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| First Second Books Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary |
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| This month, in honor of their 10th Anniversary in publishing, Diamond BookShelf spoke with First Second Books about their beginnings, their history, and where they're headed in the years to come. |
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| Diamond BookShelf Magazine #20 Now Available |
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Hosting a conference, workshop, or lecture on graphic novels in schools and/or libraries? Featuring a look at kid-friendly graphic novels, Issue #20 of the BookShelf Magazine is a handy resource for librarians, educators, and more!
Here's what you'll find in print edition of BookShelf #20:
- 10 Easy Ideas to Make Super Comic-Themed Events
- Oni Press's Invader Zim conquers the page!
- IDW Publishing connects the dots with Douglas Adams's Dirk Gently
- Image Comics uncovers the monsters of history in Manifest Destiny
- Five quick and easy comic creating websites
- How libraries can encourage learning through play
- And much more!
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An Interview With Joshua Hale Fialkov
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Writer Joshua Hale Fialkov has introduced readers to dark and thought-provoking worlds in his comics work, and Oni Press is releasing two of his titles, the 10th Anniversary edition of Elk's Run and volume 3 of his ongoing series The
Bunker. BookShelf spoke with Fialkov about these series.
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| Gemstone Editors On The Overstreet Guide to Cosplay |
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| The art of costume-making, or cosplay, has become a staple of pop culture conventions, and Gemstone Publishing offers a how-to for casual and serious fans with The Overstreet Guide to Cosplay. Here, we talk to the editors of this new volume on the growing trend. |
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| Tarantino's Hero Meets Classic Avenger In Dynamite's Django/Zorro |
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Quentin Tarantino's western hero meets the classic avenger of the oppressed in Dyanmite Entertainment's Django/Zorro, the official graphic novel sequel to Django Unchained and co-written by Tarantino himself! Here, co-writer Matt
Wagner gives readers insight into this unusual team-up.
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| Know Your Heroes: Jessica Jones |
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| Jessica Jones hit Netflix with fantastic critical and fan praise. And to help readers looking for her comic origins, we present a full
list of graphic novels featuring the hard drinking and harder hitting former superhero turned private eye. |
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| New Graphic Novels on Net Galley |
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| BookShelf offers a list of the newest titles now available for viewing on Net Galley, including IDW's X-Files Season 11 Vol. 1, Image Comics's The Private Eye, and Magnetic Press's Angelarium. |
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| Useful Links |
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Libraries & Makerspaces: Cosplayers Welcome!
Justin Switzer, Young Adult Librarian at Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library, shows how libraries can bring together maker and comics communities with cosplay-inspired programming.
The Diamond Graphic Novel Common Core List
The Diamond Graphic Novel Common Core List offers over 100 graphic novels that will fit into a Common Core curriculum, along with resources including Library Classifications, Subject Headings, and Core Standards which apply to each book.
Diamond BookShelf Core Lists
Bookshelf presents a list of essential titles broken down by age group. These lists are compiled taking into account literary quality, entertainment value and age group suitability.
Lesson Plans
Here at BookShelf, we plan to help out teachers by providing lesson plans for selected titles, crafted by qualified educators. To get started, we have provided lesson plans for Elementary, Middle and High School using several popular graphic novels. |
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