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128 pp.
| Roaring Brook/First Second
| October, 2020
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TradeISBN 978-1-250-17429-1$19.99
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PaperISBN 978-1-250-17430-7$12.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-250-81521-7$8.72
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4-6
History Comics series.
Four students and their teacher on Mars's Space Station Sagan (it's January 2386) mark the four-hundredth anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger explosion. In a graphic novel that's in turns funny, moving, elucidating, and riveting, the class takes advantage of twenty-fourth century technology in the presentations--including virtual-reality field trips, hologram appearances by the Challenger crew, and simulated space flights. Topics include space shuttle history, "the design and function of the space shuttle," crew member biographies, the launch and catastrophic aftermath, the subsequent investigation, and lessons learned. The subject is given respectful treatment in the appealing panel illustrations. "Additional Challenger Facts" and an author's note conclude the sci-fi/history offering.
40 pp.
| Blue Apple
| September, 2012
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TradeISBN 978-1-60905-253-9$10.99
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K-3
Balloon Toons series.
Color by Amy Rumbarger. Two comic-panel beginning readers use bright colors and high-energy cartoons to impart very different content. In Hiccup! nerves combined with a huge breakfast give rabbit Jamie a case of hiccups that jeopardizes his role in the school play. Dinosaurs contains three short stories exploring life in the wacky Dinosaur Galaxy. The books' different temperaments recommend them to a range of young readers. Review covers these Balloon Toons titles: Hiccup! and Dinosaurs in Space.
Reviewer: Julie Roach
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2013
40 pp.
| Blue Apple
| November, 2011
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TradeISBN 978-1-60905-099-3$10.99
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PaperISBN 978-1-60905-183-9$4.99
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K-3
Balloon Toons series.
A boy and his Bigfoot-like friend named Butterscotch imagine they're knights. They confront a monster that's destroying a princess's kingdom and seek out hidden treasure before the boy heads off to dreamland. The fast-paced cartoon-format adventures and slang-heavy text won't be every new reader's cup of tea, but some will be hooked.