
Toon Books Just in time for the holidays! Collector's edition Little Mouse doll (comes with copy of the book autographed by Jeff Smith)!
Source: toon-books.com
TOON Books are the first high-quality comics designed for children ages four and up. Each book in the collection is just right for reading to the youngest but, perhaps most remarkable: this is the first collection ever designed to offer newly-emerging readers comics they can read themselves.

Toon Books posted a new blog entry Desert Island : Friday September 5.
TOON authors Geoffrey Hayes, Eleanor Davis, Dean Haspiel, and Art SpiegelmanYoung fan.Tall fan.Dean Haspiel...

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)....

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/en-us/gra phicnovelbreakfast.cfm
Saturday morning breakfast with host Jeff Smith, an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the self-published comic book series Bone, will feature speakers including:
Jeph Loeb, American film and television writer, producer and award-winning comic ...book writer, noted for his Emmy and WGA nominations. Currently the Co-Executive Producer on the NBC hit show Heroes.
Mike Mignola, comic book artist and writer, famous for his horror comic, "Hellboy".
Art Spiegelman, an American comic artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel memoir, Maus.
General Admission: $25 Register today!
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Saturday morning breakfast with host Jeff Smith, an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the self-published comic book series Bone, will feature speakers including:
Jeph Loeb, American film and television writer, producer and award-winning comic ...book writer, noted for his Emmy and WGA nominations. Currently the Co-Executive Producer on the NBC hit show Heroes.
Mike Mignola, comic book artist and writer, famous for his horror comic, "Hellboy".
Art Spiegelman, an American comic artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel memoir, Maus.
General Admission: $25 Register today!
http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/en-us/reg
With Art Spiegelman, Jeff Smith, Mike Mignola & Jeph Loeb
Time:8:00AM Saturday, May 31st
Location:Los Angeles Convention Center

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