Best of 2019 : Children's Graphic Novels - Christchurch City LibrariesLike this list

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• Akissi

  More Tales of Mischief

  Abouet, Marguerite, 1971-

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  The plucky, troublemaking Akissi is back with her mischief on The Ivory Coast! This time, she has to keep herself from drowning, stand up to a bully, make peace with her arch nemesis--the prettiest girl in school, and evade a witch doctor's potion.

• This Was Our Pact

  Andrews, Ryan

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  It's the night of the annual Autumn Equinox Festival, when the town gathers to float paper lanterns down the river. Legend has it that after drifting out of sight, they'll soar off to the Milky Way and turn into brilliant stars. This year, Ben and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Catwad. It's Me

  Benton, Jim

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  From New York Times best-selling author Jim Benton, meet Catwad! He's blue, he's a bit of a grouch, and his best friend is a dim-witted cat named Blurmp who can see the bright side of anything.

• Slapdash Science

  Brockington, Drew

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  In this full-color graphic novel, debut author/illustrator Drew Brockington pushes CatStronauts team further than ever, adding in mounds of experiments, teamwork, and tuna fish by the ton!

• Bird & Squirrel. All Tangled Up

  Burks, James (James R.)

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  Simple and easy to follow make this series a stepping stone for those interested in beginning to read graphic novels. Bird and Squirrel add a new member to the adventuring team: Squirrel's daughter, BIRDIE!!!

• Narwhal's Otter Friend

  Clanton, Ben, 1988-

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  Another 'Fintastic and Otterly awesome' book.

• Island Book

  Dahm, Evan

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  Sola is cursed. At least, that's what everyone tells her. It all started the day the Monster came to the island. While others fled, Sola stood before the creature, alone and unafraid. Since then she's been treated like an outcast. Boundless…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Only Living Girl. [1], The Island at the Edge of Infinity

  Gallaher, David, 1975-

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  What's it like to sleep though the apocalypse? that's what 13 year old Zee keeps asking herself. By an award-winning graphic novelist and video game writer.

• The Baby-sitters Club. [7], Boy-crazy Stacey

  a Graphic Novel

  Martin, Ann M., 1955-

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  Adapted by USA Today bestselling author Gale Galligan! Stacey and Mary Anne are baby-sitting for the Pike family for two weeks at the New Jersey shore.

• Best Friends

  Hale, Shannon, 1974-

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  Bestselling creators of 'Real friends' are back with a true story about popularity, first boyfriends and finding your own path.

• Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl

  Hatke, Ben

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  Jack and Lilly are no strangers to heroics. They've befriended dragons, battled giants, and even earned the loyalty of a goblin army. So when they meet Zita the Spacegirl, fresh from her interplanetary travels and seeking their help to face a new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sunny Rolls the Dice

  Holm, Jennifer L., 1968-

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  From the award-winning duo of Jennifer and Matthew Holm comes the third book in the bestselling Sunny series. Full of heart, laughs, and adventure! Too cool for school . . . or the least groovy girl in the grade? Sunny's just made it to middle…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Breakaways

  Johnson, Cathy G.

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  'A raw and beautifully honest look into the lives of a diverse and defiantly independent group of kids learning to make room for themselves in the world.'

• Emiline

  Knight in Training

  Johnson, Kimberli

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  A charming dyslexia-friendly story about learning to read while learning to become a knight at the same time.

• The Dam Keeper. Book Three, [Return From the Shadows]

  Kondo, Robert

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  Sunrise Valley is without a dam keeper, and time is running out. In less than twenty-four hours, the poisonous tidal wave of black fog will descend on Pig's home. Robert Kondo previously worked as an art director at Pixar.

• The Mutts Summer Diaries

  McDonnell, Patrick, 1956-

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  Hit the beach with Earl and Mooch, the dog and cat, summer is here!

• Milo's World. 1, The Land Under the Lake

  Marazano, Richard

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  A beautifully illustrated, family-friendly, magical adventure in the vein of Amulet and The Wizard of Oz.

• Queen of the Sea

  Meconis, Dylan

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  Cult graphic novelist Dylan Meconis offers a rich reimagining of history in this beautifully detailed hybrid novel loosely based on the exile of Queen Elizabeth I by her sister, Queen Mary. When her sister seizes the throne, Queen Eleanor of Albion…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Click

  Miller, Kayla

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  A story about friendship and finding where you "click" in middle school. Olive wants to get in on the act . . . . Any act! Olive "clicks" with everyone in the fifth grade - until one day she doesn't.

• Camp

  Miller, Kayla

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  Olive is back in this emotional and honest story about navigating new experiences, learning to step outside one's comfort zone, and the satisfaction of blazing your own trails.