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Cantor Film Center at NYU
Friday, June 6 at 11:00am - Graphic Novel Breakfast at BEA
Los Angeles Convention Center
Saturday, May 31 at 8:00am - Special Saturday Storytime: Co...
McNally Robinson
Saturday, April 19 at 12:00pm - Storyhour with Geoffrey Hayes
Barnes & Noble, Tribeca
Tuesday, April 15 at 4:00pm - TOON Books at Jim Hanley's Uni...
Jim Hanley's Universe
Saturday, April 12 at 10:00am - Geoffrey Hayes at the Museum o...
Museum of the City of New York
Saturday, April 12 at 1:00pm - TOON Books signing at Borders
Borders Books & Music, Columbus Circle
Friday, April 11 at 6:00pm
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Toon Books posted a new blog entry WEEKEND STORYTIME at McNally Jackson in Soho.
Special Saturday Storytime: Comics for Kids with TOON Books Saturday, September 06 2008, 12:00pm - 1:00pm McNally Jackson Books52 Prince St.(b/t Lafayette & Mulberry)New York, NY 10012212.274.1160 Eleanor Davis...
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Sneak Peek.
Luke on the Loose by Harry BlissA little boy is happily lost in the big city!Luke looks on at the pigeons while Dad is lost in "boring Daddy talk," and before you know it--LUKE IS ON THE LOOSE! He's free as a bird,...
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Eleanor Davis and Dean Haspiel to Debut New TOON Books at Brooklyn's Desert Island.
Event Date: September 5, 2008, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pmEvent Location: Desert Island 540 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211Please join us for readings, signings, drawings, and milk & cookies! TOON Books and Desert ...
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Visuacy.
School students should study Picasso alongside pictures of Elle Macpherson's underwear as part of a recasting of visual arts education away from traditional forms to include images of all kinds.An article in The ...
Toon Books posted a new blog entry British Government Urges Young Boys to Read Calvin and Hobbes.
"The British government says young boys should be encouraged to read Calvin and Hobbes and comic-book annuals such as the Dandy and Beano to get them into the reading habit young and help them to keep up with girls...
Toon Books posted a new blog entry TOON at CNN.
Rosa Williams, age 6, reviews Benny and Penny and Otto's Orange Day for CNN.com....
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Comics in the Classroom: Student Activity.
As a follow-up activity to a lesson on Benny and Penny, first and second graders were asked to create a comic strip using the text features they had learned (speech balloons, thought balloons, and captions)....
June 20, 2008 at 11:49am
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Response from Maryland Educator.
Thank you so much for giving me this wonderful opportunity to introduce these books to my classroom. My students loved Benny and Penny in Just Pretend and being able to identify the text features of the comic. They...
June 16, 2008 at 1:33pm
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Rain or Shine.
We had a marvelous rainy afternoon in Madison Square Park for Kids Fest. After a dramatic reading of Benny and Penny, everybody pulled up a yoga mat and huddled under the tent for readings of Silly Lilly and the ...
June 13, 2008 at 5:27pm
Toon Books posted a new blog entry TOONS in the Park.
For those of you who will be in New York over the weekend, join us on Saturday for Kids Fest! Time Out New York Kids teams up with the Madison Square Park Conservancy for this annual outdoor fair chock-full of art ...
May 29, 2008 at 2:49pm
Toon Books posted a new blog entry TOON Books at BEA.
TOON Books looks forward to attending this weekend's BookExpo America at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Our books will be on display at Diamond Book Distributors' booth and TOON Books principles will ...
May 28, 2008 at 10:51am
Toon Books posted a new blog entry More on D+Q's John Stanley Reprint Plans.
Drawn and Quarterly has posted follow-up information to indicate that the publisher's previously announced plans to reprint comic book work by John Stanley have expanded to include Stanley's Nancy and Sluggo comic ...
May 28, 2008 at 10:51am
With Art Spiegelman, Jeff Smith, Mike Mignola & Jeph Loeb
http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/en-us/graphicnovelbreakfast.cfm Saturday morning breakfast with host Jeff Smith, an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the self-...
Host:Toon Books
Time:8:00AM Saturday, May 31st
Location:Los Angeles Convention Center
May 28, 2008 at 9:18am
An all-day symposium on the growing cultural significance of comics
Over the past few years comics have escaped from the shtetl and entered the salon. A “big bang” has exploded the assumption that the medium is inherently immature, and comics ...
Host:Toon Books
Time:11:00AM Friday, June 6th
Location:Cantor Film Center at NYU
May 22, 2008 at 8:27am
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Henry's Letter to TOON Books.
Otto's Orange Day writer Jay Lynch passed along the following letter from a young reader along with a note from his teacher, Tracy Edmunds.Hello Mr. Lynch,I teach in a Reading Intervention program and have been ...
May 21, 2008 at 1:39pm
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Brenda Bowen Talks Comics.
Publishers Weekly interviews Brenda Bowen about plans to publish comics as part of Bowen Books, her new children's book imprint at HarperCollins. Bowen had previously been an editor at Hyperion, where she ...
May 21, 2008 at 1:39pm
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Bone Exhibit Opens Saturday.
"Bone and Beyond," a major exhibition of work by Jeff Smith, opens at Ohio State University's Wexner Center for the Arts on Saturday, May 10th. The exhibit is presented in conjunction with OSU's Cartoon Research ...
May 9, 2008 at 9:17am
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Benny and Penny Cover TONY Kids.
The May issue of Time Out New York Kids features an original Geoffrey Hayes drawing of TOON Books characters Benny and Penny on its cover. The magazine previously featured the imprint in its April issue....
May 9, 2008 at 9:17am
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Eleanor Davis: Up and Coming.
Eleanor Davis, author of TOON Books' upcoming Stinky, is briefly profiled by Publishers Weekly as part of a survey of notable young cartoonists. "She was still in school when Mouly approached her to contribute to ...
May 5, 2008 at 8:12am
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Hayes, Spiegelman in VQR.
The Spring 2008 issue of Virginia Quarterly Review features a suite of comics-related material including a remembrance of underground comix artist Rory Hayes by his brother, TOON Books author Geoffrey Hayes. The ...
May 4, 2008 at 11:19am
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Françoise Mouly at Length.
In a follow-up to his piece for the Harrisburg Patriot-News, Chris Mautner posts the full text of his lengthy interview with TOON Books Editorial Director Françoise Mouly to his Panels and Pixels blog.I just felt ...
April 29, 2008 at 10:15am
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Billy and Bonny Bee.
Pappy's Golden Age posts a six-page "Billy and Bonny Bee" story by Frank Thomas, originally published in 1943's New Funnies #79....
April 29, 2008 at 10:15am
Toon Books posted a new blog entry TOON Books Events This Week.
Several events are taking place this week in New York City to mark the launch of the TOON Books line. Event information is as follows:Friday, April 11Borders Books & Music, Columbus Circle6 - 8 pmJoin us for a...
April 11, 2008 at 9:27am
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Edgar Allan Poetry.
More advanced readers may enjoy Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder's adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," originally published in 1954 during MAD's first incarnation as a full-color comic book. The seven-page ...
April 11, 2008 at 9:27am
Jim Hanley's Universe Kids' Day 10AM - 6PM An extravaganza of comics, cookies, and creativity. Special guests Nick Bertozzi, Frank Cammuso, George O'Connor, Kevin Pyle, Aaron...
Host:Toon Books
Time:10:00AM Saturday, April 12th
Location:Jim Hanley's Universe
April 11, 2008 at 8:16am
Toon Books posted a new blog entry TOON Books Profiles Proliferate.
This month's launch of the TOON Books collection continues to draw feature attention in a variety of venues. Time Out New York Kids profiles the imprint at length. The Harrisburg Patriot-News extensively features...
April 10, 2008 at 1:27pm
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Dewey Decimal Funnies.
The Librarian Mom blog on Scholastic's website features a series of Dewey Decimal-themed knock-knock jokes. The first humorously treats the placement of comics and graphic novels within that system while ...
April 10, 2008 at 10:28am
Toon Books posted a new blog entry The Clouds Above Reviewed.
Jordan Crane's The Clouds Above, recently published by Fantagraphics in a softcover edition, is reviewed on the Pink Me blog. The blog, written by a public librarian who runs a Graphic Novel Appreciation Club at ...
April 10, 2008 at 10:28am
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Ingram Surveys Kids' Comics.
Ingram Library Services' Children and Teen Librarian newsletter surveys comics for children and young adults, making prominent mention of TOON Books among other recommended titles....
April 9, 2008 at 12:23pm
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Supermouse in "The Country Under the Sea".
Pappy's Golden Age posts another Supermouse story by Milt Stein, this time from Supermouse #12. The twelve-page story was originally published in 1951....
April 9, 2008 at 9:28am
Toon Books posted a new blog entry Desert Island : Friday September 5.