Graphic Novels

LUNCH LADY

JARRET J. KROSOCZKA

Lunch Lady is a favorite for many older elementary students. The story is about a substitute teacher who is undercover to conduct mischievous acts. The lunch lady, Betty is on the case to uncover this spy and take him down. She uses her gadgets to save the day. This book was also a Charlotte Award Nominee for 3-5th graders.

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BONE

JEFF SMITH

This is the first book in a series of adventures. The main character Bone is an imaginative creature. This book has to do with the three Bone cousins. Smiley Bone sits down with a group of young campers to retell the stories of Boneville's origin. The tall tales have wild antics, rat creatures, dragons, and a monkey.

BABYMOUSE

JENNIFER L. HOLM AND MATTHEW HOLM

Lovable Babymouse is a great comic book for girls. Sometimes she gets down on herself that she can't do everything perfectly. She often imagines herself as the lead in may children's books. She learns that working hard and staying positive is the way to be successful.

323 DETECTIVE AGENCY

FOENA RODENSON



Five friends meet to set up a detective agency. Jenny is the wise donkey, Roger the gourmet dung beetle, Priscilla, the theatrical penguin, slingshot, the hyperactive sloth, and Bluebell, the shy rat. In Whiska City, they tackle their first mystery.

THE AMAZING VOYAGE

Geronimo Stilton returns to the kingdom of fantasy. The kingdom has fallen under a freezing winter. The queen of the fairies is in danger. Geronimo travels through new lands. He braves the kingdom of nightmares to save Queen Blossom and stop the freezing winter. He boards a ship and brings spring to the fairies. He runs the newspaper in New Mouse City.

BABE RUTH BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS

VITO DELSANTE

Roger is always getting into trouble and never goes to school. So his parents send him to a special school where he will be taught a trade and how to respect people. When he arrives at St. Mary's he realizes he has a lot to learn. He also learns how to be a team player and he becomes part of a new family, his baseball family.

ANNE FRANK

SID JACOBSON AND ERNIE COLON

This book is about dreams, hardships, and passions. A new edition to Anne's classic diary. It is written in an Amsterdam warehouse where she hid from the Nazis for two years with her family. She is much more sarcastic and rebellious and has resentment toward her sister.

BAD KITTY GETS A BATH

NICK BRUEL

This book is like a "How To" get the cat to take a bath book. Cartoon illustrations. Following the story are fun facts of why cats hate water and why they make hairballs. A glossary of cat sounds.

THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS

DAV PILKEY



Fourth grade boys pull pranks and get into a lot of trouble. The principal video tapes the boys pulling these stunts. Harold and George hypnotize the principal and turn him into the comic book creation. Black and white illustrations.