Night Bookmobile

Night Bookmobile
by
Audrey Niffenegger
graphic novel

*For mature audiences*.

Follow Lexi in her creepy, haunting love affair with books and reading. The author says that this book was based upon some dreams she has had of books, reading, and bookmobiles.
As I read it, I was thinking "I would like THIS page to hang on my wall. No. How about THIS page! I could see a librarian decorating her cubicle or maybe her home bathroom walls with the pages of this book. It is a book for book lovers.

Here is the plot: Lexi loves books. She encounters the Night Bookmobile one night in her dreams (or maybe in reality). The bookmobile holds all of the books and papers and newspapers and magazines and school papers and cereal boxes that she has ever read. Oh, the delight of reading! Oh, the delight of remembering a good book!
I won't tell you more because I don't want to ruin the ending, but this book is a feast.

This is a good gift book and coffee table book for a librarian, teacher, English teacher, writer, etc.

Don't be surprised if your friends and family start calling you "Mr. Openshaw" in honor of the bookmobile librarian.

I hope I can get a sweatshirt or something with one of the pictures from the book on it.

Night Bookmobile

Night Bookmobile
by
Audrey Niffenegger
graphic novel?

This is not yet available in the U. S., but I look forward to reading it soon. The cover and title show promise...

Boxcar Children Graphic Novels The Yellow House Mystery

Boxcar Children Graphic Novels The Yellow House Mystery
based on Gertrude Chandler Warner's work
adapted by Rob M. Worley
illustrated by Mike Dubisch

children's fiction, ages 7-10
can be enjoyed by older readers as well

This is a Scooby Doo - type book based on the characters The Boxcar Children that were popular two or three generations ago. Set in the days before cell phones and the internet, the four Alden children have to go by boat to an isolated place in Maine to deliver a message and solve a mystery! The story comes complete with secret panels and everything.
This book is simplistic, wholesome, and safe. Conservative parents should approve.

There are at least two more books in the series:
Blue Bay Mystery
Surprise Island

Castle Waiting

Castle Waiting
by
Linda Medley
Ages 10 +, YA, or adult. Fantasy graphic novel.

The author takes some old tales, weaves them together, adds her own creative touch, and blends short stories together into a book. There is a dash of Sleeping Beauty, a teaspoon of this, a cup of that. At first I thought that it was going to be just one main story, but then I realized there were a lot of tangents. This pen and ink book makes for a fast, fulfilling read. I look forward to more fantasy tales from Medley.