Happy Book Birthday to a very special member of the First Second family: Demon Volume 1 by Jason Shiga. If you're a fan of Meanwhile, get ready for something totally different. Jason's four-volume epic is NOT for kids. SERIOUSLY. Demon is unlike anything First Second has published before. It follows Jimmy Yee, a man [...]
Happy Book Birthday to Andy Hirsch's Varmints! Clever, explosive, and deeply moving by turns, Varmints is a perfect middle-grade comedy. Hirsch brings an old-school Western style to bear on a story full of nuance, humor, and surprises. Make sure to pick up a copy today!
Happy Book Birthday to Drew Weing's The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo! In the first volume of this new middle-grade series, Drew Weing delivers a fresh and funny take on the age-old battle between kids and closet-dwelling monsters. Make sure to pick up a copy and join snarky blogger Charles and monster mediator Margo [...]
Happy Book Birthday to Ben Hatke’s best work yet—Mighty Jack, the first of two volumes in a modern-day graphic novel retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk. Mighty Jack is a vivid, warm, and sensitive epic fairytale adventure. It's a story of how a few magical seeds push three kids to each be their own kind of [...]
Happy Book Birthday to the newest book from Gene Luen Yang & Mike Holmes' awesome Secret Coders series, Paths & Portals! The Secret Coders series really picks up steam in the second volume, Paths & Portals. We learn more about the secret history of Stately Academy. And Josh,who you might have written off as an annoying [...]
