Blog - First Second Books

Happy book birthday to Animus by Antoine Revoy! The residents of a quiet Japanese neighborhood have slowly come to realize that inauspicious, paranormal forces are at play in the most unlikely of places: the local playground. Two friends, a young boy and girl, resolve to exorcise the evil that inhabit it, including a snaggle-toothed monster. [...]

Happy book birthday to Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol! All Vera wants to do is fit in—but that’s not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera’s single mother can’t afford that sort of luxury, but [...]

Happy book birthday to The City on the Other Side by Mairghread Scott and Robin Robinson! Isabel isn't the kind of girl who goes on adventures. But that all changes when she stumbles through the invisible barrier that separates the human world from the fairy world. She quickly finds herself caught up in an age-old war [...]

Happy book birthday to Crafty Cat and the Great Butterfly Battle by Charise Mericle Harper! In this volume, everyone is excited about the school play and its lead role, the super-sparkly butterfly. Bossy Anya wants the part for herself. It will take all of Birdie's crafting skills to convince her class that she should be [...]

Happy book birthday to One Day a Dot by Ian Lendler, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb! One Day a Dot explores the age-old question: Where did we come from? Where did everything come from? Starting with one tiny dot and continuing through the Big Bang to the rise of human societies, the story of our universe is told in [...]

Happy book birthday to Science Comics: Sharks by Joe Flood! This volume: In Sharks, we explore one of the most unfairly villainized and Hollywood-famous underwater predators. With their 400-million year history, their vital role in maintaining the ecosystem, their incredible specialized adaptations, and their various unique species, there is a lot more to sharks than just their [...]

Happy book birthday Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths by Graham Annable! Peter and Ernesto are sloths. Peter and Ernesto are friends. When Ernesto leaves to have a grand adventure, Peter stays behind and frets. The two friends grow even closer in separation, as Peter the homebody expands his horizons and Ernesto the wanderer [...]

Happy book birthday to Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter by Marcus Sedgwick and Thomas Taylor! Scarlett Hart is the last of a long line of monster hunters, and this stubborn young orphan is determined to carry on her dead parents’ work even if she’s too young to be licensed by the monster hunters union. With the help [...]