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Diamond BookShelf Magazine #21 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 #21 of the BookShelf Magazine is a handy resource for librarians, educators, and more!
Here's what you'll find in print edition of BookShelf #21:
- An interview with Gene Luen Yang, comic creator and Ambassador for Young People's Literature
- Pay a visit to Camp Midnight from Image Comics
- Meet the outer space monsters of IDW Publishing's Luna the Vampire
- Take a look at the research that goes into historical graphic novels
- The BookShelf summer reading guide
- And much more!
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Image's We Stand on Guard Calls Northern Neighbors to Arms
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| Canada defends itself against a giant robot invasion from an unexpected enemy - America - in Image Comics's We Stand On Guard from
Brian K. Vaughan (Saga) and Steve Skroce (The Matrix). Read this interview with both of the book's creators.
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Smithsonian To Offer Free Rise of Superheroes Online Course
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The Smithsonian Institution unites with Stan Lee and Michael Uslan to present "The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact on Pop Culture," a free six-week online course that covers the history, evolution, societal acceptance, global impression and various creative/career applications of the world's best-loved comic book characters.
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Young Readers Will Feel Welcome In Z2's Showside
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| Z2 Comics takes readers to a world of monsters, magic, and skateboards in Ian McGinty's Welcome to Showside. Here, we speak with McGinty about the project and show the animated short based on the comic.
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Bob Gale Goes Back to the Future With IDW Graphic Novel
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A new graphic novel is the next chapter for the Back to the Future legacy, and according to Bob Gale in this interview, Stephen Spielberg's advice for the film's sequels was the most important advice to follow when developing the storyline.
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Spooky Summer At Image's Camp Midnight
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| A young girl gets sent to the wrong summer camp, and soon finds herself surrounded by a monstrous group of kids in Image Comics's Camp Midnight. Writer Steven T. Seagle talks about his new kid-friendly graphic novel and his work with Man of Action Studios, creators of Ben
10 and Big Hero 6.
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Diamond at BEA, ALA
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| Diamond Book Distributors will be exhibiting at Book Expo America 2016, May 11-13 at the McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. Diamond will be located at
Booth #2035, where DBD representatives will be on hand to answer any inquiries about the graphic novels offered by Diamond. For more information, visit the BEA website.
DBD and Diamond BookShelf will also exhibit at this year's American Library Association Annual Conference June 23-28 in Orlando, FL at Booth #502. For more information, visit the ALA Annual Conference web site. |
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Free Comic Book Day 2016 Is May 7th!
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The 15th Anniversary of Free Comic Book Day is Saturday May 7, 2016. Over 2,300 comic book shops across North America and around the world will give out over 6 million comic books, free of charge. This annual event is one of the most anticipated comic book celebrations of the year as retailers prepare to welcome curious, first-time comic readers and devout comic book fans into their stores for fun events and free comics!
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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 Ghostbusters International, Image Comics's Pop Gun War Vol. 1, and Magnetic Press's Love: The Lion. |
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Useful Links
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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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