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/ . / B O O K S ➻ & % , + - A G E S & , / - Ozma of Oz Book 3 by L. Frank Baum (adapted by Marvel for Eric Shanower and Skottie Young) ➸ This is the third book in the series. There's a chicken who's a girl and her name is Bill. Her name is Bill and she's a girl! And there's a robot named Tick Tock, and a little girl named…Dorothy! You know Dorothy. Remem- ber, this is the third book in the Wizard of Oz series. What else? Well, look at that. That artwork is awesome. I'd say, if you like good comic books, you'll love this. Yeah. The story continues in the next book, but it isn't out yet!" On a scale of 1 to 10? 10. –Phoebe *Parent note: Such a cool series, such weird, otherwordly artwork. I liked, but did not love the L. Frank Baum books. I love these. Marvel's The Wonder- ful Wizard of Oz Book 1 by L. Frank Baum (adapted by Marvel for EricShanower and Skottie Young) ➸ Well, I bet you've seen the movie The Wizard of Oz. But this story might be a little diZerent. It's about a girl named Dorothy who has a dog named Toto and they were supposed to help in the basement, but Toto went under the bed. So the tornado came too near and they blasted out into the yard. This book is special because the pictures are mar- velous, it's better than the movie, and last of all, it's a comic. –Abby Scale 10. Parent Note: Again, like the George O'Connor series (#TK), this one is unbelievably gor- geous and spooky and cool. Capital A art. Both kids loved it when they first picked up at ages 8 and 7. 79 76-78 Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy Blume ➸ This book got us through a sick spell one spring. Abby had a fever and we passed the time by on the patio eating Saltines and reading the entire book together over the course of two or three days. I don't want to say this is the only way to enjoy the classic (a spinoZ from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing), but it oZers a perfect illustra- tion of why it's so damn fun to read Judy Blume: Her words go down so easy. A five-or six- year old has no trouble getting lost (and forgetting about a stomach bug) in the story of insecure city girl, Sheila, who spends the summer in the country trying to convince her new girl pals how great she is. Only to realize this isn't the best way to go about making friends. –Jenny The Marvelous Land of Oz Book 2 by L. Frank Baum (adapted by Marvel for Eric Shanower and Skottie Young) ➸ The artwork is very cool. It's about a little boy named Tip who makes a pumpkin head that he names Jack Pumpkin Head. Tip lives with a mean witch. One day, the witch wants to turn him into a marble stat- ue, so Tip runs away with his Pumpkin Head and then he meets all these crazy people and they go to the Emer- ald City. This is the second book in the Oz series. It looks like the artist just scribbled something down with a pencil, but it's cool. I tried to draw it, but it's impossible to. Kind of like Quentin Blake. My favorite character is the saw horse because he's funny. –Phoebe Abby's review: She likes to look at the pictures, but claims that "nothing so much happens in it," story-wise. I don't want to say our daughter is wrong, but… she's wrong! City of Spies by Susan Kim, Laurence Kla- van, and Pascal Dizin ➸ It's about Nazis or whatever they're called, and a little girl and a little boy who try to figure out who is a Nazi and tell the police oYcers so they can put them in jail. But they mess up a lot. It's a great book. I've been reading it a lot lately because I love it. –Phoebe Parent Note: I know, I know. Nazis? But we promise: it's kid- friendly, very Tintin-ish. 80 21