I should have realized this was a book farther in the series than I originally thought, but DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis is book seven in the series. However, while it is a standalone novel, you should probably have some basic knowledge who the characters are. Therefore, finding the first few books would be your best bet. Author and illustrator Shea Fontana and Yancey Labat continue the Super High School girl’s stories with this graphic novel. We see all the girls of the […]
Abner and Ian try to get it right (side up)
Dave Eggers has at least two new books for kids this year with Abner & Ian Get Right-Sided Up is the second one I read. The first, Most Likely Tomorrow was not a huge hit for me story wise, but I enjoyed the illustrations greatly. However, I enjoyed the story immensely more than Abner & Ian. I was amazed that both books were done by the same author considering how radically different the stories are. Plus, they are being publisher by two different publishers and […]
Mostly Likely you’ll love this book if you give it a try
A coworker asked me if Tomorrow Most Likely was as cute as it is supposed to me. I said, “Weeeellll… My logic is taking over.” How do you explain that maybe you will not have met Cousin Todd today? Or the sky is not blue today? After all the text of Dave Eggers makes it seem like it will happen. But then I thought, that this is a good discussion book. He does say “most likely” and when you do not meet a squirrel named […]
Don’t fret these books are a couple of gems
Biographies are interesting. I figure the author most likely likes the subject, or why write about it? However, lately it seems the same few people are being written: Lincoln, Hamilton, Sonia Sotomayor and Amelia Earhart. Now, this is great. I enjoy learning about them as much as the next person. But how many times can you read about them? Therefore, when someone not as popular or new comes along, I am on it. The Diamond and the Boy: The Creation of Diamonds & The Life […]