Congrats to First Second and Sara Varon, whose Robot Dreams graphic novel made Oprah’s reading list for 6-9 year olds:
Robot Dreams by Sara Varon
In this nearly wordless book, comic book-style illustrations tell the story of Dog and his best friend, Robot. When the two become separated, readers follow their separate—and very different—experiences, which are amusing, wistful and truly thought provoking.
I’d be curious to know if/how this kind of attention affects sales on the book — which is worth checking out by both kids and adults, BTW.
August 13th, 2008 at 7:58 am
I used to work at Borders, and whenever a book got mentioned by her Oprahness – just mentioned, not even necessarily a book club selection – people were in the store asking for it that night.
I suspect they’re gonna do alright with this.
August 13th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
I don’t know how long ago they were added, but Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid is on the 10 – 12 Year-Old list and Shaun Tan’s The Arrival is on the 12 Years and Up list. I wonder if they got a bump in sales from it (though Kinney is pretty much cleaning up already!)
August 18th, 2008 at 9:00 am
The Bone series is a great read for kids of that age group.