![]() ![]() Mirka, the heroine of the Hereville trilogy of graphic novels, is an absolute delight, as is the fantasy world woven by creator Barry Deutsch, set in the fictional Jewish Orthodox enclave called Hereville. The “Hereville” series by Barry DeutschĪ fantasy series starring a feisty Orthodox girl? Um, yes. It’s a breathtakingly beautiful comic book. ![]() Ari Folman and David Polonsky are the filmmaker and artist behind the incredible “Waltz with Bashir,” and with this book, they’ve added layers of meaning and poignancy to the story of Frank’s life. “Anne Frank’s Diary” by Anne Frank, adapted by Ari Folman, illustrated by David Polonskyĭid Anne Frank’s diary need to become a comic book? Well, even if it didn’t, it certainly couldn’t have found a more masterful team to adapt it. With a mixture of comics and prose, Libenson shows us Brianna’s process for preparing for the important coming-of-age Jewish ritual, and we see her learning what true friendship means. The fourth installment of Libenson’s “Emmie and Friends” series tells the story of Brianna and the eight months leading up to her bat mitzvah. It tells the story of Maya who, well, makes a mess whenever she’s at the dinner table, and who gets an invitation to have a meal with none other than the queen of England! “Becoming Briana” by Terri Libenson It’s Modan’s first children’s book, and is inspired by a conversation she had with her own daughter about table manners. “Maya Makes a Mess” is not a very Jewish book, but it is a lovely comic for early comics literacy - fun and funny and quirky. ![]() Israeli cartoonist Rutu Modan is one of the most celebrated Israeli cartoonists of all time, having won an Eisner (the Oscar of the comics world) and accolades for her very Jewish adult books “Exit Wounds,” “The Property,” and “Tunnels”. With that in mind, I have put together a (not comprehensive!) list of Jewish graphic novels that were made with young audiences in mind: “Maya Makes a Mess” by Rutu Modan In fact, I would argue that it expands both your kids’ reading abilities and visual literacy. There are a few hills I will die on and one of them is that yes, absolutely, reading graphic novels (or comics, as most people call them) absolutely counts as reading. There are, however, a lot of great Jewish graphic novels that were explicitly made for kids, and not all of them are about the Holocaust! But “Maus” wasn’t necessarily made for kids (which is not to say 8th graders shouldn’t read it they should). “Maus” tends to be one of the first Jewish graphic novels people think of, and for good reason - the two-volume epic is masterfully told and meticulously researched and crafted. It’s heartening to see so many people going out of their way to read this graphic novel, which is based on the survival story of Spiegelman’s own Polish Jewish father and tells the story of his war experience, depicting Jews as mice and Nazi as cats. Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” is now on the Amazon Best Sellers list after news came out that a Tennessee school board banned the Pulitzer-winning book about the Holocaust from its 8th grade curriculum for “nudity” and “profanity.” ![]()
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