2025 Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List Duck and the gang have built the FAR OUT FORT and now they are playing a mega game of Capture the Flag--in the third installment of this “cool” graphic chapter book series, perfect for fans of Dog Man. Duck and the gang are joined by Rhino, Turtle, Frog and the rest of the kids from the Cool Caboose in a mega game of capture the flag! If they get tagged by the other team, they are out of the game. The object is to capture the other teams flag! Mike Petrik is at his best as members of both teams try and outsmart each other. With plenty of excitement and the tension and high stakes kids adore, everyone races to the finish. But who wins? In three short chapters, perfect for readers just gaining confidence, Duck and friends once again show that being cool is never about being mean! Hippo Park graphic chapter books are ideal for beginner and newly independent readers, with approachable page counts, easy-to-follow paneling, and artwork that supports text comprehension.

2025 Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List Duck and the gang have built the FAR OUT FORT and now they are playing a mega game of Capture the Flag--in the third installment of this “cool” graphic chapter book series, perfect for fans of Dog Man. Duck and the gang are joined by Rhino, Turtle, Frog and the rest of the kids from the Cool Caboose in a mega game of capture the flag! If they get tagged by the other team, they are out of the game. The object is to capture the other teams flag! Mike Petrik is at his best as members of both teams try and outsmart each other. With plenty of excitement and the tension and high stakes kids adore, everyone races to the finish. But who wins? In three short chapters, perfect for readers just gaining confidence, Duck and friends once again show that being cool is never about being mean! Hippo Park graphic chapter books are ideal for beginner and newly independent readers, with approachable page counts, easy-to-follow paneling, and artwork that supports text comprehension.

Coleman not only captures his subject’s likeness, but his portraits also serve as ambitious narratives of the subject’s life. Told in lozenges scattered throughout the often-larger-than-life works, the portraits contain scenes from the subject’s life and words and phrases. Coleman is not afraid to explore the dark reaches of the human psyche, but also portrays a distinct humanity in his subjects and often includes a touch of humor.A Doorway to Joe

Lynda Barry’s bestselling treatise on creativity, What It Is, is now available in paperback How do objects summon memories? What do real images feel like? What is an image? What is the past? For decades, these questions have permeated the pages of Lynda Barry’s compositions, with words attracting pictures and conjuring places through a pen that first and foremost keeps on moving. Barry’s What It Is demonstrates a tried-and-true creative method that is playful, powerful, and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive mind who wishes to write or to remember. In this exploratory workbook, confessional, and memoir each page is a full-color collage that is a gentle guide to the creative process packed full ofswirling collaged images with pen and ink drawings on Barry’s signature legal paper. Barry’s award winning book is an invigorating example of exactly what it is: “The ordinary is extraordinary.”

Follow Mickey and friends into the world of comics! Worlds of Fun! is the first installment of Mickey Mouse Funhouse My First Comic Reader. This easy-to-read comic book introduces young fans to comics with simple text, accessible layouts, and clear storylines about Mickey, Minnie, and the gang, exploring themes of friendship and adventure. Worlds of Fun!: My First Comic Reader is the perfect introduction to comics for 4-6 year olds, as well as fans of Mickey Mouse. - Mickey Mouse Funhouse: Get Ready for Fun! - World of Reading Mickey Mouse Funhouse: The Summer Snow Day- World of Reading Mickey Mouse Funhouse: Homesick! - Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Team Spidey Does It All!: My First Comic Reader- Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Let's Swing, Spidey Team!: My First Comic Reader

Roller Girl meets Cardboard Kingdom in this original, contemporary graphic novel from award-winning author Pablo Cartaya and New York Times best-selling illustrator Miguel Díaz Rivas. Baseball is Elena Rueda’s entire life: She may be the only girl on her team, but she’s the best player and everyone knows it. Except . . Elena has stopped having fun, and it’s time to leave the sport behind. The problem is, Elena has no idea who she is without a bat in her hand. Can a summer spent with her brother''s quirky friends in an empty sandlot that offers a world of possibility show Elena who she is—and teach her to love to play again?

Dick Grayson has proven himself as a protege to one of the most critical mentors of all time, Batman. When Dick decides to step out of the shadows as Robin and into the spotlight with his new superhero identity, Nightwing, will he fly or fall? Add a new base of operations in the crime-ridden city Blüdhaven, the former boy wonder will have his work cut out for him. Collects Nightwing (vol. 1) #1-4; Nightwing (vol. 2) #1-25, #1,000,000; Nightwing Annual #1; Wizard Presents:Nightwing #1/2; Nightwing and Huntress #1-4; Green Arrow (vol. 2) #134-135; Robin (vol. 2) #55; and DetectiveComics #723-725 and #1,000,000.

After the INFINITE CRISIS, the DC Universe spent a year without Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman—a year in which those heroes were needed more than ever as the fate of the world hung in the balance. This is 52, a four-volume collection of the unprecedented, critically acclaimed weekly series of death, danger, romance, terror and the never-ending search for heroism in the DC Universe's most eventful year ever. 52 features the best and brightest writers from the comic-book field including Geoff Johns (INFINITE CRISIS), Grant Morrison (ALL STAR SUPERMAN), Greg Rucka (WONDER WOMAN) and Mark Waid (KINGDOM COME), working together to tell the tale of a world awakening from a nightmare to face a new day. 52: A year without Superman; a year without Batman; a year without Wonder Woman…but not a year without heroes. Collects 52 #1-26.

The future of Metropolis is here! Steel, a fan-favorite part of the Superman mythos, is back in a new story written by sci-fi icon Michael Dorn! The Metropolis of the future is here today, but can it survive a terrorist who’s out for revenge against its builder—John Henry Irons, a.k.a. Steel—and his company, Steelworks…and who possesses secrets that could undo everything John has worked so hard to build? While John’s professional life is firing on all cylinders, his personal life is even better, as his on-again, off-again relationship with Lana Lang might be back on, permanently. Now he must decide whether it’s time to give up being Steel once and for all. But does John even know who he would be without his superhero identity? How does the other Steel—John’s niece, Natasha Irons—feel about his momentous decision? And does any of that matter if Steelworks crumbles around him when he lacks the superpowers to fight back? Writer Michael Dorn (the voice of Steel in Superman: The Animated Series) teams up with artist Sami Basri ( Harley Quinn, Catwoman) to bring you the next chapter of Steel’s saga! This volume collects Steelworks #1-6.

The unseen adventures of Prince Adam’s first year as He-Man! On the world of Eternia, a fragile balance exists between science and magic, a balance kept by the universe’s mightiest hero, He-Man, secretly Prince Adam, heir to the throne! Still inexperienced at saving the world, Adam and his companions travel to the mysterious nation of Anwat Gar, and uncover a plot by the evil Skeletor to seize control of the advanced technology that powers the island city! Collecting Masters of the Universe: Forge of Destiny #1–#4, magic, mystery, and adventure await in this exciting prequel to the hit Netflix series!

The Eisner Award–winning Black Hammer universe is given a closer look, with two complete series drawn by Tyler Crook and Gabriel Hernández Walta! In Colonel Weird: Cosmagog, sanity-challenged space adventurer Colonel Weird embarks on a strange journey through space and time for something that he’s long forgotten with his sanity and life at stake! In Barbalien: Red Planet, the shape-shifting superhero Barbalien struggles to find his place in the world during the AIDS crisis—something made all the more difficult when a Martian enemy from the past follows him to earth to take him back, dead or alive. Collects Colonel Weird: Cosmagog and Barbalien: Red Planet in an affordable omnibus format!

By writing just one sentence a day in this illustrated journal, you can collect your thoughts year after year and create a beautiful keepsake to treasure forever. Featuring gorgeous patterns, this journal offers a simple way to capture daily thoughts and turn them into a precious time capsule of the next five years. Turn to the day’s date and respond to the writing prompt. Then see how your answers change year after year. Questions include: • Write the first sentence of your autobiography • What’s the next book you want to read? • What is the most honest thing you’ve said today? • What’s your favorite brunch food? This unique and beautiful new version of our phenomenally successful Q&A a Day pairs the original prompts with stunning patterns from a beloved designer.

By writing just one sentence a day in this illustrated journal, you can collect your thoughts year after year and create a beautiful keepsake to treasure forever. Featuring gorgeous patterns, this journal offers a simple way to capture daily thoughts and turn them into a precious time capsule of the next five years. Turn to the day’s date and respond to the writing prompt. Then see how your answers change year after year. Questions include: • Write the first sentence of your autobiography • What’s the next book you want to read? • What is the most honest thing you’ve said today? • What’s your favorite brunch food? This unique and beautiful new version of our phenomenally successful Q&A a Day pairs the original prompts with stunning patterns from a beloved designer.

By writing just one sentence a day in this illustrated journal, you can collect your thoughts year after year and create a beautiful keepsake to treasure forever. Featuring gorgeous patterns, this journal offers a simple way to capture daily thoughts and turn them into a precious time capsule of the next five years. Turn to the day’s date and respond to the writing prompt. Then see how your answers change year after year. Questions include: • Write the first sentence of your autobiography • What’s the next book you want to read? • What is the most honest thing you’ve said today? • What’s your favorite brunch food? This unique and beautiful new version of our phenomenally successful Q&A a Day pairs the original prompts with stunning patterns from a beloved designer.

A graphic novel featuring uplifting stories of combatting—and beating—calls for their eviction in Detroit, showing how everyday people are fighting to stay in their homes, organizing with their communities, and winning. We Live Here! is a graphic novel biography of the members of the local activist group Detroit Eviction Defense combatting—and beating—calls for their eviction. By illustrating the stories of families struggling against evictions, the book gives a voice to those who have remained in Detroit, showing the larger complexities at work in a beleaguered city. These are everyday people fighting back, organizing with others, going into the streets, and winning their homes back. What will Detroit look like in the future? Today cheap property entices real estate speculators from around the world. Artists arrive from all over viewing the city as a creative playground. Billionaires are re-sculpting downtown as a spot for tourism. But beyond the conventional players in urban growth and development, Detroit Eviction Defense (DED) members—like others engaged in place-based struggles all over the country—are pushing back, saying in effect, “we live here, we’ve been here, there is no Detroit without us.”

Discover Dr. Seuss’s whimsical world like never before in this colorful graphic novel companion to The Cat in the Hat! With all-new illustrations and easy-to-read paneled storytelling, this is the perfect next step for beginner readers transitioning to chapter books! It’s a normal day with normal chores for Sally and her brother…until everything turns topsy-turvy when the Cat in the Hat arrives! With a whirlwind of fun, and the hilarious but chaotic antics of Thing 1 and Thing 2, the day promises to be anything but boring. Yet Sally’s wise pet, the Fish, warns them about letting the Cat stay. The question looms: Can they wrap up their tasks before their parents return, or will the Cat’s zany escapades throw them off course? With brand-new illustrations and easy-to-follow paneled storytelling, this graphic novel is an excellent bridge for kids transitioning to chapter books. A perfect must-have for young readers and Dr. Seuss fans alike.

Original, wry, and personal—yet universally relatable—an acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist, author, and new mom offers this fresh take on a “how to” parenting book, featuring graphic depictions of the absurdities, frustrations, and soaring joys of new parenthood.