A Bookshop.org Best Graphic Novel of 2024 ALA Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List CCBC Choices 2025 A Jane Addams Children's Book Award Finalist A We Are Teachers Best Book The Nature Generation's 2025 Green Earth Book Award Short List This bold graphic novel sequel to Cross My Heart and Never Lie, which Alice Oseman called “a warm hug,” follows Bao, who bands together with her friends to save their beloved forest from being turned into a parking lot. After being leader of “girls-who-never-fall-in-love” in Cross My Heart and Never Lie, Tuva’s best friend, Bao, faces a challenge unlike any she’s faced before: the PTA wants to raze down the students’ beloved forest, removing the space where Bao and other student have always played and integral to both Bao and other students’ lives and the environment they call home. When the adults are too apathetic, too cynical, or too preoccupied to see the importance of the forest, Bao and the others will have to stop playing nice and take matters into their own hands. But Bao and her classmates are only twelve years old—how can they get the adults in power to see this crisis for what it is? This timely story follows Cross My Heart and Never Lie and continues the popular graphic novel format with gorgeous hand-lettering and a unique, charming art style.

Superstar cartoonists Eleanor Davis and Drew Weing will have young readers in stitches with this hilarious tale of fame, fandom and social media where friendship and family triumph. Wanda's a star! Or at least she thinks she is... In this modern-day fable, Wanda calls her brother and sister her “fans,” keeps up with all the celebrity news and never ever misses a chance to share a selfie. She’s ready to show the world how Wanda-ful she really is but all people are interested in is...her floppy dog!

The strangest comic currently being published continues…to be published! Here, some downright daffy deviations: an Apocalypse Now full of Figglybumps; a whole town of Gary; and a 2-part decompression about decompression and compression and certain impressions those things tend to make. That familiar music is coming from around the corner…get your wallet ready! Collects ICE CREAM MAN #37-40

This genre-defying adventure from award-winning creators Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente, finally reaches its conclusion! Friday Fitzhugh has been sent back to the night she first arrived in Kings Hill. But the question is why: to save Lancelot Jones, the smartest boy in the world, or to have to watch him die yet again? Is she traveling in time, or caught in a time loop? And what is the White Lady's secret plan for their town back in the present time? All will be revealed in the stunning final chapter of this older-YA masterpiece!

A frog, a magic spell book, and one big, angry yellow ball. What could go wrong? Everything! This hilarious early reader comic is now available in Spanish. None of the magic spells in Frog's magic spell book work on the deflated ball he found. Frustrated, Frog kicks the ball and watches as it flies up in the air, getting bigger and bigger until it comes back down--uh, oh! Frog tries to outrun, trick, and hide from the ball in the library but the ball always finds him, knocking down bookshelves, ruining a puppet show, and sending papers flying everywhere along the way! Author-illustrator Kathy Caple has created a hilarious story filled with slapstick humor and a healthy dose of careful-what-you-wish-for. The varied panel sizes and styles give kids plenty to pore over and return to again and again. ¡Me gusta leer!® cómics provides emerging Spanish and bilingual readers and Spanish language learners with translations of popular I Like to Read® Comics titles that are perfect for young comics fans. Filled with eye-catching art, humor, and terrific stories, these comics provide unique reading experiences for growing minds. Like their award-winning ¡Me gusta leer!® counterparts, these books are created by celebrated artists, translated by native speakers, and vetted by Spanish literacy experts to support reading comprehension and transform children into lifelong readers.

Get lost in the world of Jane Austen with this unique puzzle, which combines the fun of a jigsaw with the intrigue of a county ball as you read the clues and figure out the logic to build the final image. Featuring beloved characters from Lizzy Bennet and Mr. Darcy to Fanny Price and Edmund Bertram, The World of Jane Austen: A Conversation Puzzle invites you to build a whole new story as you piece it together. This 500-piece jigsaw puzzle is a unique experience for puzzle lovers. The pieces can be arranged in any order, but you have to read the conversations between characters from Jane Austen’s beloved novels in order to understand how the puzzle goes together. • First, put together the vignettes. Just like with any other puzzle, you use the visual clues to build each scene. • Then read the conversations in each vignette to help you solve the puzzle and put it together in the correct order. Each vignette has a similar border so you can’t just “see” how they fit together unless you read the clues. • To check your work, look at the back of the puzzle. If you’ve done it correctly you’ll reveal a quote from Jane Austen.

Color your way to mindfulness with Mindful Coloring, an immersive coloring book featuring illustrations of 45 mantras from New York Times bestselling author and master of meditation Deepak Chopra. The experience of coloring can be a powerful mindfulness tool, and Deepak Chopra’s Mindful Coloring offers a unique way to calm the mind. Each page features intricate mandalas to color paired with mantras that provide a point of focus so you can quiet your inner thoughts and bring peace to your heart. Once filled in, Mindful Coloring is a beautiful and personal tool for your ongoing mindfulness journey

"Death Ratio''d," the latest one-shot comic by Mark Russell, Laci, and Marko Lesko presents a gripping, satirical vision of the future. When Arnold awakens from his coma into a dystopian future ruled by the merciless hand of social media, he quickly learns that in this new world, popularity isn''t everything, it''s the only thing. Garnering likes and upvotes can lead to unparalleled heights of fame and fortune. However, the stakes are lethally high - if your social approval ratio gets too low, one "thumbs down" could mean death, and trigger the bomb collar locked around each citizen''s neck. Arnold, bewildered and running on his last ''Like,'' must learn to navigate this perilous social landscape, or escape it. "Death Ratio''d" is a darkly comedic exploration of our social media-obsessed society, where the line between virtual approval and real-world survival blurs.

Learn how to destroy the universe with the power of astrophysics in this fun and factual space book for kids. "Could you crash the Moon into the Earth? If the Sun explodes, would we all get vaporized? What’s the weather like on Mercury?" Discover the answers to these questions and many more at the Supervillain Academy: the magnificently morbid school for young villains in training. Sure, facts about space are great, but discovering that if you threw someone into a black hole, they would be spaghettified – stretched out long and thin before getting squashed smaller than an atom – is truly, fascinatingly gruesome. A factual and full-of-fun astronomy book for young big thinkers and budding scientists. An accessible and enjoyable introduction to astrophysics, explaining big topics in a simple way Packed with facts about the solar system, galaxies and the universe Each chapter is linked to science topics that children learn at school Scientific concepts are brought to life with humorous illustrations Based on real questions from children, expert astronomer and author Dr. Matt Bothwell has created this kids' science book to teach astrophysics to middle graders. Perfect for fans of Kay’s Marvellous Medicine and the Horrible Histories series, Astrophysics for Supervillains is the first book of the Supervillain Academy series that will have curious kids eager to get to school on time!