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#BookBingoNW2017: Maximize your Blackout strategy with comic books

Posted on June 13, 2017 by

Comic books are one of your greatest strategic resources in scoring a blackout on your Summer Book Bingo card. Don’t feel like you should limit comics to the Graphic novel square. There’s a comic for any square, many of which … Continue reading →

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Immigration and the Refugee Experience Presented in Comics for Kids and Young Adults

Posted on February 6, 2017 by

Comics can be an effective gateway toward empathy and understanding. Both fiction and non-fiction comics can help the reader visualize and develop context for a wide variety of human experience. Here are a few comics which may help younger readers … Continue reading →

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Notable Comics of 2016

Posted on December 14, 2016 by

There were a lot of great comics published in 2016. Here are a few of my favorites from this year: March: Book Three by John Lewis The National Book Award winning conclusion to Congressman John Lewis’ comics memoir (created with … Continue reading →

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Quick Reads That Make My Queer Heart Skip A Beat

Posted on September 1, 2016 by

Introducing Teddy by Jess Walton. I don’t even know where to begin with this sweet and tender children’s book without spoiling it. Jess Walton knocks it out of the park with this one: it’s a children’s book that has a … Continue reading →

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Book Bingo: Graphic Novels

Posted on June 22, 2015 by

    – posted by Sven This summer The Seattle Public Library in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures is excited to offer a summer reading program for adults called Beach Blanket Book Bingo! In order to help you along on your … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction Checklist Challenge: Graphic Novels

Posted on May 8, 2015 by

~Posted by Daniel S. Science fiction and graphic novels go together like a cape and a mask. You may not have considered it before, but the superhero genre really is just another version of sci-fi. Think about all the sci-fi … Continue reading →

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Read some comics: Avengers

Posted on April 29, 2015 by

The release of the Avengers: Age of Ultron in theaters this Friday signals a great opportunity to peruse some of the library’s comics collections starring the World’s Mightiest Heroes. The recently-published Age of Ultron, Brian Michael Bendis’s capstone to a … Continue reading →

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