comic books, strips, etc

After her mother leaves the family, twelve-year-old Addie Brecker's life is thrown into turmoil. To distract them from the problems at hand, her father takes her with him on a six-week stint to Spring Haven University where he'll be working on a virtual reality project with students. There, she meets new friend Mateo Vargas, who helps her beta-test the programs. Through the alternate worlds, Addie discovers ways to cope and understand what she's feeling, and also realizes that she's been avoiding the real world and must find a way to let others in.

After her parents die in a fire, newly orphaned and blind Safia goes to live with a reclusive aunt she's never met--former worldwide adventurer Walteranne Hakim Whimsy. It turns out Aunty Whimsy was cursed to live as a blue horned monster so she hides herself away in her house on a hill. However, when Whimsy learns something is threatening her legacy, she and Safia go on an adventure.

Nana is sent to live with her grandmother in Ghana for the summer, where she learns about the trickster Ananse who lives in the forest surrounding her home and the threats to the natural landscape from greedy contractors. Nana and her new friends determinedly set out to stop the contractors and receive help from an unexpected ally.

Comic book writer, editor, and producer Stan Lee shares his knowledge on drawing focusing on tools and techniques, the basics of anatomy drawing, perspective, and more.

A collection of "Peanuts" comic strips that appeared in daily and Sunday newspapers from 1991 to 1992, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, Lucy, Linus, and the rest of the "Peanuts" gang.

Dao, a red panda, guides Ethan and Emma, two school children, back into time to discover how Japanese animation and comics were created and became popular worldwide.

Thirteen-year-old Dan blames himself when his best friend Nate is hit in the head by a baseball during practice--desperate to help, Dan seizes on the suggestion that even in a coma Nate may be able to hear him, and sets out to read to Nate from the superhero comic books that both boys love.

Seventh-grader Viv decides to follow the example of her favorite online influencer and reinvent herself by cutting off her braid for picture day at her middle school and posting the video online. While she is supposed to be working with her best friends Al and Milo on cosplay costumes for an upcoming convention, she instead becomes obsessed with gaining popularity through helping others break out of their comfort zones. However, in her enthusiasm, she pushes her best friends too far in a humiliating scene at school and the trio falls apart. Now Viv must try to save what really matters to her.

On the planet Cybertron, the Transformers, a race of mechanical beings who can alter their appearance, live in harmony, wishing only to protect the AllSpark, the source of life for their kind, but an enemy arrives from space that will change the planet and its inhabitants forever.

"An accessible, inclusive guide aimed at helping young fans celebrate their okatu spirit by sharing the history of anime and manga while giving young readers advice on how to explore and interact with this fandom"--Provided by publisher.