10 New Junior Comics and Graphic Novels.

Hey Kids!

Wellington City Libraries has some new comics and graphic novels in the children’s collection. Why not spring on down to your local library, during the last couple of weeks of August, and borrow them before they’re all gone!

Enjoy!

image courtesy of syndeticsMs. Marvel : metamorphosis.

“Love is in the air in Jersey City as Valentine’s Day arrives! Kamala may not be allowed to go to the school dance — but Ms. Marvel is! Which is bad news for… Loki? Then, when a mysterious stranger arrives in Jersey City, Ms. Marvel must deal with — a crush! Prepare for drama! Intrigue! Romance! Suspense! Punching things! Plus: see what happens when S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jemma Simmons goes undercover at Kamala’s school! And Ms. Marvel shares her first amazing, spectacular team-up with Spider-Man! But when the Marvel Universe enters its last days, can Kamala summon the will to keep on fighting the good fight? Maybe with a pep talk from her idol, Captain Marvel!” — Back cover.


image courtesy of syndeticsI am Neil Armstrong.

“A biography of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.”– Provided by publisher.

image courtesy of syndeticsTeen Titans Go! Falling Stars.

The latest adventures of the Teen Titans include Robin hoping that his dental routine saves him from making a dreaded trip to the dentist and Raven and Cyborg creating a pair of spooky-looking leggings from a pattern in one of Raven’s arcane books.

image courtesy of syndeticsSnoopy Party Animal.

A collection of Peanuts comic strips featuring Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang.

image courtesy of syndeticsNathan Hale’s hazardous tales [2] : big bad ironclad! : a Civil War steamship showdown.

“Big Bad Ironclad! covers the history of the amazing ironclad steam warships used in the Civil War. From the ship’s inventor, who had a history of blowing things up and only 100 days to complete his project, to the mischievous William Cushing, who pranked his way through the whole war, this book is filled with surprisingly true facts and funny, brave characters that modern readers will easily relate to”–Publisher’s web site.

image courtesy of syndeticsBe Prepared.

A misfit girl and her brother attend summer camp, where they struggle with primitive plumbing, snobby tentmates, and boys-versus-girls competitions.

image courtesy of syndeticsThe Smurfs 3 in 1: The Purple Smurfs, The Smurfs and the Magic Flute and the Smurf King.

Collects the first three Smurf graphic novels in one volume.

image courtesy of syndeticsThe Smurfs 3 in 1: The Smurfette, The Smurfs and the Egg and the Smurfs and the Howlibird.

The beautiful and enigmatic (not to mention blue) Smurfette makes her debut in this collection of the original Smurfs comics by Peyo. Known in America primarily for the hit 80s animated TV series and the hit movies, many Smurfs fans don’t realize that the Smurfs originally appeared in comics. Now the Smurfs are back in SMURF-TASTIC comic adventures. Featuring the classic stories “The Smurfette”, “The Smurfs and the Egg”, and “The Smurfs and the Howlibird” and many more!

image courtesy of syndeticsBig Nate A Good Old Fashioned Wedgie.

Nate endures a series of middle school hijinks and adventures while dealing with his crush on his baseball team’s new pitcher.


image courtesy of syndeticsMagic Jack and the Goblin King.

“Like a bolt from the blue, Jack’s little sister Maddy is gone – carried into another realm by an ogre. When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy’s captor through the portal, they are ready for anything… except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds. Even the power of their magic plants may not be enough to get them back to earth alive. Alone and injured, Jack and Lilly must each face their own monsters – as well as giants who grind the bones of human children to feed their “beast” and a fearsome goblin king in the sewers down below. But when Jack finds himself in a tough spot, help comes from the most unlikely person: the goblin king!” –page [4] of cover.

 

 

Top 10 Childrens Comics October 2017

Comics have some great crossovers going on, from books, movies, games and TV series.  Did you know that Poptropica was inspired by Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney – there’s a Big Nate Island!  The comics take you through the island adventures shown in the game.

If you were creating islands for your own game what would yours look like?

Let us know in the comments =)

  1. Big Nate, by Lincoln Peirce
  2. Amulet, by Kazu Kibuishi
  3. Pokémon, by Hidenori Kusaka
  4. Garfield Series, by Cedric Michiels, Mark Evanier and Jim Davis
  5. The Smurfs anthology, by Peyo
  6. Adventure time, by Ryan North
  7. Warriors, by Dan Jolley
  8. Peanuts, by  Charles M. Schulz
  9. Poptropica, by Mitch Krpata
  10. Thunderbirds, by Gerry Anderson

Top 10 Childrens comics September 2017

The results are in for the highest issuing comics … School antics and fantasy adventures are winners this time round.  The school holidays were a really popular time at the library and now the shelves are filling up again as people return their holiday reads.

There is a new smurf comic in the library collection!  Five short stories including how Smurflily came across the wall. What wall you want to know? You might have to reserve copy to find out because it’s quite a popular comic book!

Did you know that you can see the miniatures from the Thunderbirds series here in Wellington?  Weta Studio Tours will give you an idea of what your comic characters look like in 3 dimensions =)

  1. Big Nate, by Lincoln Peirce
  2. Pokémon, by Hidenori Kusaka
  3. Amulet series, by Kazu Kibuishi
  4. Garfield, by Jim Davis
  5. Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz
  6. Adventure Time, by Ryan North
  7. The Smurfs, by Peyo
  8. Warriors series, by Dan Jolley
  9. Uncle $crooge and Donald Duck, by Don Rosa
  10. Thunderbirds, by Gerry Anderson

Top 10 Children’s Comics June 2017

So who doesn’t love an anthology! They take a heap of comics, join them up and place them carefully between a cover that creates one bumper book.  The Smurf Anthologies are great because you get to see a story through.  Also it looks like you’re reading a lot!

Did you know the original name for Smurfs was Les Schtroumpfs! Pierre Culliford, more famously known as Peyo came up with the name as a nonsense word.  Les Schtroumpfs were originally encountered in a Peyo comic Johan et Pirlouit” take a look at the these Peyo creations.  Of course you can always take more comics out of the library… Peyo is also the author of Benny Breakiron =)

  1. Big Nate, by Lincoln Peirce
  2. Tintin, by Hergé
  3. Pokémon, by Hidenori Kusaka
  4. Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz
  5. Adventure time, by Ryan North
  6. Amulet, by Kazu Kibuishi
  7. Garfield, by Jim Davis
  8. Chi’s sweet home, by Kanata Konami
  9. The Smurfs anthology, by Peyo
  10. Asterix, by Goscinny and Udzero

Top 10 Children’s Comics August 2016

There’s plenty of great material in the Children’s comic collection! Some strong favourites in this month’s Top 10. Pokemon is really popular with the Pokemon Go frenzy that’s everywhere!

Peanuts is number one this week, so if you can’t find any on your library shelf Comic Plus has you covered for online copies.  Login with your library card and read comics to your heart’s content.

1. Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz

2. Pokemon, by Hidenori Kusaka, art by Satoshi Yamomoto

3. Big Nate, by Lincoln Peirce

4. Garfield, by Jim Davis

5. Amulet, by Kazu Kibuishi

6. My little pony, by Ted Anderson, Christina Rice & Thom Zahler; art by Jay Fosgitt, Agnes Garbowska & Tony Fleecs

7. Adventure time, by Ryan North

8. Tintin by Herge

9. Chi’s sweet home, by Kanata Konami

10. The Smurfs anthology, by Peyo

Top 10 Children’s Comics December 2015

Peanuts a.k.a. the Charlie Brown comics a.k.a. Snoopy has been a trusty high favourite in the  rankings. You know that Snoopy has his own christmas song? There’s also the movie! You can supplement your Christmas telly with A Charlie Brown Christmas (it even has a dance routine!).  Have some of your own Christmas routines? Let us know in the comments below.

  1. Big Nate, by Lincoln Peirce
  2. The complete Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz
  3. Pokémon, by Hidenori Kusaka
  4. Asterix, by Goscinny and Udzero
  5. Adventure time, by Ryan North
  6. Amulet, by Kazu Kibuishi
  7. Chi’s sweet home, by Kanata Konami
  8. Garfield, by Mark Evanier
  9. Babymouse, by Jennifer L. Holm
  10. Uncle $crooge and Donald Duck, by Don Rosa

 

 

 

Top 10 Children’s comics November 2015

Online comics are now free to stream through ComicsPlus!  There’s a children’s collection to browse through including Top Ten numero uno Big Nate.

Author Lincoln Peirce has Big Nate titles in books and comics. The comics are really popular so if you can’t find one, head over to the fiction shelves for a browse.  The Big Nate website has some corker reviews, most beloved by the author was, “Big Nate Is Going To Blow Your Pants Off!”, a pretty high accolade!

You can submit your own review as part of the Summer Reading Challenge, we’d love to hear what you think.

 

Here’s your Top 10:

  1. Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce
  2. The complete Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
  3. Pokémon by Hidenori Kusaka
  4. Tintin by Hergé
  5. Garfield by Mark Evanier
  6. Adventure time by Ryan North
  7. Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi
  8. Chi’s sweet home by Kanata Konami
  9. Sonic saga series by Ian Flynn
  10. Asterix omnibus by Gscinny and Udzero

Top 10 Children’s comics for September

Geronimo Stilton makes a comeback into the running and Pokémon is the standout lead in this month’s comic poll for the favourite read.

1.   Pokémon by Hidenori Kusaka

2.   Big Nate by Lincoln Pierce

3.   Chi’s sweet home by Kanata Konami

4.   Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi

5.   The complete Peanuts by Charles M Schulz

6.   Asterix Omnibus by Goscinny and Udzero

7.   Warriors by Dan Jolley

8.  Adventure time by Ryan North

9.  Who stole Mona Lisa? by Geronimo Stilton

10.Tintin and the Picaros by Hergé

Top 10 Children’s comics for July

Favourite funny characters to wrap up with and enjoy over the wintery months.

1.   Pokemon by Hidenori Kusaka
2.   Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce
3.   The complete Peanuts by Charles M.  Schulz
4.   Asterix omnibus by Goscinny and Udzero
5.   Chi’s sweet home by Kanata Konami
6.   Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi
7.   Babymouse series by Jennifer L. Holm
8.   Warriors series by Dan Jolley
9.   Adventure time by Ryan North
10. Red Rackham’s treasure by Herge