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Fortunes come in many flavors, and prediction is, as one might expect, quite well established and common place. Like any other commodity, predictions are bought and sold. One can make their entire living off fortune telling. As a matter of fact - one person absolutely has been.Yesena is played by Barbara Perez Marquez, who can be found on twitter @mustachebabs , www.mustachebabs.com and make sure to check out The Cardboard Kingdom over at www.thecardboardkingdom.comMusic for this podcast is by Kevin MacLeod, who's works can be found at incompetech.filmmusic.ioThe track used in this episode is:Long Road Ahead B by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3995-long-road-ahead-bLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseThe world and Non-Player-Characters are mine. Information about the Ryuutama game system can be found via http://kotohi.com/ryuutama/

Kyle is joined by creator Chad Sell to discuss the latest installment in his Cardboard Kingdom series, Roar of the Beast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagesandpanels/support

Welcome to the last episode of 2020 of The Last Standee Podcast! This time, we have a chat about holiday games we play with the family (borrowing one of those holiday newspaper list articles), then we have kind of a loose chat about Kingdom Death: Monster Black Friday update. Stay safe, and happy holidays!

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: all the buddy reads. So many buddies. So much reading. Current Reads: wheelhouse books and trying new things Deep Dive: book subscriptions to give and receive Book Presses: a creepily atmospheric apocalypse and a self-serving press As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . Ad - Patreon: 2:01 - patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast Bookish Moments of the Week: 5:33 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas 5:39 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 7:45 - An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 8:25 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 8:30 - The Muppet Christmas Carol - the best version Current Reads: 9:38 - The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel 9:57 - The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald 10:16 - Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory (Meredith) 14:23 - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater (Kaytee) 14:30 - Listener Press episode 17:14 - Malamander by Thomas Taylor (Meredith) 17:38 - The Awesome Book Awards 19:16 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 22:03 - The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown (Kaytee) 24:34 - Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell 24:37 - Drama by Raina Telgemeier 25:23 - Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee (Meredith) 25:38 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin 28:52 - Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (Kaytee) 30:43 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam Deep Dive - Book Subscriptions to Give and Get: 32:29 - Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville (so many flavors, AND you can Treat Yo’ Shelf) 33:22 - Book of the Month (pick your book each month) Use code CURRENTLYREADING for $5 off your first month 35:13 - Feminist Book Club (themed, can swap out titles) Use code REFNK4C6J6PUR for $10 off your order of $40 or more 36:12 - Literati (for adults or kids) 38:18 - BookRoo (for kids) 39:04 - The Foxed Box (used books) 40:02 - The Reading Bug Box (for kids) 42:14 - Page One Books 43:15 - BlackLIT box (like FabFitFun but bookish and by Black authors) 43:17 - FabFitFun (not bookish, but we both think it’s fun!) 44:16 - The Book Hookup (quarterly, from The Strand Bookstore) 45:23 - Once Upon a Book Club (presents that match sticky notes) Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 47:18 - The Last by Hanna Jameson (Meredith) 49:42 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 50:06 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Kaytee) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Chad Sell (@chadsell01) is the co-creator of the CARDBOARD KINGDOM series and author-illustrator of DOODLEVILLE. In the world of DOODLEVILLE, doodles take on a literal life of their own. What you create might say a lot about you or your personality, but how you manage with your doodles when they start playing by their own rules is a completely different story. Drew is a doodler and she creates an entire world for her and her classmates' doodles to inhabit. She also creates a giant doodle which she nicknames Levi. But Levi doesn’t turn out to be what her classmates expect, and as Drew tries to undo her doodle she unleashes a monster. Now Drew needs to figure out how to get things under control before Levi gobbles up or destroys everything the kids have worked so hard to create. It’s an all-ages graphic novel sure to inspire doodlers everywhere, and one that will leave you looking differently at your sketchbook for sure. You can access even more information about this book and its author by visiting www.matthewcwinner.com/blog. Get a copy of this book and support independent bookstores (and this podcast) by visiting our BookShop Store.   Thank you to this week's sponsor: Picture Book Summit Bookclub (Patreon) Libro.fm And to the generous support from our Patrons.

The imagination of a neighborhood

Join the Studio City Podcast People as they interview Chad Sell about his book, The Cardboard Kingdom and about being an author.

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This week we’re talking with Chad Sell, creator of the Eisner-nominated graphic novel “Cardboard Kingdom,” about a group of neighborhood kids who build an entire make-believe empire over the course of a summer. Chad’s got another graphic novel due out next year, “Doodleville,” plus a “Cardboard Kingdom” sequel in 2021. We talk about his work, his “Ru Paul’s Drag Race” fandom and how early Image Comics can warp a young mind.

In this episode, discuss Chad Sell’s The Cardboard Kingdom. Sell’s incredibly nuanced stories can help classrooms dispel gender normative roles and expectations. OPENING MUSIC CREDITS: Gymnopédie No. 1 (Classical Cover) Erik Satie by Myuu (CC BY 3.0) - Song: https://soundcloud.com/myuu/gymnopedie-no-1 - Artist page: https://soundcloud.com/myuu - Licensing type: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Join our family is we pressure each other into reading our favorite books. Jazz is a book-obsessed 11 year old, who reads widely. Some of his include Harry Potter (of course), Ready Player One, Rick Riordan, Alan Gratz, Stuart Gibbs, Brandon Sanderson, and Brandon Mull. Amber is a library aide at two preK-5 schools. Favorites of hers include Cardboard Kingdom, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, and The War that Saved My Life. Seth is a musician and audiobook listener. Favorites for him (also) include Ready Player One, Dune, Stephan King, and Neil Gaiman. Join us for our pilot episode, as we try to convince each other that we NEED to read favorite titles!  

We each give a rundown of the things we enjoyed most in 2018 and it's a ridiculously long list. Lindsey: The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater, I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, Cardboard Kingdom (various authors), Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, Runaways by Brian K. Vaughn and Adrian Alphana, Saga vol. 8 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples, As the Crow Flies (by Melanie Gillman?), The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez, The Hazelwood by Melissa Albert, Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali, Ladycastle by Delilah S. Dawson, The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the best burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding, Leah on the Offbeat AND Simon vs. the Homosapiens Agenda by Becky Albertali, The Lady's Guide to Piracy and Petticoats by Mackenzi Lee, Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour, Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow, Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen, Blanca and Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore, and Archenemies by Marissa Meyer. Nate: Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson, Check, Please by Ngozi Ukazi, and the film Captain Ron (really?) Kim: Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa, Monstress Vol. 3 by Marjorie Liu, My Brother's Husband by Gengorah Tagame, #NotYourPrincess (edited) by Charleyboy, The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee, Laid-back Camp by Afro, and Crush by Svetlana Chmakova Molly: The Photogrpaher by Didier Lefèvre, Emmanuel Guibert, and Frédéric Lemercier, The Damkeeper by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi, Witchboy by Molly Ostertag, My Brother's Husband by Gengorah Tagame, The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater, My Hearbeat by Garret Freyman-Weyr, Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma, What if it's Us by Becky Albertali and Adam Silvera, His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. Cash Money: Dopesick by Beth Macy. Television shows: Curious Creations of Christine McConnell, American Gods, Killing Eve, Brooklyn 99, Superstore, The Good Place, Big Mouth, Billions, Adam Ruins Everything, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Sharp Objects, Nanette by Hannah Gadsby, CNN's 70s, 80s, and 90s documentaries, To All The Boys I've Loved Before, Brainchild. Podcasts: Binge Mode, Ologies. YouTube Channels: New Rock Stars. Instagram Celebrities: Celeste Barber and Donte Colley. Bands: Blood Orange and The Wiggles. Nathan: Less by Andrew Sean Greer, Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse, the podcast Shelf-Involved.

Intro Hi everyone and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who wants to connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love.  I’m your host, Corrina Allen - a teacher in Central New York, a mom of two tween girls, and currently - all about the new Miles Morales Spiderman movie. It’s the lockscreen on my phone, my girls and I have the soundtrack set to shuffle in the car….and I already have plans to go see it a second time.  Into the Spiderverse is the most innovative and fresh and exciting movie I’ve seen in years. It’s some next-level stuff. Just - go see it!! And see it on the BIG screen! This is episode #67 and today we are celebrating some of the best middle grade graphic novels published in 2018. On our last episode, I listed my top 25 middle grade novels of the year and I’ll include a link to that if you missed that episode. I think it’s important at the outset when making a list of this kind to explain what “best” means to you. What are your criteria? Is that popularity? The Goodreads best of lists tend to veer in that direction. Is it literary appeal? That is more along the lines of say, the Newbery Awards. For me, an outstanding book has to fit three criteria: I couldn’t put it down. Meaning - it was immersive, it has flow, it kept me turning the pages. I can’t forget it. Meaning - it had some extra special sparkle. An unforgettable character, an intriguing setting, a ground-breaking format, or a powerfully poignant message. I think kids would like it. There are books out there marketed to middle grade readers (sometimes those big award winners) that adults love but kids don’t seem to latch onto as much. So I also try to be mindful that kids books are for kids. Not for me. I am just the conduit to getting books into their hands and helping them discover what they like. Okay - let’s jump in! Main Topic - The Top 9 MG Graphic Novels of 2018 9. Making Friends by Kristen Gudsnuk This full-color graphic novel is about a 7th grade girl named Dany. She has just started middle school and is pretty lonely. Her friends are in different classes now and have new in-jokes and stories that she doesn’t get anymore. So she’s feeling socially vulnerable when her eccentric (and loaded) great-aunt passes away and she ends up with the woman’s sketchbook. A magical sketchbook that will turn your drawing into real-life. So when Dany draws the head of her favorite anime character (uh yeah… JUST the head) and a super popular girl to be her friend, there are (as you can imagine!) some unintended consequences. This book is FUNNY but you won’t catch half the stuff unless you read the background texts - like the store names:  “Hot Topic” is “Cool Subject” and the indredients list on the food have some interesting things listed on them. This book is like a mix of Shannon Hale’s Real Friends with a touch of Suee and the Shadow with a little sprinkle of Amulet. If you have readers about ages 10 and up who like graphic novels about friendships and would be up for something with a supernatural twist, then this would be a great recommendation. And… I see Gudsnuk has a sequel in store as well!   Mr. Wolf’s Class  by Aron Nels Steinke This graphic novel started as a webcomic and is a great option if you are looking for something for younger middle grade readers who’d enjoy a sweet, gentle story. And it looks like lots of sequels are on their way! Mr. Wolf’s Class is about the first day of 4th grade - for brand new teacher Mr. Wolf and his students. By the way, Mr. Wolf is a wolf and the students are… rabbits and frogs and pigs and… well, just suspend your disbelief over the whole predator/prey thing! The book includes a cool preview of each student the night before school starts  and then the day unfolds with short slice-of-life stories as we get to know each of the students and their teacher. A strength of this book is that the author clearly KNOWS what an actual classroom community is all about - the interactions of personalities. It feels really authentic in that way.  And uh… I can definitely relate to being late to pick my kids because I was distracted by a donut in the break room!   Sheets by Brenna Thummler You might be familiar with Thummler’s brilliant artwork from last year’s graphic novel adaptation of Anne of Green Gables. And if you haven’t yet gotten to that gem, bump it up on your TBR pile! This is her first solo graphic novel and I have a feeling we have a lot more in store from her! It’s the story of 13 year-old Marjorie who has been thrust into the responsibilities of running her family’s laundromat and taking care of her younger brother after her mother dies and her father has fallen into a deep depression. She is just barely hanging on and resisting the awful Mr. Saubertuck who wants to run them out of business and turn their building into a spa. But then… enter Wendell. He’s a young ghost  - young meaning new and young meaning died when he was young who winds up being pulled out of the afterlife world and into Marjorie’s life. He’s looking for.. meaning. And after a rocky start with Marjorie, does end up finding it. For me, the strength and charm of this book is really about the outstanding illustrations - the gorgeous pastel palette and the nuances of the wordless panels. And based on how this book is flying through my classroom, it clearly also has that all-important kid-appeal.   The Night Door (Edison Beaker Creature Seeker) by Frank Cammuso The author of The Knights of the Lunch Table series and the Misadventures of Salem Hyde has really taken things to the next level with this incredible and hilarious new world he’s created.  This book is about a young boy named Edison who is afraid of the dark. When his mom has to go out of town, Edison and his little sister, Tesla, go to stay with their Uncle Earl. Uncle Earl is an exterminator and he reluctantly takes the kids (and their hamster!) on a late-night “emergency” job where the two kids (and the hamster!) wind up going through a portal into a shadowy other-worldly place where Edison has to confront his fears and lots of weird and cool creatures! This is one of those few books that has kids laughing out loud while they read it.  It’s sort of like a mix between HiLo and Amulet. So if you have kids who love those two series, and want something similar, introduce them to Edison Beaker Creature Seeker.   All Summer Long by Hope Larson I loved this graphic novel for a lot of reasons but one of them was that it features a friendship between a girl and boy that doesn’t ever fall into that trope of “well, maybe things are changing because you two really just have crush on each other!” Nope! It’s real, platonic - and has rocky parts - but it’s not a stepping stone to a love interest. And - thank you Hope Larson!  What it IS about is that one defining summer is a young teen’s life when you start to realize that your childhood is something behind you that you’re looking back on and you are entering a new era with new interests. Where music - and finding people that like the same music as you do - takes on heightened importance in your life. At least, for me it was like that. Maybe for other kids it’s sports or art or theatre.  But you start to find your people. And not just be freinds with the people who are in your class or happen to live next door. This graphic novel is about 13 year-old Bina whose best-friend and neighbor, Austin, is off to soccer camp this summer. So she ends up.. Binge-watching Netflix until her mom cuts her off. (Relateable!) Also - it’s a little thing but I like the pale orangey-peach tones of the book, which one reviewer described as orange creamsicle.   Crush by Svetlana Chmakova I really, really loved her  two earlier Berrybrook Middle School stories - Awkward and Brave, but this one just might be my favorite. This one takes a step away from the intrigues of the art club and the school newspaper and focused on Jorge Ruiz, a big kid, a pretty-popular jock who nobody really messes with, who seems to have it all together. Until he realizes that he’s got a massive crush on Jazmine and his world is suddenly tilted.  This graphic novel really captures those quick relationship changes in middle school and that dynamic between texts and social media and how that influences and complicates face-to-face interactions. Sometimes novels totally leave out modern technology. I mean, half the time the problem in the book could be solved with a quick Google search or you know - maybe talking with the person that you’re having an issue with!  But Chmakova knows that technology might solve some problems but ushers in a whole host of other ones. Crush is another one of those graphic novels that is getting passed from kid to kid to kid in my classroom with a big enough waiting list I ordered a second copy. And - a bonus - kids don’t have to read the three books in the series in order. They each definitely can stand alone.   Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol This graphic novel is loosely based on the author’s real-life experiences and her Russian-American background and that makes for a unique twist on a familiar setting for some kids - summer camp! 9-year old Vera is a Russian immigrant and we learn at the beginning of the novel, she doesn’t doesn’t exactly fit in with the popular crowd. Or really any crowd at all.  Her family is poor and their traditions and food are just enough “culturally off” to make her feel awkward among the girls she invites to a birthday sleepover that goes bad…. And oh man… how I felt for poor Vera that night! That’s some real-life cringe-worthy stuff though.  Vera desperately wants to fit in and finally convinces her mother to send her and her brother to a Russian summer camp sponsored by their Orthodox church where they will learn the Russian language and religion along with the typical summer camp things - like learning why you shouldn’t feed the wildlife and finding a comfortable place to poop! Brosgol’s illustrations are outstanding with a foresty green color palette.  And this book about the poor choices one can make in the quest for friendship along with that added layer of feeling like you don’t really belong enough in any culture makes this graphic novel feel like a blend of Shannon Hale’s Real Friends and Kelly Yang’s Front Desk. This would be a great recommendation for kids in about grades 4 or 5 and up.   The Prince & the Dressmaker by Jen Wang Oh how this book made me smile!!  It’s set in a 19th century-ish Paris where 16 year-old Prince Sebastian has a huge secret he is keeping from his parents - from everyone except for his trusted butler. He loves getting dressed up in fancy gowns and makeup and wigs.  Eventually he discovers a lowly dressmaker, Frances, who has shown she is willing to break societal norms - and secretly hires her to help him transform into a different, more glamorous person. But things go awry when Sebastian’s parents try to arrange his marriage and his alter-ego (and her designer) become the talk of the town. It’s like Project Runway meets Versailles with a twist of Cinderella. And I really, really want Disney to make this into a movie!  We need more books that go beyond the traditional gender norms so kids can both see themselves and also so that kids can see others not like them at the center of important and positive and fun stories.   The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell (and others)   I was reading the last third of The Cardboard Kingdom after dinner one night. I may have mentioned before that we have a post-dinner reading routine of 20-30 minutes. All of us. And since the girls had taken over my prefered reading spot on the couch, I was off in the easy chair in the corner. Chuckling and smiling and just… reacting as I read it. And suddenly, Helena, my 9 year old, is reading over my shoulder, looming over me.  Then she’s sitting on the arm on the chair, her head pressed against mine to see every angle of the illustrations. Then she’s in my lap with her hands on the book slowing down my turns of the pages so she could absorb each panel. Until finally, I relinquished it to her and just said, “Start from the beginning babe. It’s all yours.”   I just happened to pick up this graphic novel right after I finished The Prince & the Dressmaker, and I loved the parallels between it’s main character, Sebastian, and the first character we meet here - The Sorceress!  The first section is told completely through wordless panels as we witness two siblings playing with a kiddie pool, a chair, and a bunch of cardboard boxes and how their imagination has transformed that into magic and adventure.  A girl peeking over the fence at them starts laughing and at first it breaks the spell and ends the game. But then she gets drawn into their world in her own unique way. And the story takes off from there - with each neighborhood kid bringing in their own personalities and quirks and their own imaginative spin on adventure.  There are knights and robots and banshees and beasts. And entreupreneurs. There are conflicts and battles. And quieter moments of understanding. The stories stack and intertwine and build and build to create an amazing collection of backyard adventures! And just as the kid’s adventures are collaborative - so is this book! Chad Sell is the illustrator but each section was crafted along with a different writer - Jay Fuller, David Demeo, Katie Schenkel, Manuel Betancourt, Molly Muldoon, Vid Alliger, Cloud Jacobs, Michael Cole, and Barbara Perez Marquez.  And somehow, those diverse authors and illustrators have captured that magical feeling of childhood where there’s boundless inspiration and freedom and when it’s good - acceptance and transformation of flaws into strengths and positive energy. It’s hard to describe the special magic of this book. But it gave me the same feeling as watching the new Spiderman movie I mentioned at the top of the show. A feeling of witnessing some of the best that collaboration has to offer - it’s some next-level stuff.   Well - you’ve heard from me and now I want to hear from you!  What graphic novels from the past year did you and the kids in your life love?  Which ones are really making an impact among your students?   And which ones are you all looking forward to in 2019?      You can email me at booksbetween@gmail.com or jump into the conversation on Twitter/Instagram at the handle @Books_Between.      We’ll be back to our every-other Monday schedule starting January 14th and make sure you check out the next episode which will be all about the most anticipated middle grade books of the upcoming year.   Closing   Thank you so much for joining me this week.  You can find an outline of interviews and a full transcript of all the other parts of our show at MGBookVillage.org.   And, if you have an extra minute this week, reviews on iTunes or Stitcher are much appreciated.   Books Between is a proud member of the Lady Pod Squad and the Education Podcast Network. This network features podcasts for educators, created by educators. For more great content visit edupodcastnetwork.com   Talk with you soon!  Bye!

Hey hey! Another week, another episode from the backlog! This time, we chatted about the Nintendo Direct, a touch of tennis, a smidge of music, and then some good cartoon discussion. It's a good one, enjoy it!

Time Codes: 00:00:27 - Introduction 00:03:03 - Fare-thee-well to Paul! 00:05:51 - The Cardboard Kingdom 00:28:41 - All Summer Long 00:44:11 -Be Prepared 01:06:46 - Wrap up 01:08:09 - Contact us On this episode of the Comics Alternative's Young Readers show, Gwen and Derek discuss summer 2018 new releases, all geared to middle-grade readers. The first text, edited and illustrated by Chad Sell, is The Cardboard Kingdom, released by Random House Graphic. Readers learn about the lives and dreams of a group of neighborhood kids in short stories written by Jay Fuller, David DeMeo, Katie Schenkel, Kris Moore, Molly Muldoon, Vid Alliger, Manuel Betancourt, Michael Cole, Cloud Jacobs, and Barbara Perez Marquez. The second text they discuss is Hope Larson's All Summer Long from Farrar Straus Giroux. And finally, Gwen and Derek review Vera Brosgol's long-awaited memoir, Be Prepared, released by First Second Books. They start by reviewing a comic that demonstrates the experimentation that is currently taking place in the young reader category: Chad Sell's edited collection of connected short stories, The Cardboard Kingdom. Set in a suburban neighborhood and featuring a truly diverse and engaging group of young kids, these stories show how imagination can function as a coping device. Young reader short story collections are not entirely new. Random House has also supported the Comics Squadseries, edited by Jennifer Holm and a rotating cast of co-editors, that have included themed volumes on "Recess," "Lunch," and "Detention." However, this short story collection boast only one artist, Chad Sell, and is presented as a cohesive narrative, with authors identified only at the end of the text. As such, the comic has a more cohesive feel, rather than a collection of fundamentally different stories that are linked only by theme. After that, Gwen and Derek check out Hope Larson's All Summer Long. This is the story of a 13-year-old, Bina, and her attempts to find meaning over the course of a summer. Growing up, she had been used to spending the summer with her best friend Austin, but during this particular summer, Austin goes off to soccer camp, leaving Bina to fend for herself. And part of this fending includes Austin's aggressive older sister, Charlie. This is a book all about growing up and finding your way over the course of significant life changes. Finally, Gwen and Derek discuss Vera Brosgol's BePrepared. This memoir focuses on the summer between 4th and 5th grades, when she attends Russian summer camp in the hope of finding friends with whom she will have something in common. The opening vignette in the novel focuses on young Vera's sense of cultural and economic isolation: as an immigrant from Russia and the daughter of a single mom living in a prosperous east coast suburb, she is often slow to pick up on the latest trends -- such as American Girl dolls -- and unable to approximate the lavish birthday parties that her classmates' parents are able to throw for their children. At the end of the school year, Vera listens to the plans that her friends are making, attending girl scout camp, taking vacations to faraway destinations…and she feels left out again. However, at the Russian Orthodox church that she attends, Vera learns from Ksenya, a Sunday school friend, about Orra, a Russian heritage camp, and she is certain that it will not only be fun, but will give her something to talk about with her school friends in autumn. While the experience is certainly life changing, it nonetheless becomes something quite different than what Vera had expected.

Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. They talk about what they’re reading this summer and get three book recommendations from Ela Staff. 0:2:28 Staff Picks Part 1 0:5:27 Becca is STILL reading Children of Blood & Bone 0:6:49 Staff Picks Part 2 0:9:23 Christen Book One- The Tin Man by Sarah Winman 0:13:31 Christen Book Two: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones 0:22:53 Christen Book Three: The Murderbot Diaries (Series) by Martha Wells 0:33:22 Books to TV news- Sanditon by Jane Austen 0:34:55 Staff Picks Part 3 0:36:51 Becca doesn’t do summer reading 0:37:52 Becca Book One: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 0:48:24 Becca Book 2: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 0:52:13 Becca Book 3: The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell with writing from ten other authors: Jay Fuller, David DeMeo, Katie Schenkel, Kris Moore, Molly Muldoon, Vid Alliger, Manuel Betancourt, Michael Cole, Cloud Jacobs, and Barbara Perez Marquez 1:02:38 Staff Picks Part 4 1:05:16 Closing Notes Additional books mentioned by Christen and Becca - I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman The Martian by Andy Weir Raina Telgemeier graphic novels Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Carry On by Rainbow Rowell Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon Watching - Mindhunter “An Origin Story” by Sarah Kay & Phil Kaye Other Info - Project Voice - http://www.projectvoice.co The Cardboard Kingdom Projects and Info - https://chadsellcomics.com/thecardboardkingdom/ STAFF PICKS Staff Picks Part 1 The New books by Nora Roberts Ghosted by Rosie Walsh All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffen A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir The Kiss Quotient by Helen Whahong The Poppy War by RF Quang The Swedish Art of Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson The Long Haul by Finn Murphy The Real Queen Elizabeth by Andrew Maher The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Mare Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl The Fallen by David Baldacci After Anna by Lisa Scottoline The Neuroscientist That Lost her Mind by Barbara K. Lipska Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Daves Love and Other words by Christina (Hobbs) Lauren Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel Staff Picks Part 2 A Lullaby of Summer Things by Natalie Reif Ziarnik The Penderwicks at Last by Jeanne Birdsall The Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea by Lynne Rae Perkins Staff Picks Part 3 Battle Bunny by Jon Scieszka Mac Bennett Dory and the real true friend by Abby Hanlon Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo Staff Picks Part 4 Americanah- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Alice Network by Kate Quinn The House Girl by Tara Conklin Summer in Orcus by T Kingfisher Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones We Free Men by Terry Pratchett The Broken Girls by Simone St. James Home of the Unwanted girls by Joanna Goodman My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan Three Books- Contact Us: Email: threebookspodcast@gmail.com Twitter - @threebookspod

This graphic novel follows a neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary cardboard into fantastical homemade costumes as they explore conflicts with friends, family, and their own identity. "There's room for everyone inside The Cardboard Kingdom, where friendship and imagination reign supreme." --Ingrid Law, New York Times bestselling author of Savvy Welcome to a neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary boxes into colorful costumes, and their ordinary block into cardboard kingdom. This is the summer when sixteen kids encounter knights and rogues, robots and monsters--and their own inner demons--on one last quest before school starts again. In the Cardboard Kingdom, you can be anything you want to be--imagine that! The Cardboard Kingdom was created, organized, and drawn by Chad Sell with writing from ten other authors: Jay Fuller, David DeMeo, Katie Schenkel, Kris Moore, Molly Muldoon, Vid Alliger, Manuel Betancourt, Michael Cole, Cloud Jacobs, and Barbara Perez Marquez. The Cardboard Kingdom affirms the power of imagination and play during the most important years of adolescent identity-searching and emotional growth.

The Cardboard Kingdom is a graphic novel about kids, creativity, and cardboard! The book follows a variety of children who all live and play in the same neighborhood -- throughout the many chapters, you'll see each child's story unfold, overlap with other kids' adventures, and finally converge upon an epic final quest before summer's end! The graphic novel is a collaboration between Chad Sell (you've probably seen his Drag Race art) and ten writers from all over the country with a strong representation of LGBTQ voices! Chad is joined by contributing writer Katie Schenkel  for a conversation about the book and the importance of LGBTQ comics for all ages.

Chad Sell, the creator and artist of the wonderful new all-ages graphic novel, “The Cardboard Kingdom” (Penguin Random House), joins Paul to tell the inspiring origin story of the book, co-written with a team of contributors. Just as Chad and many other contributors lent their talents and perspectives to the craft of this book, the book itself is a tribute to the diverse imaginations and explorations of a neighborhood of kids, having fun and finding themselves through an extended universe of play. The kids take on roles like The Sorceress, the Big Banshee, and The Gargoyle, fashioning costumes and castles from cardboard and creativity. The graphic novel’s assembled short stories amass into an overarching tale of childhood fun, community formation, and identity development, enjoyable for young readers and adults too. Chad shares about the craft and process of putting together “The Cardboard Kingdom”… its inspiration from kids comics, drag queens, and coloring book contests. It’s a great conversation… don’t miss it! Chad’s co-writers on the book include Jay Fuller, David Derek, Katie Schenkel, Kris Moore, Manuel Betancourt, Molly Muldoon, Vid Alliger, Cloud Jacobs, Michael Cole, Barbara Perez Marquez, Vid Alliger, David Demeo, and Chad himself! Check out “The Cardboard Kingdom” at http://chadsellcomics.com/thecardboardkingdom/ or http://twitter.com/TheCardboardK and find Chad and his work at http://chadsellcomics.com/ (Oh, and check out the awesome papercraft designs for Cardboard Kingdom available through the book’s site: http://ntanos.co.uk/collections/the-cardboard-kingdom ) Subscribe and follow the Comics Syllabus podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Soundcloud, or copy this RSS feed to your podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:235183739/sounds.rss or you can find archives for this podcast (previously named “Study Comics with Paul”) here: http://studycomics.club/ Join the discussion on the Comics Syllabus Facebook page: http://facebook.com/ComicsSyllabus or with Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoPlai or leave your comments here on the showpage. Thanks for listening!

This week: We talk about the show (obviously), do some Gambit fan-casting, and you get to hear Katie’s Dark Knight impression! If you haven’t seen it yet, you can watch the episode here! Show Notes! Click on the incredibly snazzy cover above to learn more about The Cardboard Kingdom! Check out the Comics, Everybody! on […]

Angela and Kelly discuss comics and manga classics (no not THOSE classics). What makes something a classic and not just old? Why is the history of manga classics in the English-speaking fandom so muddled and weird? We're talking 80s cyberpunk manga, retro X-Men, why Fullmetal Alchemist deserves to be a classic, and why some of the most classic Superman titles might be part of the canon but not "canon." Book reviews: The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell, Again!! by Mitsurou Kubo Twitter: @onepanellater | Show notes: onepanellater.com

Images at Multiversitycomics.com at http://wp.me/p42KN3-JIR Welcome to the Comics Syllabus podcast, where we read widely and we dig deep. Your host Paul, a literacy researcher and English teacher, introduces curious readers to a range of current and classic comics, and then engages in closer discussion and analysis of particular comics works. First, (at 0:00) a walk through the Syllabus, a reading list of comics Paul invites you to read along with him in the weeks to come. See the Syllabus full list below. This episode’s Close Read (at 32:20 ) is with Rachelle Cruz, as we dive into two graphic novels from Filipina/o creators, “Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and Me” by Lorina Mapa (Conundrum, 2017) and “Elmer” by Gerry Alanguilan (SLG, 2010). We start by catching up with Rachelle about her forthcoming comics textbook, “Experiencing Comics,” and then examine Alanguilan’s moving and vexing fable of chickens who acquire consciousness and Mapa’s moving autobiography about growing up in the Philippines and Canada, noticing powerful similarities in the two stories. IMAGES TO GO WITH OUR DISCUSSION OF “ELMER” AND “DURAN DURAN, IMELDA MARCOS, AND ME” are at http://wp.me/p42KN3-JIR In the discussion, Rachelle also mentions the documentary Komeriko Chronicles ( http://www.facebook.com/Komikero-Chronicles-1602564500070445/ ), Budjette Tan’s TRESE anthology (found at http://www.mervstore.com/products/kabuwanan ), and the comics work of Arnold Arre ( http://arnold-arre.com/ ), so check those out! Finally, in the Discussion Section (at 1:35:00 ), the Discussion Section, with mentions of interviews with Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen at Multiversity http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/descender-27-preview-interview/ and other podcasts, and shout outs to the #ComicsSyllabus community. Next Time: "Concrete Park" by Tony Puryear and Erika Alexander (Dark Horse). “The Syllabus” for 1/30/2018. (Read along wherever you choose, throw in your comments via #ComicsSyllabus) Manga (Mondays): “Hatsune Miku Future Delivery” by Hugin Miyama and Satoshi Oshio (Kodansha). Alt TPB (Tuesdays): MANY IMAGE SERIES including “Invisible Republic,” “Shutter,” “Autumnlands,” “Rocket Girl,” “No Mercy,” “Monstress,” “East of West,” and more! (There are so many!) World/BD (Wednesdays): “Jerome K Jerome Blouche” by Alain Dodier,‎ Pierre Makyo,‎ and Serge Le Tendre (IDW Euro Comics) Throwback (Thursdays): “Fourth World Omnibus” by Jack Kirby (DC) Family (Fridays): Kamikaze by Alan Tupper, Carrie Tupper, and Havana Nguyen (at http://kamikazeanimated.com/ ); Future release: “The Cardboard Kingdom” by Chad Sell and others Superheroes (Saturdays): “Black Panther,” anyone? Sequential/Small Press (Sundays): “Slasher” by Charles Forsman (Floating World), “Queen Street” by Emmanuelle Chateauneuf (Chapterhouse), and “Alienation” #1-6 by Inés Estrada ( http://inechi.com/alienation.html ) Subscribe and follow the Comics Syllabus podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Soundcloud, or copy this RSS feed to your podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:235183739/sounds.rss or you can find archives for this podcast (previously named “Study Comics with Paul”) here: http://studycomics.club/ Join the discussion on the Comics Syllabus Facebook page: http://facebook.com/ComicsSyllabus or Follow Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoPlai or leave your comments here on the showpage. Thanks for listening!

This week: We’re back on our Gab and talking about the devastating debut of the anti-Supergirl, Reign! If you haven’t seen it yet, you can watch the episode here! Show Notes! Click on the incredibly snazzy cover above to learn more about The Cardboard Kingdom! Check out the Comics, Everybody! on Supergirl Chris did if you […]

This week: We conclude our epic conversation into the gigantic Arrow-verse mega-crossover! If you haven’t seen the episode(s) yet, you can watch them all here! Show Notes! Click on the incredibly snazzy cover above to learn more about The Cardboard Kingdom! Check out the Comics, Everybody! on Supergirl Chris did if you want to learn a little […]

This week: We jump head-first into this year’s gigantic Arrow-verse mega-crossover! Wedding invitations will be responded to. Nazis will be punched. If you haven’t seen the episode(s) yet, you can watch them all here! Show Notes! Click on the incredibly snazzy cover above to learn more about The Cardboard Kingdom! Check out the Comics, Everybody! on […]

This week on Supergirl: We’re headed back in time and back to Midvale in this week’s new episode of Supergirl Gab! Show Notes! Check out the Smallvillains podcast! Click on the incredibly snazzy cover above to learn more about The Cardboard Kingdom! Check out the Comics, Everybody! on Supergirl Chris did if you want to learn […]

High-achieving college student Renee gets bitten by a werewolf, and things take a turn for the weird. She ends up with the Moonlighters: Monster Helpers for hire! Made up of Meg (Were-Huskie), Sue (Were-Akita), and Felipe (Were-Corgi), they have to take supernatural odd-jobs to pay for textbooks, ramen, and *gulp* rent! (Please hire them). Written by Katie Schenkel with art by Cal Moray, and published by Space Goat Productions, Moonlighters is an indie comic series you should be checking out this Halloween season! Schenkel joins this new episode of Graphic Policy Radio to talk her humorous and fun comic series in a spooktacular new episode. Katie Schenkel is an editor, critic, copywriter, and fiction writer. The Cardboard Kingdom, her graphic novel with artist Chad Sells, has been sold to Knopf Books for Young Readers and will be published in early 2018. Her critic work can be found on Comics Alliance, The Mary Sue, Book Riot, and various pop culture websites. She hosts a movie review series and a podcast on JustPlainSomething.com. Besides her freelance work, Katie is a full-time digital copywriter for Rewards Network in Chicago.