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Review by Tintin, age 9 Legends of Zita the Spacegirl Author/illustrator: Ben Hatke Publisher: First Second (9/2012) Genre: Graphic Novel Legends of Zita the Spacegirl is about a girl who saves the planet Lumponia from star hearts. A robot who is pretending to be the spacegirl is messing things up. I like it because it is an adventurous story. My favorite part was when they used a giant to

We went to San Diego Comic-Con last weekend! While there we met James Kochalka, author and illustrator of Johnny Boo. Here he is showing us Dragon Puncher: Our own Johnny Boo picked just that moment to become shy and overwhelmed, so he hid on the floor while Tintin got the goods--autographed drawings by the Kochalka family and books made by Eli and Oliver

It's time for our Word of the Week feature here at LitLad. Here's how it works: Every Sunday the boys and I read a book from which they pick their favorite-sounding unfamiliar word. They each write the word that night and we try to use it in conversation as much as we can throughout the week. According to The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease, "the only words children learn having heard them

Here are our favorites from the past week: Tintin, age 8 Chocolate Fever Author/illustrator: Robert Kimmel Smith/Gioia Fiammenghi Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons (1972) Source: Public library Henry Green eats a lot of chocolate, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. When he notices brown spots spreading all over his body one day in school, he, his teacher, and the school nurse are baffled, until

This week we decided to record book commercials to get the boys more excited about sharing their opinions (they love looking at themselves). Here are our favorite books from the past week, with excerpts from our commercials: Tintin, age 8 Geronimo Stilton: The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid Author/illustrator: Geronimo Stilton Publisher: Scholastic (February 2004) Source: Half Price Books

Here are our favorites from the past week: Tintin, age 8 Twisted Journeys 4: The Treasure of Mount Fate Author/illustrator: Jeff Limke/Clint Hilinski Publisher: Graphic Universe (August 2007) Source: Public library The Treasure of Mount Fate is a choose-your-own-adventure graphic novel. You, the reader, are a hero in training who seeks the treasure rumored to be hidden inside Mount Fate. While

Here are Tintin's favorites from the past week: The Book of Beasts Author/illustrator: E. Nesbit/Inga Moore Publisher: Candlewick (October 2001) Source: Public library To Lionel's surprise, he's just been made king of his people, even though he's just a boy and there hasn't been a king in quite some time (the people had been saving up for a crown ever since the death of Lionel's

Here are Johnny Boo's favorites from the past week (we'll write about another favorite, Bink and Gollie, for our Word of the Week feature in a couple of days): Balloon Toons: Adopt a Glurb Author/illustrator: Elise Gravel Publisher: Blue Apple Books (August 2010) Source: Public library After reading Balloon Toons: Rick & Rack and the Great Outdoors (see our review), we were eager to read Adopt