Marcus and Lella seem to really enjoy graphic novels. They recently read Into the Volcano (173 pages), Don Wood, and loved it. They actually read this book a few times before I insisted they read other things. (Caution: There are a couple of scenes where one of the females is wearing a bikini top and shorts.)
They also really enjoyed Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown (96 pages), Jarrett J. Krosoczka. This wasn't a graphic novel, but the layout was similar to one. They laughed out loud during parts of this book.
Other books recently completed:
Marcus: Jake Drake: Bully Buster (101 pages), Andrew Clements, Superstar Watch (98 pages), Gertrude Warner, The Dog-Gone Mystery (120 pages), Gertrude Warner, Abe Lincoln: The boy who loved books, Kay Winters and Nancy Carpenter, Ten Holiday Jewish Children's Stories (45 pages), Barbara Goldin.
Lella: Five Fables of La Fontaine (64 pages), Roberta Sewal, My Father's Dragon (77 pages), Ruth Gannett, Elmer and the Dragon (78 pages), Ruth Gannett, The Dragon of Blueland (79 pages), Ruth Gannett, Breakfast in the Rainforest, Richard Sobol, Sun-Day, Moon-Day: How the week was made (80 pages), Cherry Gilchrist and Amanda Hall.
***Gabriella LOVED Gannett's dragon books. She actually re-read My Father's Dragon and then read the other two. She also loved Sun-Day, Moon-Day and read it multiple times.
Both: Here Comes the Garbage Barge, Jonah Winter, Prayer for a Child, Rachel Field, Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk (64 pages), Reading Rainbow.
