Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
10 best books like Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (Richard Appignanesi): Pop's Bridge, Ariel, Thoreau at Walden, How I Made It to Eighteen: A Mostly True Story, Vögelein: Clockwork Faerie, Syncopated: An Anthology of Nonfiction Picto-Essays, Grass for His Pillow, Episode 1: Lord Fujiwara's Treasures, Shakespeare A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More, And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon, Goal!
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| ISBN | 0152047735 |
The Golden Gate Bridge. The impossible bridge, some call it. They say it can't be built.
But Robert's father is building it. He's a skywalker--a brave, high-climbing ironworker. Robert is convinced his pop has the most important job on the crew . . . until a frightening event makes him see that...
| Author | Grace Tiffany |
| ISBN | 0060753277 |
Ariel is beautiful and magical, a creator of dreams and of mischief. Sprung from the mind of a dazed sailor shipwrecked in the Bermuda Triangle, she rules half of her enchanted isle, dreaming of the savior from the east who will help her conquer all. When Prospero, a lost mariner, appears on the beach,...
| Author | John Porcellino |
| ISBN | 1423100387 |
"I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship, but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely." So said Henry David Thoreau in 1845 when he began his famous experiment in living on Walden Pond. In this graphic masterpiece, John Porcellino uses...
| Author | Tracy White |
| ISBN | 1596434546 |
How do you know if you're on the verge of a nervous breakdown? For seventeen-year-old Stacy Black, it all begins with the smashing of a window. After putting her fist through the glass, she checks into a mental hospital. Stacy hates it there but despite herself slowly realizes she has to face the reasons...
| Author | Jane Irwin |
| ISBN | 0974311006 |
When Jakob, Vögelein's Guardian of fifty years, dies quietly in his sleep one night, her life is thrown into utter turmoil. Left without someone to wind her, the tiny clockwork faerie has less than five hours to live--unless she can find someone to trust. Unable to reach the keyhole in her back, she continues...
| Author | Brendan Burford |
| ISBN | 0345505298 |
The stories in Syncopated challenge convention, provide perspective, and search out secret truths–all in the inviting, accessible form of comics.
Syncopated will give you a daringly different view of the past–from the history of vintage postcards to the glory days of old Coney Island....
| Author | Lian Hearn |
| ISBN | 0142404233 |
Lord Fujiwara's Treasures begins the second book in the Tales of the Otori, serving as the first act of Grass for His Pillow. If this is confusing, welcome to the club. Grass for His Pillow is the second book, but it's published in two parts, this one being the first. It's not even a complete story, since...
| Author | Charles Boyce |
| ISBN | 0385313616 |
-What famous essayist insisted that Shakespeare's play were unfit for performance?-Which two plays center on the Hundred Years' War?
-In which scene of "Romeo and Juliet" does the nurse report--falsely--that Juliet is dead and thus seal Romeo's tragic fate?
The answers are easily found...
| Author | Janet Stevens |
| ISBN | 0152022988 |
Every night the rhyme gets read. Every night Dish and Spoon run away. And every night they return--until tonight!
Where can Dish and Spoon be? The rhyme can't go on without them, so Cat, Cow, and Dog set out to search for their missing friends. But where to start? Should they go north? East? Northeast?...
| Author | Mina Javaherbin |
| ISBN | 0763645710 |
A lyrical, strikingly illustrated story celebrates the unifying power of soccer.
In a dusty township in South Africa, Ajani and his friends have earned a brand-new, federation-size soccer ball.
They kick. They dribble. They run. They score. These clever boys are football champions!...
| Author | Ariel Schrag |
| ISBN | 0670062219 |
A very unscientific poll recently revealed that 99.9% of all people who attended middle school hated it. Fortunately, some of those people have grown up to be clever and talented comic artists, with an important message to share: Everyone can survive middle school! Edited by underground comics icon...
| Author | Phil Bildner |
| ISBN | 0399247890 |
The extraordinary story of James Banning, the first African-American pilot to fly across country
During the Great Depression, the ace black pilot James Banning decided to fly from coast to coast to serve as an inspiration to people everywhere. So with a little ingenuity and a whole lot of...
| Author | Terry Deary |
| ISBN | 0439083877 |
Why is that Hamlet guy always talking to himself? In language kids can understand, this book explores the Bard's ten best-known plays. Included are a biography of Shakespeare and a discussion of theater in his day. This is part of a series presenting the great works of Western culture to children, with...
| Author | Andrew Helfer |
| ISBN | 0809095041 |
Assassinated at age forty in 1965. Malcolm X battled the horrifying legacy of African American slavery throughout his short life. Malcolm's passage from troubled boy to influential, outspoken man and finally to tragic hero is captured in the drawings of the award-winning graphic artist Randy DuBurke,...
Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast
| Author | Meghan Mccarthy |
| ISBN | 0375835180 |
It was an ordinary night in October of 1938 until a news bulletin interrupted the dance music on "CBS" radio-aliens were invading the United States!
Meghan McCarthy's hilarious "Aliens Are Coming!" tells the true story of the Halloween radio prank that duped much of the country into believing...
John's Secret Dreams: The Life of John Lennon
| Author | Doreen Rappaport |
| ISBN | 0786808179 |
This book is a wonderful introduction to John Lennon and the Beattles for kids who have never heard of them or wonder what they are about. Part of my niece and nephew is there musical education and they can name all 4 members of the band and songs too.
I thought the art was amazing and it fit so well...
| Author | Dianna Hutts Aston |
| ISBN | 0803731078 |
In July 1969, the world witnessed an awe-inspiring historical achievement when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. For the young protagonist of this lyrical and hopeful picture book, that landing is something that inspires her to make one giant step toward...
Mr. Maxwell is one contented cat. He has just been promoted. And what better way to celebrate than by going to his favorite restaurant, the Paw and Claw?
He decides to live a little and order the house specialty --- a live mouse. When the headwaiter asks if they should kill the mouse, Mr. Maxwell...
| Author | C.B. Cebulski |
| ISBN | 0785143165 |
Re-imagining the greatest Marvel stories through folktales, myths, and fables from across the globe.
In Avengers: Fairy Tales see Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, and the rest of the Avengers as you've never seen them before as the critically acclaimed line of Marvel Fairy Tales continues...
| Author | Alan Moore |
| ISBN | 0974166456 |
He was a superstar comic book creator whose star shone brightest during the last great heyday of comics during the decade of the Nineties and a polarizing figure at that. Rob Liefeld and five of his talented peers broke from Marvel Comics to form their own publishing umbrella Image Comics. His creation,...
The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Adaptation by Nicki Greenberg of the Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald
| Author | Nicki Greenberg |
| ISBN | 0143167979 |
Nicki Greenberg, with her bold illustrative style, retells F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic The Great Gatsby in a brilliant, innovative graphic novel. In the exquisitely realized setting of 1920s New York, a throng of fantastical creatures play out the drama, the wry humour, and the tragedy of the novel....
| Author | Emura |
| ISBN | 1421502054 |
Makoto's father is trying to force Akane into an arranged marriage, and to help Makoto, she's willing to do it! But can Makoto allow his sister to marry a man she doesn't even know so that he can get a chance to make a life for himself as an actor? And who is that handsome man who is always there to come to Akane's...
Shojo Fashion Manga Art School: How to Draw Cool Looks and Characters
The Number One Fashion Workshop for Shojo Manga!
From 'dos to shoes, how you dress and style your characters says a lot about who they are, before they even utter a word. Whether your story calls for a flashy drama queen or a mousy bookworm, this guide contains everything you need to know to create...
Eureka Seven: Psalms of Planets Volume 1
| Author | Jinsei Kataoka |
| ISBN | 1594096643 |
Renton Thurston's a young 14-year-old who is tired of his monotonous life. The only thing that makes him happy is when he "lifts," an extreme form of aerial hoverboarding. His feelings of frustration come from his life of toil in his Grandfather's garage and being the son of an enigmatic yet legendary...
Beauty is the Beast, Vol. 3
| Author | Tomo Matsumoto |
| ISBN | 1421503530 |
When bubbly eleventh-grader Eimi Yamashita finds out that her parents are relocating for work, she decides to strike out on her own and move into a dormitory for girls. Little does Eimi suspect the exciting romantic adventures that await her there!
Eimi unknowingly makes a conquest of Shimonuiki...
