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The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014)

by Russ Kick (Editor)

Other authors: Richard Adams (Contributor), Aesop (Contributor), Hans Christian Andersen (Contributor), Andrice Arp (Illustrator), Emelie Östergren (Illustrator)90 more, Rachael Ball (Illustrator), Lesley Barnes (Illustrator), J. M. Barrie (Contributor), L. Frank Baum (Contributor), Peter S. Beagle (Contributor), Molly Brooks (Illustrator), Jean de Brunhoff (Contributor), Frances Hodgson Burnett (Contributor), Eric Carle (Contributor), Lewis Carroll (Contributor), Shawn Cheng (Illustrator), Beverly Cleary (Contributor), Ernie Colón (Illustrator), Suzanne Collins (Contributor), Carlo Collodi (Contributor), John Dallaire (Illustrator), Dame Darcy (Illustrator), Kevin H. Dixon (Illustrator), Kate Eagle (Illustrator), Michael Ende (Contributor), Lisa Fary (Author), C. Frakes (Illustrator), Anne Frank (Contributor), Chandra Free (Illustrator), Neil Gaiman (Contributor), Rick Geary (Illustrator), Kate Glasheen (Illustrator), Sanya Glisic (Illustrator), Kenneth Grahame (Contributor), Isabel Greenberg (Illustrator), Robert Gregory (Illustrator), Jacob Grimm (Contributor), Wilhelm Grimm (Contributor), Frank M. Hansen (Illustrator), Joel Chandler Harris (Contributor), Katherine Hearst (Illustrator), E. T. A. Hoffmann (Contributor), Matthew Houston (Illustrator), Sid Jacobson (Author), Sandy Jimenez (Illustrator), Juliacks (Illustrator), Norton Juster (Contributor), Keren Katz (Illustrator), Rudyard Kipling (Contributor), Eric Knisley (Illustrator), Lucy Knisley (Illustrator), Joy Kolitsky (Illustrator), Peter Kuper (Illustrator), Madeleine L'Engle (Contributor), Jean de La Fontaine (Contributor), Edward Lear (Contributor), C. S. Lewis (Contributor), Astrid Lindgren (Contributor), George MacDonald (Contributor), Sally Madden (Illustrator), Tori Christina McKenna (Illustrator), A. A. Milne (Contributor), Miguel Molina (Illustrator), Vicki Nerino (Illustrator), Billy Nuez (Illustrator), Molly Colleen O'Connell (Illustrator), Charles Perrault (Contributor), Caroline Picard (Illustrator), John W. Pierard (Illustrator), Sergei Prokofiev (Contributor), Philip Pullman (Contributor), J. K. Rowling (Contributor), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Contributor), Carl Sandburg (Contributor), Tara Seibel (Illustrator), Maurice Sendak (Contributor), Dr. Seuss (Contributor), R. Sikoryak (Illustrator), Dodie Smith (Contributor), Johanna Spyri (Contributor), Robert Louis Stevenson (Contributor), Jonathan Swift (Contributor), Dasha Tolstikova (Illustrator), Leo Tolstoy (Contributor), Lance Tooks (Illustrator), P. L. Travers (Contributor), David W. Tripp (Illustrator), Andrea Tsurumi (Illustrator), Mark Twain (Contributor), Noah Van Sciver (Illustrator), Jules Verne (Contributor), H. G. Wells (Contributor), Matt Wiegle (Illustrator), Oscar Wilde (Contributor), Margery Williams (Contributor)

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"The original three-volume anthology The Graphic Canon presented the world's classic literature--from ancient times to the late twentieth century--as eye-popping comics, illustrations, and other visual forms. In this follow-up volume, young people's literature through the ages is given new life by the best comics artists and illustrators. Fairy tales, fables, fantastical adventures, young adult novels, swashbuckling yarns, your favorite stories from childhood and your teenage years. they're all here, in all their original complexity and strangeness, before they were censored or sanitized"--… (more)
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Harry Potter fans and Oz fans might like this book the best. This covers a lot of well known children's literature, but this did a perfect job with both the Harry Potter and Oz book series. This covers every Oz book in 14 pages and every Potter book in 7 pages (both showing nearly every character in the series).

Like all of the other Graphic Cannons this only features samples of the stories. Yes this features nearly everything for Harry Potter and Oz fans, they left out some stuff that is understandable. Also loved the fact they included the Oz books, Harry Potter, the Hardy Boys, Velveteen Rabbit, La Fontaine, Pinocchio (the real version too), Pippi Longstocking, Time Machine, Peter Pan, Wind in the Willow, Watership Down, Alice in Wonderland, and even has a neat gallery that has Babar, Hunger Games, and Winnie the Pooh. For me this book covers a lot of my favorites. More then the other books have done.

There are a few (not as many this time) that I did end up not liking as much. Just they didn't really suit my interest. And only a few I didn't care for the art.

This book is the best with art though. It's more of an art book then a comic book. I think my favorite section was the Oz books. Loved seeing how they drew all the Oz characters. Made me wish the Marvel comics continued there Oz series. But finally with this I got to see the Patchwork Girl in a comic book. This is also makes me want to read the rest of the Oz books which I have them all and then some.

I should note that even though this is about children's literature, this is more for adults. It's for the adults who still read kids books because they refuse to grow up. Reason I'll never stop loving classic children's literature. ( )
  Ghost_Boy | Aug 25, 2022 |
A beautiful collection of dozens of classic children's stories rendered in graphic novel format by some of today's top illustrators and comics artists. I enjoyed paging through the variety of artistic styles here, though being a non-creative type could make neither heads nor tails of a few of the more abstract illustrations and would not have known which tale I was reading had I not studiously read each introduction prior to its work. Recommended. ( )
  ryner | Jul 10, 2017 |
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Kick, RussEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Adams, RichardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
AesopContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Andersen, Hans ChristianContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Arp, AndriceIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Östergren, EmelieIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ball, RachaelIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barnes, LesleyIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Brunhoff, Jean deContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Burnett, Frances HodgsonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Lear, EdwardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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MacDonald, GeorgeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Molina, MiguelIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Nerino, VickiIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Nuez, BillyIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
O'Connell, Molly ColleenIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Perrault, CharlesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Prokofiev, SergeiContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pullman, PhilipContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rowling, J. K.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine deContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sandburg, CarlContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Seibel, TaraIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sendak, MauriceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Seuss, Dr.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sikoryak, R.Illustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Smith, DodieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Spyri, JohannaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stevenson, Robert LouisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Swift, JonathanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tolstikova, DashaIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tolstoy, LeoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tooks, LanceIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Travers, P. L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tripp, David W.Illustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tsurumi, AndreaIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Twain, MarkContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Van Sciver, NoahIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Verne, JulesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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"The original three-volume anthology The Graphic Canon presented the world's classic literature--from ancient times to the late twentieth century--as eye-popping comics, illustrations, and other visual forms. In this follow-up volume, young people's literature through the ages is given new life by the best comics artists and illustrators. Fairy tales, fables, fantastical adventures, young adult novels, swashbuckling yarns, your favorite stories from childhood and your teenage years. they're all here, in all their original complexity and strangeness, before they were censored or sanitized"--

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