Apr 18
Posted: under Ages 15-18, Mathematics, Takahashi, Shin, The Manga Guide to Statistics.
April 18th, 2009
Comic Title: The Manga Guide to Statistics Author: Text and artwork by Shin Takahashi Format: Trade paperback Reviewed by: Elena Math is hard – especially for dumb girls! Thankfully, lovable but socially awkward nerd Mamoru is hired to teach cute-but-moronic young Rui all about statistics… So that Rui can, in turn, impress her father’s extremely [...] [...more]
Comic Title: The Manga Guide to Statistics
Author: Text and artwork by Shin Takahashi
Format: Trade paperback
Reviewed by: Elena
Math is hard – especially for dumb girls! Thankfully, lovable but socially awkward nerd Mamoru is hired to teach cute-but-moronic young Rui all about statistics… So that Rui can, in turn, impress her father’s extremely handsome (and much, much older) co-worker, who does marketing research for a living. Ouch. If you can get past the migraine-inducing gender stereotypes saturating this educational manga, you will actually learn a lot of very useful math lessons, and relatively painlessly at that. But. That’s a pretty big “if”.
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Feb 19
Posted: under Ages 15-18, Basu, Samit, English, India, Literature, Myth/Folklore, Padlekar, Ashish, Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma.
February 19th, 2009
Title: The Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma Author: Written by Samit Basu, artwork by Ashish Padlekar. Format: Comic book mini-series (five issues). Reviewed by: Elena Vishnu Sharma is a somewhat apathetic teenager living a normal life. Until one day a trio of magical talking animals follow him home, and inform him that it is his [...] [...more]
Title: The Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma
Author: Written by Samit Basu, artwork by Ashish Padlekar.
Format: Comic book mini-series (five issues).
Reviewed by: Elena
Vishnu Sharma is a somewhat apathetic teenager living a normal life. Until one day a trio of magical talking animals follow him home, and inform him that it is his destiny to Save the World. And then Harry Potter shows up and tries to kill him. No, seriously.
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Jan 17
Posted: under Ages 15-18, Black, Holly, English, Good Neighbors, Literature, Naifeh, Ted.
January 17th, 2009
Comic Title: The Good Neighbors #1: Kin Comic Author: Holly Black (writing), Ted Neifeh (art) Format: Graphic Novel Reviewed by: Jessica When Rue’s mother disappears, her father is arrested as her suspected murderer. But Rue’s not sure her mother’s dead, and when she starts seeing faeries everywhere – fairies who talk to her like she’s [...] [...more]
Comic Title: The Good Neighbors #1: Kin
Comic Author: Holly Black (writing), Ted Neifeh (art)
Format: Graphic Novel
Reviewed by: Jessica
When Rue’s mother disappears, her father is arrested as her suspected murderer. But Rue’s not sure her mother’s dead, and when she starts seeing faeries everywhere – fairies who talk to her like she’s one of them – she’s even less sure.
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Nov 29
Posted: under Ages 15-18, English, Lilly, Mike, Literature, Macbeth, Remedial Reading, Robbins, Trina.
November 29th, 2008
Title: Macbeth Author: Adapted by Trina Robbins, artwork by Mike Lilly and Nimbus Studios Format: Graphic Novel Reviewed by: Elena Witches and conspiracies and cold-blooded murder! Scholastic’s graphic novel edition of Macbeth is intended for struggling readers, presenting the meat of the story with minimal use of Shakespeare’s original language. [...more]
Title: Macbeth
Author: Adapted by Trina Robbins, artwork by Mike Lilly and Nimbus Studios
Format: Graphic Novel
Reviewed by: Elena
Witches and conspiracies and cold-blooded murder! Scholastic’s graphic novel edition of Macbeth is intended for struggling readers, presenting the meat of the story with minimal use of Shakespeare’s original language.
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