Adventures in Cartooning (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781596433694)

In this action-packed cartooning adventure, kids will have as much fun making comics as reading them

Once upon a time . . . a princess tried to make a comic. And with the help of a magical cartooning elf, she learned how - well enough to draw her way out of an encounter with a dangerous dragon, near-death by drowning, and into her very own adventure Like the princess, young readers will discover that they already have the drawing and writing skills it takes to make a comic - they just need a little know-how. And Adventures in Cartooning supplies just that.

Author: James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, Alexis Frederick-Frost
ISBN-10: 1596433698
ISBN-13: 9781596433694
Publisher: First Second
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2009
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.40h x 10.00w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 130874 / Adventures in Cartooning

Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Rhode Island Children's Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Cybils - Finalist
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee
Award: Gryphon Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 03/01/2009
Booklist 03/01/2009 pg. 61
School Library Journal 04/01/2009 pg. 127
Publishers Weekly 04/13/2009 pg. 35
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2009
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2009 pg. 36
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2010 pg. 12
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/01/2010 pg. 26