books by First Second     books:     First Second      Sardine in Outer Space Emmanuel Guibert First Second, 2006 A GEM FROM A PAIR OF FRENCH CARTOONISTS Sardine in Outer Space is the creation of a couple of two brilliant French cartoonists and writers Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar. This book collects twelve stories featuring the adventures of a little girl named Sardine, her cousin Louie, and her Uncle, the pirate ...             Little Vampire Joann Sfar First Second, 2008 Presented in full-color, graphic novel format to appeal to young readers This paperback vampire story is actually three stories in one - and is presented in full-color, graphic novel format to appeal to young readers and collections strong in high-interest graphic novel presentations. The stories LITTLE VAMPIRE GOES TO SCHOOL, LITTLE ...             American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang First Second, 2006 Very good ABC is a great book, very well thought out. It made me think for a long time after I read it.             Prince of Persia Jordan Mechner, A. B. Sina First Second, 2008 A fun read for me and my son. I loved comic books as a kid. My friends and I would buy and share our comic books. I remember the excitement when received a new issue of my favorite comics. Sadly those days seem to be part of a bygone era. Being an older parent ([...]); I've been trying to share ...             Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope Emmanuel Guibert First Second, 2008 Stirring Memoirs... As modern day North americans, we cannot appreciate the experiences soldiers had. Even with our technically superior computer generated, the memories and emotions that real soldiers lived through cannot be equalled. Alan Cope and Emmanuel Guibert met by ...             Robot Dreams Sara Varon First Second, 2007 An oasis of sweetness in a sometimes arid world Add my 5 stars to all the others here! I first came across Sarah Varon's work through her slim volume "Sweaterweather," and immediately recognized her remarkable gift as a comics artist. But as delightful as that first collection was, this is absolutely wonderful. ...             The Professor's Daughter Joann Sfar, Emmanuel Guibert First Second, 2007 A Victorian Girl and Her Mummy It takes about twenty minutes to read The Professor's Daughter, a charming and gorgeously illustrated graphic novel by French artists Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert originally published in 1997 and recently reissued in an English translation by First Second, an ...             Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond Jessica Abel, Matt Madden First Second, 2008 Wanna' Make Comics? Start Here... I brought an advance copy of this book into a college illustration class I teach. The class was quite impressed. In fact, two students went onto Amazon online and bought it instantly. Usually I discourage shopping during class, but Drawing Words and Writing Pictures is ...             Laika Nick Abadzis First Second, 2007 Wonderful Educational, emotional, dramatic. Also beautiful. Graphic novel format really works here: It can convey things a text-only book or video can't.             Sardine In Outer Space 6 (Sardine in Outer Space) Emmanuel Guibert First Second, 2008 Adventures Ahoy!   Even cleaning up is an adventure when Sardine comes to town!  Roaming through the galaxy with her space-faring friends, Sardine?s always up for vexing vile villainy and thwarting terrible tyranny -- leaving a little time for baking and bedtime stories, of course!   Ten of Sardine?s wacky and wonderful adventures are told in ...             Three Shadows Cyril Pedrosa First Second, 2008 Great Story! Joachim is an only child that has a relatively happy life living in the country with his parents. He spends his days farming, picking cherries, and swimming, to quote the book, "Everything was simple and sweet." Things changed when the shadows appeared. It seemed ...             Bourbon Island 1730 Lewis Trondheim, Olivier Appollodorus First Second, 2008 A new take on an old saw Ah, the allure of a pirate tale. Who can resist it? Surely not the readers of BOURBON ISLAND 1730, which comes to us courtesy of two French comics creators. Appollo (actually, Olivier Appollodorus) and Lewis Trondheim (also a pseudonym; this time for Laurent ...             Kaput and Zosky Lewis Trondheim First Second, 2008 Very funny... however... This is a very funny book. However, just so Trondheim fans ordering it won't get disappointed later on - it's worth pointing out that only little more than half of the book is actually done by Trondheim. The first half has Trondheim doing story and art all by himself. ...             Tiny Tyrant Lewis Trondheim First Second, 2007 Zut alors! The French are different from you and me. They like their graphic novels smart, colorful, and consistently amusing. What other nation could claim the wonders of "Asterix and Obelix"? Who else has the chops to give us Joann Sfar on the one hand and then turn around to ...             Gus & His Gang Chris Blain First Second, 2008 A major, unique work of art... A quiet, beautiful book that (judging from the lack of reviews) deserves a bigger audience, though I'm not sure how most Americans will take to this decidedly European interpretation of their western folklore. This work manages to combine Sergio Leone and Ingrid ...          products you might be interested in search for books american, daughter, drawing, memories, pictures, professor      geepe.com    web we recommend Wonderful randomly chosen book: Life and Death in Shanghai