The Graphic Novel
Jack and the Beanstalk
Retold by Blake A. Hoena
Illustrated by Ricardo Tercio
This blog is for the boys out there who perhaps need some more enticement when it comes to reading. Well, I’ve got a good story for ya today that’ll knock your socks off! The Graphic Novel Jack and the Beanstalk has got all those elements of a classic page-turner: a magic beanstalk that reaches up to a castle in the sky, a talking, gold harp for the taking, tough young hero Jack about to be mincemeat, and a ferociously angry boy-eating giant out to get wily Jack. At 33 pages, its length favors a 2nd to 3rd grade reading level, while the illustrations are funkier and a bit edgier than your typical rendition of this well-known tale.
For the older crowd, young men and women alike, Lemuria Bookstore has just gotten in the graphic novel version of Newbery Award winner Neil Gaiman‘s eerily awesome story Coraline. Read about how Coraline’s parents live in an alternate universe with black buttons for eyes and you’ll be hooked!
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And finally, back to an old favorite, for the rambunctious and adventurous girls out there, there is the graphic novel Rapunzel’s Revenge. Click here for my earlier blog on Rapunzel’s Revenge.
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