Diamond BookShelf e-Newsletter December 2016

Published: Tue, 12/13/16

"One City, One Graphic Novel," Comic Book Maintence & Preservation, and more! |  View online
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One City, One Graphic Novel: Bringing Cities Together with Comics
 
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One City, One Graphic Novel: Bringing Cities Together with Comics
 
In this new age of rising comics, graphic novels have been included on several mainstream "Best Of" lists and won prestigious literary awards, making them a perfect choice for your next One City, One Book project. The program's mission is to promote communal unity and literacy, and graphic novels not only maintain this mission, but also provide a form of univeral entertainment, literacy, and understanding that is not achievable with the common novel.
 
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Creating Effective Teaching Guides for Graphic Novels
 
Creating Effective Teaching Guides for Graphic Novels
 
Peter Gutiérrez, creator of a number of teaching guides for comics and graphic novels, including TOON Book’s Little Mouse Gets Ready and Bloomsbury’s Rapunzel’s Revenge, discusses the ins and outs of creating reading guides, teaching guides and lesson plans to accompany graphic novels. In addition, BookShelf presents a list of recommended resources.
 
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Comic Book Maintenance and Preservation for Archives and Special Collections
 
Comic Book Maintenance and Preservation for Archives and Special Collections
 
Caitlin McGurk, a visiting curator at The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum as well as former Head Librarian at the Center for Cartoon Studies, discusses the importance of comic book maintenance and outlines special techniques for preserving graphic novels in libraries.
 
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Graphic Novels for Political Conversation
 
Graphic Novels for Political Conversation
 
Graphic novels have increasingly become the medium of choice for politically charged conversations in the mode of historical fiction, memoirs, and graphic journalism. This roundup of political graphic novels can help aide in both professional and personal reflection of American politics.
 
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March: Book Three Wins National Book Award 2016
 
March: Book Three Wins National Book Award 2016
 
Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell win National Book Award in the Young People's Literature category for MARCH: BOOK 3.
 
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Monstress and March: Book 3 Named in New York Public Library Best Books of 2016
 
Monstress and March: Book 3 Named in New York Public Library Best Books of 2016
 
Just in time for the holidays, librarians at the New York Public Library have put together two lists for their top recommendations for Kids and Teens in various literary categories. READ MORE
 
School Library Journal's Best of Everything 2016
 
School Library Journal's Best of Everything 2016
 
School Library Journal announces the best of everything in 2016 including graphic novels, audio books, and more! READ MORE
 
 
Join Diamond & Image Comics at ALA's Mid-Winter Conference, January 2016
 
Join Diamond & Image Comics at ALA's Mid-Winter Conference, January 2016
 
ALA's Mid-Winter Conference is held annually for librarians, authors, publishers, business professionals, educators and students. This year, join Diamond and Image Comics at Booth #705 at the Georgia World Congress Center, in Atlanta, Georgia on January 20-24, 2017. For more information CLICK HERE
 
Black History in its Own Words Ready for Black History Month
 
Black History in its Own Words Ready for Black History Month
 
Image Comics announces the release of Ronald Wimberly's BLACK HISTORY IN ITS OWN WORDS to hit shelves February 2017. Black History framed by those who made it, this collection presents quotes of dozens of black luminaries with portraits & illustrations by Ronald Wimberly. Featuring the memorable words and depictions of Angela Davis, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kanye West, Ice Cube, Dave Chappelle, and more. READ MORE
 
 
Oni Press Releases Bad Machinery, Vol 6
 
Oni Press Releases Bad Machinery, Vol 6
 
School is out for summer, and for the Tackleford mystery team, that means lazy days, balmy evenings, and... creeping existential dread that threatens the whole city. READ MORE
 
Magnetic Press Gets Pre-Historic in Love, Vol 4
 
Magnetic Press Gets Pre-Historic in Love, Vol 4
 
Magnetic Press introduces the fourth volume in their beautifully wordless graphic novel series - LOVE, VOL 4: THE DINOSAUR.
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Reader’s Love for Action Lab’s Latest Detective Team is No Mystery
 
Reader’s Love for Action Lab’s Latest Detective Team is No Mystery
 
Two junior high detectives, Dallas Cash and Inez Carrie, are on the case in CASH + CARRIE, BOOK 1: SLUETH 101! READ MORE
 
 
Katie's Korner: Graphic Novel Reviews for Schools and Libraries
 
Katie's Korner: Graphic Novel Reviews for Schools and Libraries
 
Dr. Katie Monnin reviews Manga Classics: Pride & Prejudice and Dr. Who: Arena of Fear and provides lesson plan suggestions for how they could be used in a classroom or workshop setting.
 
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Legacy Business Program Honors Cartoon Art Museum
 
Legacy Business Program Honors Cartoon Art Museum
 
During the November 28th meeting, San Francisco's Small Business Commission honored San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum as an official Legacy Business.
 
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Bestsellers & New/Upcoming Releases
 
Top 25 Graphic Novels For November 2016
 
Top 25 Graphic Novels For November 2016
To help educators and librarians to be informed about the buying habits of students and patrons, we present the Top 25 Graphic Novels titles for November. Image Comic's Paper Girls 2 was November's best-selling graphic novel.
 
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Top 25 Manga For November 2016
 

Top 25 Manga For November 2016

To help educators and librarians to be informed about the buying habits of students and patrons, we present the Top 25 Mangatitles for November. VIZ Media's One-Punch Man Vol. 9 was November's best-selling manga title.
 
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New Releases
 
New Releases: Available Now
Each month, BookShelf presents a list of newly released graphic novels. Here are descriptions of titles that shipped in November 2016.
 
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Upcoming Releases
 
Upcoming Graphic Novels for February
A list of upcoming graphic novels from Diamond PREVIEWS catalog that can be preordered from your local comic book shop. These titles ship in February 2017 and beyond.
 
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