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Manga Collection Development for Librarians: The Basics
A quick look at the basics of manga collection development!
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Booklist Manhua Review: A Little Step
Title: A Little Step Volume: 01 Author/Illustrator: Mimi Szeto US Publisher: Nakama Press Age Relevance: Middle School & Up. How Essential Is It?: Nice to Have Curricular Connections?: SEL, Art, Music. Reader’s Advisory Tags: Anxiety, Arts, Music, Peer Relationships. Anime: N/A Content Warnings: Deals with anxiety, mild language. Publisher Synopsis: Inspired by the author’s own high school years, A Little Step follows two teenagers from…
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Booklist Manga Review: Miss Ruki
Title: Miss Ruki Volume: Single Volume Mangaka: Fumiko Takano Translator: Alexa Frank US Publisher: New York Review Age Relevance: Adult, but perfectly fine for high school. How Essential Is It?: Essential Curricular Connections?: Feminism, Art/Illustration. Reader’s Advisory Tags: Bubble Era, Showa, sophisticated taste. Anime: N/A Content Warnings: Very mild adult themes. Publisher Synopsis: A classic of Japanese manga, Miss Ruki is a warm and vivid portrait of…
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Booklist Manga Review: Farewell, Daisy: Jun Mayuzuki Short Story Collection
Title: Farewell, Daisy: Jun Mayuzuki Short Story Collection Volume: Single Volume Mangaka: Jun Mayuzuki Translator: Amanda Haley US Publisher: Yen Press Age Relevance: Adult How Essential Is It?: Nice to have. Curricular Connections?: Feminism, SEL. Reader’s Advisory Tags: Relationships, short story collections, identity, sexuality. Anime: N/A Content Warnings: Sex, mature content. Publisher Synopsis: In her first collection of short stories, Jun Mayuzuki (Kowloon Generic Romance) captures…
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Booklist Manga Review: Mechanical Marie, Vol. 01
Title: Mechanical Marie Volume: 01 Mangaka: Aki Akimoto Translator: Eleanor Summers US Publisher: Yen Press Age Relevance: Middle School & Up. How Essential Is It?: Nice to have. Curricular Connections?: SEL, STEAM. Reader’s Advisory Tags: Shoujo, Romance, Comedy. Anime: Crunchyroll Content Warnings: Some mild profanity, violence, suggestive dialogue. Publisher Synopsis: He was a boy. She was a girl…Can it be any more obvious? Actually, he’s not…
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About Me
Hi, I’m Ashley Hawkins, School Librarian
My goal is to help school librarians in the US understand the medium a little better and make more educated purchasing decisions. This came after several of my peers asked me to do something along these lines, because they felt various levels of anxiety and confusion as non-readers of manga.
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