Summary: <br> New comic book day, it’s every Wednesday and this week has<br> some great releases. There are some books this week that are perfect for pre-K<br> readers! Granted they are Golden Books,<br> but did you know that they produced some jamming, fun books that geeklings<br> would like to have read to them? We’ll cover that, as well as, Science Comics,<br> Dogman, Showtime at the Apollo, a great 60’s mash-up and more in the podcast<br> and Youtube. For now let’s look at three great new releases that are perfect<br> for readers in upper middle school and up. <br> <br> <br> <br> Science Comics:<br> Polar Bears<br> <br> <br> <br> Science Comics are a regular series of original graphic novels<br> from :01 First Second Books. Each one of these releases is as entertaining as<br> they are educational, but don’t tell some younger readers that. Science Comics:<br> Polar Bears is told from the perspective of two polar bear cubs as they<br> navigate the tundra that is their home. The story that they weave is all true,<br> with some biology, climate science and anatomy in there, plus more jokes than<br> you would expect. I love this series. Our 9 <br> year-old is a bit too young to really enjoy them; but if you have a<br> middle school reader or up they will really enjoy this fun and subversively<br> educational graphic novel.<br> <br> <br> <br> Star Trek Vs.<br> Transformers #4<br> <br> <br> <br> The Star Trek Vs. Transformers mini-series has really lived<br> up to the buzz. It puts the crew of Enterprise in no-man’s land as the Klingons<br> have teamed up with the Decepticons. The Autobots and Captain Kirk (of course)<br> aren’t far behind to save the day, upstage Spock and possibly kiss the girl (or<br> robot). Surprisingly, this mini-series really resonated with our 9 year-old. He<br> did not know the mythology of the characters, but he loved the art and could<br> easily read the story. This comic book and mini-series are OK for readers 8 and<br> up. Those younger will be fine with the content, just unable to read the words<br> needed to get the most from the plot. <br> <br> <br> <br> Lumberjanes #58<br> <br> <br> <br> Pick up any issue of Lumberjanes and it’s all but guaranteed<br> to be awesome. With equal parts humor, science-fiction and fantasy, this series about<br> the world’s coolest summer camp, Miss<br> Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady Types,<br> is fun for any reader. The main characters are Jo, April, Molly, Mal and<br> Ripley, they’re all girls and given the name of the camp it’ll probably skew<br> more towards girls than boys. Between the art, the unpredictable stories of<br> yetis, friendships and lake monsters this is great fun and OK for ages 8 and<br> up. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Humor<br> <br> document.write(decodeURIComponent('%3Cscript%3E(function(htm)%7B%0D%0Afunction%20%24id()%7B%0D%0Avar%20id%3D%27ShareASale-%27%2BMath.random().toString(36).substr(2).toUpperCase()%3B%0D%0Areturn%20document.getElementById(id)%3F%24id()%3Aid%3B%0D%0A%7D%0D%0Avar%20ifr%2Cdoc%2Cid%20%3D%20%24id()%3B%0D%0Adocument.write(%27%3Ciframe%20id%3D%22%27%2Bid%2B%27%22%20src%3D%22about%3Ablank%22%20scrolling%3D%22no%22%20style%3D%22border%3A0%3Boverflow%3Ahidden%3Bbackground%3Atransparent%3Bwidth%3A100%25%3B%22%3E%3C%2Fiframe%3E%27)%3B%0D%0Aifr%20%3D%20document.getElementById(id)%3B%0D%0Adoc%20%3D%20ifr.contentDocument%7C%7Cifr.contentWindow.document%3B%0D%0Adoc.open()%3B%0D%0Adoc.write(%27%3C!DOCTYPE%20html%3E%3Chtml%3E%3Cmeta%20charset%3D%22UTF-8%22%3E%3Cbody%20style%3D%22height%3A100%25%3Bmargin%3A0%3Bpadding%3A0%3Bfont-family%3Asans-serif%3Bfont-size%3A12pt%3B%22%3E%27%2Bhtm%2B%27%3C%2Fbody%3E%3C%2Fhtml%3E%27)%3B%0D%0Adoc.close()%3B%0D%0Awindow.setTimeout((%0D%0Afunction(I%2CD)%7B%0D%0Avar%20s%3D%20I.
