Tag Archive | "Jeff Smith"

Read Every Day, Lead A Better Life..

Sunday, May 15, 2011

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Read Every Day, Lead A Better Life – that’s the tag line of a campaign by Scholastic to encourage reading at all ages, something we can all get behind. (Thanks to Wim for the link) They have a charity auction for pieces by various artists, including Jon J Muth (those great panda above), Jeff Smith [...]

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Bone Colour One Volume Edition….

Saturday, March 19, 2011

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A book so big it needs a tree planting for every one sold. 20 years ago Jeff Smith’s Bone was self-published by Smith as Cartoon Books. It was something else and caught a wave of self-published books to build up a large, passionate fan base. And then Scholastic got involved, began reprinting the collected editions [...]

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New One Volume Bone – in colour for 2011!

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

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News from Jeff Smith – 2011 will see the Bone saga collected in a Full Colour One Volume Edition: “The technology has finally caught up!  Through a combination of sewing and glue, we can make a nearly 1400 page color One Volume Edition that lays flat when open! 2011 will be the 20th anniversary of [...]

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Read – It’s music you hear with your eyes…

Monday, May 31, 2010

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This is what you get when the American Library Association asks Jeff Smith to get involved with it’s READ program. You can buy Posters andbookmarks are available from the ALA. (via Wim)

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Graphic Novel Classic Library: Bone

Monday, March 22, 2010

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Bone by Jeff Smith Cartoon Books / Scholastic Jeff Smith’s Tolkien-esque fantasy comic book saga evokes the best of Lord Of The Rings; the epic, heroic quest, the fantastical characters, and the threat of a great darkness threatening them all. It also contains every element of a classic fairytale; the imperiled magical kingdom, the great [...]

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Toon Books get a Geisel or two!

Saturday, January 23, 2010

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It’s been a week of congratulations for some great publishers and creators. First Kate Brown, whose Spider Moon graphic novel will be coming soon from David Fickling books, wins the Arts Foundation graphic novel prize (Joe covered the story here) And now news comes of Toon Books sweeping the American Library Association’s awards. Although it [...]

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Avatar – now with added Red Dragons

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

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Interesting little compare and contrast pointed out over on Jeff Smith’s website.

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Little Mouse – read the book, buy the soft toy…..

Saturday, October 3, 2009

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Isn’t that the cutest thing? Little Mouse by Jeff Smith was the latest in the first graphic novel series from Toon Books. We thought it was lovely. But if just the book isn’t enough Toon Books are now offering the book, signed by Jeff Smith and this gorgeous 9.5″ tall plush Little Mouse of your [...]

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Little Mouse – A Toon Book by Jeff Smith

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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Little Mouse Gets Ready by Jeff Smith Toon Books. The Toon Books series has been extensively reviewed here on the FPI blog, simply because it’s so enjoyable to be able to actually celebrate smart, funny and entertaining graphic novels specifically written for younger children. Francoise Mouley’s initial idea for Toon Books was a very simple [...]

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