Wilmington Memorial Library
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Youth Services: 978-694-2098
Graphic Novels Grades K-2
Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons
Rosenstiehl, Agnès
Location: Kids ER Rosenstiehl
A young girl named Lilly enjoys different activities during each
sea-son of the year, from dancing in the park in the spring to
throwing snowballs in the winter.
Owly: The Way Home & The Bittersweet Summer
Runton, Andy
Location: Kids Graphic Owly
Owly, a kind and lonely owl, helps and then befriends a worm and
then a pair of hummingbirds in these two nearly wordless sto-ries.
First in the "Owly" series.
Little Mouse Gets Ready
Smith, Jeff
Location: Kids ER Smith
Little Mouse hurries to get ready for a trip to the barn,
carefully dressing himself piece by piece until his mother reminds
him that mice don't wear clothes.
Binky the Space Cat
Spires, Ashley
Location: Kids Graphic Binky
Binky has a dream: to become a space cat, blast into space, and
fight aliens. First of the "A Binky Adventure" series.
Hamster and Cheese
Venable, Colleen
Location: Kids Graphic Guinea
Sasspants the guinea pig and his sidekick, Hamisher the hamster,
get to the bottom of the case of the missing sandwiches. First of
the "Pet Shop Private Eye" series.
These comic book-style books are great
for younger independent readers.
Luke on the Loose
Bliss, Harry
Location: Kids Graphic Luke
A young boy's fascination with pi-geons soon erupts into a
full-blown chase around Central Park, across the Brooklyn Bridge,
through a fancy restaurant, and into the sky.
Otto's Orange Day Cammuso, Frank
Location: Kids Graphic Otto
After a genie fulfills Otto the cat's wish by turning the whole
world orange, Otto realizes that his fa-vorite color is not the
best color for everything.
Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary
Cartoon-ists
Duffy, Chris
Location: Kids Graphic Fairy
Seventeen fairy tales are wonder-fully adapted and illustrated
in comics format by such noted artists as Raina Telgemeier, Brett
Helquist, Cherise Harper, and oth-ers.
The Flying Beaver Brothers and The Evil Penguin Plan
Eaton, Maxwell.
Location: Kids Graphic Flying
Two beavers thwart an evil plot by penguins who plan to turn
Beaver Island into a frosty resort.
The Adventures of Polo
Faller, Régis
Location: Kids Picture Book Faller
Little dog Polo takes up his back-pack and umbrella and sets out
in his boat to explore exciting new places. First of a series.
Patrick in A Teddy Bear's Picnic and Other Stories
Hayes, Geoffrey
Location: Kids ER Hayes
In these cozy stories for young readers, Patrick goes on a
picnic with his mother, faces down a bul-ly, and resists taking a
nap.
Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!
Hayes, Geoffrey
Location: Kids ER Hayes
In this Geisel Award winner, two mice meet their new neighbor
and discover that she is not as scary as they feared. First of the
"Benny
and Penny" series.
The Shark King: A Toon Book
Johnson, R. Kikuo
Location: Kids Graphic Shark
In graphic novel format, retells the Hawaiian story of Nanaue,
born of human mother and shark father, who struggles to find his
place in a village of humans.
Laundry Day
Manning, Maurie
Location: Kids Picture Book Man-ning
On laundry day, a young shoe shin-er ventures up through a
tene-ment to discover the owner of a red cloth that mysteriously
fell from the sky.
Robot, Go Bot!: A Comic Read-er
Rau, Dana
Location: Kids ER Rau
A young girl makes so many de-mands on the robot she has
con-structed that he runs away.
