Bibliography: Frampton, Otis. 2006. Oddly Normal: vol. 1. Irving, Texas: Viper Comics. ISBN: 097778830X Plot Summary: There is obviously something very unique about Oddly Normal. She is a ten year old girl with pointed ears and green hair, but more important is her ability to make her parents disappear. Immediately after Oddly’s entire house vanishes, her [...]
Bibliography: Yang, Gene Luen. 2006. American Born Chinese. Ill. by Lark Pien. New York: First Second. ISBN: 9781596431522. Plot Summary: Jin Wang is trying to fit in with his peers at his new middle school and makes a new friend with Wei-Chen, another new student from Taiwan. The Monkey King desperately wants to fit in [...]
Bibliography: Sidman, Joyce. 2006. Meow Ruff: A story in concrete poetry. Ill. by Michelle Berg. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN: 0618448942. Plot Summary: A dog escapes the confines of its house and a cat is seemingly dropped off in the street. The dog begins a swift pursuit of the cat, who is at first oblivious to being [...]
Bibliography: Florian, Douglas. 2003. Bow wow meow meow: It’s rhyming cats and dogs. San Diego: Harcourt. ISBN: 0152163956. Plot Summary: Douglas Florian has published several themed poetry collections about mammals, insects, and amphibians, but bow wow meow meow is devoted solely to dogs and cats. Florian has chosen some of the most popular breeds of canines and felines and constructed [...]
Bibliography: Kimmel, Eric. 2006. The Frog Princess: a Tlingit legend from Alaska. Ill by Rosanne Litzinger. New York: Holiday House. ISBN: 0823416186. Plot Summary: The daughter of village chief is not impressed by any of the suitors who have come to the village to charm her. She pronounces that she would rather marry a frog [...]
