Good Comics for Kids
July 29, 2019 by Betsy Bird
Is Martha the better hippo? Hard to determine with a single George and Martha book, but we have some serious opinions on the matter. This week we discuss methods of hiding food you don't want to eat (when you're a grown-up), how "The Tub" was a pre-#MeToo story, and why Rev. Buck McTooth is truly a Doctor of Divinity.
May 29, 2012 by Betsy Bird
#48 George and Martha by James Marshall (1972) 38 points I know this is a Marshall-heavy list, but it’s not my fault that he is the greatest thing to ever happen to picture books. – Shannon Ozimy I didn’t read George & Martha until I became a librarian, but it was irreverent love at first […]
November 21, 2011 by Betsy Bird
I can’t pinpoint what it was that made me think of this. In this day and age with children’s picture book characters appearing as television and movie characters every other minute, to say nothing of the new deals being made with the names of classics we all grew up with, it’s a lot easier to […]
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