023. 9781250851048  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Format: Paperback graphic biography Genre: Biography What did you like about the book? When Dan Santat was … Continue reading →

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Santiago!: Santiago Ramon Y Cajal – Artist, Scientist, Troublemaker by Jay Hosler

Posted on December 23, 2022 by kyurenka

            Santiago!: Santiago Ramon Y Cajal – Artist, Scientist, Troublemaker by Jay Hosler. Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House, 2022. 9780823450367  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5+ Format: Hardcover graphic biography What did you like about the … Continue reading →

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Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game by Colin Kaepernick and Eve. L Ewing, illustrated by Orlando Caicedo

Posted on November 16, 2022 by kyurenka

Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game by Colin Kaepernick and Eve. L Ewing, illustrated by Orlando Caicedo. Graphix/Scholastic, 3/2023 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Format: Paperback galley with nonfiction subject matter omitted Genre: graphic biography … Continue reading →

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Putin’s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator by Darryl Cunningham

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Stephanie Tournas

Putin’s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator by Darryl Cunningham. Drawn & Quarterly, 2022. 9781770465046 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Format: Paperback graphic novel What did you like about the book? The rise of Putin, … Continue reading →

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Perfect Example – written & illustrated by John Porcellino

Posted on January 29, 2021 by kyurenka

      Perfect Example – written & illustrated by John Porcellino, Drawn and Quarterly, 9781770464681, 2021 (originally published in 2000)  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Format: Paperback Genre: Graphic novel/memoir What did you like about … Continue reading →

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Displacement – written and illustrated by Kiku Hughes

Posted on January 23, 2021 by kyurenka

  Displacement – written and illustrated by Kiku Hughes, First Second, 9781250193544, 2020  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Graphic novel What did you like about the book?  In this semi-autobiographical memoir/time travel … Continue reading →

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I am Anne Frank – Brad Meltzer, illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos

Posted on December 4, 2020 by kyurenka

 I am Anne Frank – Brad Meltzer, illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2020. 9780525555940 Format: Hardcover Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4  Genre: picture book biography  What did you like about … Continue reading →

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The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist – written and illustrated by Adrian Tomine

Posted on August 5, 2020 by kyurenka

   The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist – written and illustrated by Adrian Tomine, Drawn & Quarterly, 9781770463950, 2020  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Graphic novel (?); it’s designed to look like a Moleskine … Continue reading →

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Marvin: Based on The Way I Was by Marvin Hamlisch – Ian David Marsden

Posted on March 30, 2020 by kyurenka

  Marvin: Based on The Way I Was by Marvin Hamlisch – Ian David Marsden, Schiffer Kids, (9780764359040), 2020 Format: Paperback Rating: 1- 5 (5 is excellent or a Starred review) 4 Genre:  Graphic Novel/Biography What did you like about the … Continue reading →

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Palimpsest: Documents from a Korean Adoption – Lisa Wool-Rim Sjoblom

Posted on December 19, 2019 by kyurenka

    Palimpsest: Documents from a Korean Adoption – Lisa Wool-Rim Sjoblom, Drawn & Quarterly, (9781770463301), 2019 Format:  Paperback Genre: Graphic Biography Rating: 1- 5 (5 is excellent or a Starred review) 3 What did you like about the book?  The … Continue reading →

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