(4) 1-3 DC Super-Pets series. Illustrated by Art Baltazar. "'Using my incredible shrinking ray, I've kenneled canines from around the galaxy!'" These action-packed stories, told in three chapters, combine the right amount of humor and comic-book hyperbole to entice animal-loving reluctant readers with the superhero bug. Each book begins with a two-page introduction to the "starring" creatures and their origin information. The colorful cartoon art pairs well with the exclamation-point-heavy good-versus-evil texts. Review covers these DC Super-Pets titles: Starro and the Space Dolphins, The Amazing Mini-Mutts, and Super-Pets Showdown.

Reviewer: Julie Bartynski

(4) 4-6 Graphic Library: Disasters in History series. Illustrated by Dave Hoover & Richard Dominguez. This comics-format book gives an account of the 1888 prairie blizzard that claimed the lives of nearly five hundred people, mostly children. Though the book does provide a glimpse into nineteenth-century prairie life, more information (e.g., better explanation of weather tracking at the time) would have made the narrative less confusing. A few additional facts about the blizzard are appended. Reading list. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: David Elzey