The School Library Journal has released its Top 10 list of graphic novels for children in 2013, via the bloggers from Good Comics for Kids. No surprise that First Second, Abrams, and Top Shelf have mutiple titles each on the list.
1. Fairy Tales Comics, edited by Chris Duffy (First Second)
2. Odd Ducks, by Cecil Castellucci and Sara Varon (First Second)
3. Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong, by Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
4. Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Donner Dinner Party, by Nathan Hale (Abrams)
5. Monster on the Hill: Book One, by Rob Harrell (Top Shelf)
6. Dogs of War, by Sheila Keenan and Nathan Fox (Graphix)
7. Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton, by Matt Phelan (Candlewick)
8. March: Book One, by Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (Top Shelf)
9. Hilda and the Bird Parade, by Luke Pearson (Nobrow)
10. The Misadventures of Salem Hyde, Book One: Spelling Trouble, by Frank Cammuso (Abrams)
For more "Best Of" lists for 2013, see "'Time' Magazine's Best Comics of 2013," which also includes link-backs to the Publishers Weekly and Amazon.com lists.
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Posted by ICv2 on December 6, 2013 @ 5:46 pm CT
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