Comic Book & Graphic Novel Month
The Children’s Book Council team is always reading and we’re always up for sharing the interesting books some of us love to dive into. Since October is National Book Month, we are celebrating by sharing our favorite comic books and graphic novels. Join us in celebrating National Book Month with comics and graphic novels too and let us know on social media what you’re reading this October!
Sommer Wissner
Himawari House, by Harmony Becker (First Second / Macmillan)
The Tea Dragon Society, by K. O’Neill (Oni Press)
Paulina Ramirez
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, written and illustrated by Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon / Random House)
Nowhere Girl, written and illustrated by Magali Le Huche (Nobrow Press)
John McCormack
Hollow OGN, by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, illustrated by Berenice Nelle (BOOM Studios)
Mason Mooney: Doppelgänger Detective, by Seaerra Miller (Flying Eye)
Laura Peraza
DeadEndia: The Watcher’s Test (Book 1), by Hamish Steele (Nobrow)
The Woods Yearbook Edition Book 1, by James Tynion IV, artist Michael Dialynas (BOOM Studios)
Jena Groshek
The Legend of Auntie Po, by Shing Yin Khor, illus. by (Kokila / Penguin Young Readers)
Shaina Birkhead
Bluffton: My Summer with Buster, by Matt Phelan (Candlewick)
Stuntboy, in the Meantime, by Jason Reynolds, illus. Raúl The Third (Simon & Schuster)
Carl Lennertz
The Shadow Hero, by Gene Yang, illus. Sonny Liew (Macmillan)
Anne of Green Bagels, by Susan Schade and Jon Buller (Papercutz)
Happy National Book Month!
List compiled by CBC’s resident holiday expert, Sommer Wissner. Check out the CBC Holiday Series on our blog.
