Salt Water Taffy, vol. 1: The Legend of Old Salty
10 best books like Salt Water Taffy, vol. 1: The Legend of Old Salty (Matthew Loux): The Shark King, Adventures in Cartooning: How to Turn Your Doodles Into Comics, Cow Boy: A Boy and His Horse, Jellaby: Monster in the City, The War at Ellsmere, The Musical, Courtney Crumrin in the Twilight Kingdom, The Flying Beaver Brothers and the Fishy Business, Fangbone! Third-Grade Barbarian, Hamster and Cheese
| Author | R. Kikuo Johnson |
| ISBN | 1935179160 |
Meet Nanaue, a boy craving to be who he truly is.
From the islands of Hawaii comes the electrifying tale of Nanaue, who has to balance his yearning for Dad's guidance with his desire for Mom's nurture. Award-winning cartoonist R. Kikuo Johnson transports young readers to the lush tropical shores...
Adventures in Cartooning: How to Turn Your Doodles Into Comics
| Author | James Sturm |
| ISBN | 1596433698 |
In this action-packed cartooning adventure, kids will have as much fun making comics as reading them!
Once upon a time . . . a princess tried to make a comic. And with the help of a magical cartooning elf, she learned how – well enough to draw her way out of an encounter with a dangerous dragon,...
| Author | Nate Cosby |
| ISBN | 1936393670 |
Justice ain't got no age..
Nate Cosby (Pigs, Jim Henson's The Storyteller) and Chris Eliopoulos (Franklin Richards, Misery Loves Sherman) present Cow Boy, the story of a young bounty hunter determined to send his entire outlaw family to jail. He travels the Old West on a horse that ain't his,...
Jellaby: Monster in the City
| Author | Kean Soo |
| ISBN | 1423105656 |
As Portia, Jason, and Jellaby continue their journey through the city of Toronto, Portia is torn between her friendship with Jellaby and her duty to help the sweet monster find his way back to his home. How can Portia say goodbye forever, when Jellaby has become her best friend?
But the clues leading...
Juniper is the newest scholarship student at the prestigious Ellsmere Academy. She soon finds herself labeled a "special project," harried by stringent standards, and in the novel position of being someone's nemesis.
Luckily for Jun, she has an ally in the quirky Cassie, who tells her the...
| Author | Jennifer L. Holm |
| ISBN | 0375843884 |
Dust off your dancing shoes. Babymouse and the gang are taking center stage in the feel-good book of the season! Will Babymouse get the lead in the school musical or will Felicia Furrypaws steal the show? Find out in Babymouse: The Musical ! Filled with highsteps and high jinks and starring the critically...
Courtney Crumrin in the Twilight Kingdom
| Author | Ted Naifeh |
| ISBN | 1932664017 |
Courtney has changed schools yet again, but this time she's in the Coven's special class for magical studies. But when a student spell goes wrong and leaves one of her classmates cursed, can Courtney lead the kids into Goblin Town and find a cure or will misfortune follow the group straight to the Twilight...
| Author | Maxwell Eaton III |
| ISBN | 0375864482 |
The Flying Beaver Brothers are back, and this time they're hot on the trail of another eco-villain: Fish Stix Environmental Manufacturing. When Fish Stix sets up shop, most of the islanders are thrilled. After all, Fish Stix are the most popular, best-selling sticks around AND they're good for the...
| Author | Michael Rex |
| ISBN | 0399255214 |
This is probably great for a pre-teen boy or girl interested in humorous Conan the Barbarian style hijinks. Michael Rex is sharp and funny as ever, but I couldn't connect to Fangbone. I think it out of my age range. I can see young kids really into this.
There is a lot of fighting and masculine stuff...
| Author | Colleen A.F. Venable |
| ISBN | 0761345981 |
There's a sandwich thief in Mr. Venezi's pet shop, and everyone is a suspect, from the chinchillas to the goldfish. Never fear! The world's fluffiest detective on the case: Sasspants, PI(G). By day, Sasspants is your average book-loving, gizmo-inventing guinea pig. By night she solves pet shop mysteries...
| Author | Aaron Renier |
| ISBN | 1596434538 |
Walker Bean never wanted to be a high-seas pirate waging a pitched battle against the forces of the deep. It just worked out that way.
Mild, meek, and a little geeky, Walker is always happiest in his grandfather's workshop, messing around with his inventions. But when his beloved grandfather...
| Author | Aaron Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0805082425 |
Have you ever had one of those moments? You know—you’re trying to find a stolen diamond pencil box for your beautiful butterfly customer, your mosquito witness won’t give you any information, and your clumsy scorpion assistant has just tampered with your only bit of evidence? Joey Fly has those...
| Author | Chris Schweizer |
| ISBN | 1934964069 |
The debut volume in an ongoing series of historical adventures focusing on the various branches of the fictional Crogan Family Tree. In CROGAN'S VENGEANCE, "Catfoot" Crogan is an able-bodied mariner plying his trade for a dastardly "legitimate" captain with a grudge against Crogan for a slight committed...
| Author | Susan Kim |
| ISBN | 1596432624 |
Mystery, intrigue, and pastries abound in this World War II spy tale
Evelyn typically satisfies her longing for adventure with the help of a pencil and a sheet of paper. But when she makes a new friend, Tony, she's happy to abandon her art for a real-life search for spies. When the two accidentally...
| Author | Chris Giarrusso |
| ISBN | 1607060876 |
I definitely enjoyed this one, and I had to keep grabbing it back from my sons (who were reading it multiple times).
While it seems like a silly "Kids hero" comic, it really packed in a lot of intriguing concepts. It has the whole multiple universes concept going toward the end, which would be an...
| Author | Régis Faller |
| ISBN | 1596431601 |
Equipped with a backpack full of supplies, Polo sets off on a little boat--and on a series of delightful adventures that take him across (and under) the ocean, to an island and a frozen iceberg, to space and home again, with a world of magical encounters along the way. Polo's journey is packed with incident...
| Author | Eleanor Davis |
| ISBN | 0979923840 |
Stinky was on the 2009 ALA Honor Book list for the Theodore Giesel Award. It is a beginning reader book presented in a graphic novel format (for the purpose of LIS 565 assignment 3, I will count this book as a graphic novel rather than an early reader). Stinky is a smelly swamp monster who believes that all...
Flight Explorer, Volume 1
| Author | Kazu Kibuishi |
| ISBN | 0345503139 |
This reminded me of Explorer: The Mystery Boxes but for younger readers, although I suppose the point is to make this more like the Flight series, but for kids, but I haven't gotten to any of the Flight books yet so can't compare them myself.
I was already familiar with a number of the authors and...
Stickman Odyssey, Book 1: An Epic Doodle
| Author | Christopher Ford |
| ISBN | 0399254269 |
When Zozimos is banished by an evil witch (his stepmother!) from the kingdom of Sticatha-the kingdom he was next in line to rule-he trains at battle (if you call chasing after butterflies training), travels across stormy seas (thanks for that, Poseidon), slays golems and monsters (with a lot of help),...
| Author | Ashley Spires |
| ISBN | 1554535026 |
While in hot pursuit of an alien invader (a bug), Binky accidentally falls out the space station porthole (bathroom window) and finds himself in outer space (outside) for the very first time. But just as Binky begins to explore, he discovers that his copilot, Ted (stuffed mousie), is trapped beneath...
Sticky Burr: Adventures in Burrwood Forest
| Author | John Lechner |
| ISBN | 0763630543 |
Meet Sticky Burr, his unshakable friends, and his prickly foes! A beguiling graphic storybook guaranteed to grab young readers.
Welcome to Burrwood Forest, where a village of seed pods leads a busy life gathering food, building stick houses, and having extraordinary adventures. There...
| Author | Scott Morse |
| ISBN | 1929998333 |
Magic Pickle, also known as Weapon Kosher, was a regular pickle that accidentally was infused with superhero powers. He was not the only ones, except the rest of the vegetables went bad and formed the Brotherhood of Evil Produce. Magic Pickle has been was frozen, and was just woken up in order to protect...
| Author | David Steinberg |
| ISBN | 0448446987 |
Being the new kid in town with no volume control on his voice, Daniel Boom discovers an even bigger problem: the evil Kid-Rid Corporation has silenced the entire world with their terrible Soundsucker LX machine! Daniel taps into his inner superhero to become Loud Boy, along with his new pals who have...
Pirates of the Silver Coast
At long last, Dessa knows the location of her missing twin brother...
The island of Astaroth--"The Dark Island"--is a legend among sailors. It's rumored a demon lives there, and that is holds more riches than anyone could fathom. But no one has ever laid eyes on it.
Certain that her...
