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Book, Please! - Comics for Kids and Tweens

For those who couldn't make Debbie and Jenna's Book, Please! - Comics and Graphic Novels for Kids and Tweens, here is the list of our favorites! This also includes a number of recommendations from our participants.

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22 items

  • Debbie recommends!
    Graphic NovelNew York : RH Graphic, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, 2020. — J GN PICO
  • One of Debbie and Jenna's favorites! The Berrybrook Middle School series is a great glimpse into complex school life. But Brave is their favorite of the three.
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Yen Press, 2015. — j GRAPHIC CHMAKOVA
  • Debbie and Jenna's favorite from the Berrybrook Middle School series!
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Yen Press, 2017. — J GN BERRYBROOK
  • Graphic NovelNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018] — J GN CARDBOARD
  • Part of the great Berrybrook Middle School series!
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : JY, 2018. — j GRAPHIC CHMAKOVA
  • Jenna LOVES this webcomic-turned-graphic novel! Tongue-in-cheek, funny adventure series that spins gender norms and fantasy tropes.
    Graphic NovelNew York : First Second Books, 2017. — J CUCUMBER v.1
  • eBook[United States] : Abrams, 2014. — eComic hoopla
  • Participant recommended, but Debbie and Jenna like this series as well!
    Graphic NovelNew York : First Second, 2012. — JGN-AGUIRRE, J
  • Debbie's recommendation! Activism and friendship!
    Graphic NovelNew York : First Second, 2020. — YA GN GO WITH
  • Debbie's recommendation! Raina is a PLCAF author and Guts stands out with its discussion of anxiety.
    BookNew York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2019. — J GRAPHIC Guts
  • Debbie recommends! The first graphic novel to win the Newbery Award!
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019] — J GN NEW
  • Debbie recommends! Discovering your magic while discussing diversity, persecution, and history.
    Graphic NovelNew York, New York : Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2019. — J-STE
  • Participant recommended and a Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest author!
    Graphic NovelKansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2014] — J SIM v.1
  • Jenna and Debbie both recommend! A PLCAF author!
    Graphic NovelPortland, OR : Oni Press, Inc., 2019. — J GN PILU
  • Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2015] — J GN ROL
  • Jenna recommends! Jen Wang (a PLCAF author) has written amazing books. Stargazing is a glimpse of the diversity within the Asian American experience.
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : First Second, 2019. — J WAN
  • Participant recommended, but Lucy Knisley is a great author!
    Graphic NovelNew York : RH Graphic, [2020] — J GN STEPPING
  • Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2015. — J GRAPHIC Sunny
  • Another favorite webcomic of Jenna's! Finding where you belong (alongside adorable tea dragons).
    Book[Portland, Or.] : Oni Press, 2017. — J ONE