(3) K-3 Inspired by Jules Verne's novel, a small, bespectacled boy takes a fantastic journey through forty spreads with eighty challenges, including mazes, difference spotting, and other calls for mental contortion. The generous trim size contains the multitudes of balloons, bicycles, etc., depicted in pen-and-ink with spare digital coloring, elegantly hiding solutions in plain sight. Answer keys are appended.

Reviewer: Dorrie Karlin

(2) 4-6 Jules Verne's classic becomes the springboard for three remarkable narratives about real-life around-the-world journeys: Thomas Stevens's in 1884, Nellie Bly's in 1889, and Joshua Slocum's in 1895. Phelan successfully weaves graphically told stories with third-person narratives and the travelers' own words. The stunning volume's eye-catching illustrations are rendered in pencil, ink, gouache, and watercolor.

Reviewer: Dean Schneider | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2011

(2) 4-6 Blackwood writes a sequel of sorts to Jules Verne's classic. In 1891 Harry Fogg makes a bet with his father's old nemesis that he can circumnavigate the globe in one hundred days--this time in a steam-powered motor car. Along the way there are plenty of revelations and reversals of fortune. This road trip novel will appeal to adventure fans.

Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2011

(4) 4-6 Graphic Planet: Graphic Horror series. Illustrated by Rod Espinosa. These brief adaptations of classic horror tales may engage comic book fans. For the most part, the shadowy cartoon-panel illustrations and simplified language attempt to stay true to the time periods and creepy atmospheres of the original stories. Awkward text placement is a drawback. Review covers these Graphic Planet: Graphic Horror titles: The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Invisible Man, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Tell-Tale Heart.

Reviewer: Beth L. Meister