Lari's Bookshelf

Things have been crazy lately. But that doesn't mean I haven't stopped thinking about things, or that I haven't been reading... entirely. I've been on a graphic novel binge, so I thought I'd share some graphic novels that have caught my eye. I also had the opportunity to share some of these with elementary and middle school age kids on my school visits to promote summer reading. So a few of these are geared for younger audiences, but I found them quite appealing as an adult.   Laika by Nick Abadzis This one stuck with me. Yes. It's one of those sad, dog books. But it's so much more. I became fascinated with this doomed little animal that was to be the earth's first biological organism to survive, albeit briefly, in space. It blows my mind that they put together the Sputnik II mission in less than a month, to ride off the positive publicity of Sputnik the First. The narrative was well done, and the visuals of the first and the last panels were s...