Category: Collection Development
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Hikaru in the Light Booklist Review *
Title: Hikaru in the Light Volume: 1 Mangaka: Mai Matsuda Translator: US Publisher: Scholastic Graphix Age Relevance: Elementary & Up How Essential Is It?: Essential Curricular Connections?: Music, Healthy Competition Reader’s Advisory Tags: Friendship, Idol Groups, Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life, Seinen Anime: N/A Content Warnings: Brief implied nudity during bathing scene Publisher Synopsis: “In order to get up on stage, you need…
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Gunsmith Cats Omnibus Booklist Review
Title: Gunsmith Cats Omnibus Volume: 1 Mangaka: Kenichi Sonoda Translator: Dana Lewis and Toren Smith US Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Age Relevance: Adult (NOT SCHOOL APPROPRIATE) How Essential Is It?: Unnecessary but Fun (FOR AN ADULT COLLECTION) Curricular Connections?: N/A Reader’s Advisory Tags: Action, Pulp, Mystery, Crime Anime: Yes, but good luck finding it. Content Warnings: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault,…
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Gene Bride Booklist Review
Title: Gene Bride Volume: 1 Mangaka: Hitomi Takano Translator: Kristjan Rohde US Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment Age Relevance: Adult How Essential Is It?: Essential Curricular Connections?: Gender Studies, Sociology Reader’s Advisory Tags: Science Fiction, Feminist, Strong Femme Protagonist, Josei Anime: N/A Content Warnings: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Suicide. Publisher Synopsis: A sci-fi drama about a woman sick of workplace misogyny…
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Addition of a Search Function
I just wanted to let you all know that a search function has been added to the site. You also will see “micro-reviews” added to the site over the next few weeks, and I will also be working to add posts which link out to my Booklist reviews. I know it has been a bit…
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Manga is Not “Backward”, and the Format is Not a Reason to Restrict Access to a Book
After seeing a selection from a Brevard County School Board meeting in which the manga Sasaki and Miyano was removed from schools in that district, it seems imperative that I provide some assistance to understanding the format in which manga is presented. Because while I am entirely aware that the real reason this wholesome BL…
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I Collaborated on a Book About Manga in Schools!
If you’ve been wondering why this blog has slowed down, well, it’s because for the past year I have been working on a book in collaboration with some truly fantastic librarians: Emily Ratica, Sara Smith, Julie Stivers, and Sybil “Mouna” Touré. This project has been my main focus outside of my daily work as a…
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Manga Review: A Sign of Affection 01
Title: A Sign of Affection Volume: 1 Mangaka: suu Morishita Translator: Christine Dashiell US Publisher: Kodansha Age Relevance: High School & Up (Based on later volumes and age of protagonists) How Essential Is It?: Essential Curricular Connections?: SEL, Language Learning, Cultural Connections Reader’s Advisory Tags: Deaf Identity, Language Learning, Romance Anime: Crunchyroll Content Warnings: Drinking, Ableism (as experienced by Yuki) Publisher…
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Hi.
It’s been a minute, I know. I went away for a bit. Well… not really away. I’ve been writing reviews and features for Booklist, which I hope have been helpful. I’ve been working on a book, with Julie Stivers, Sara Smith, Emily Ratica, and Sybil “Mouna” Toure. I also have been shifting my life around…
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Manhwa Review: Villians Are Destined to Die
Title: Villians Are Destined to Die Creators: SUOL (artist), Gwon Gyeoeul (writer), David Odell (translator) US Publisher: IZE Press / Tapas (Ongoing chapters) Status: Ongoing Age Relevance: High School and Up How Essential Is It?: Nice to Have Curricular Connections?: Independent Reading Reader’s Advisory Tags: Isekai, Romance, Reverse Harem, Otome Game, Villainess Content Warnings: Child abuse, bullying, slavery, violence against women…
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Light Novel Collection Development
Light novels or ライトノベル (raito noberu) are a type of young adult novel from Japan that primarily target middle and high school students. In contrast to manga, which are graphic novels, light novels are prose novels that have key scenes illustrated in a manga style. In the past few years, thanks to the efforts of…
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