Good Comics for Kids
Tag: Parents
Using Time Travel to Explore Parent-Child Relationships, a guest post by Emily Barth Isler
In The Color of Sound, twelve year old musical prodigy Rosie stumbles upon a shed on her grandparents’ property and, once inside, meets a girl who is, against all odds, a version of her own mother at age twelve.
My Mother’s Yearbook and Other Mysteries, a guest post by Lisa Graff
If I could leap back in time to interact with my parents as kids, I would 100% take that opportunity. I bet most of us would.
The Parentified Protagonist: From Shifting Roles to Shapeshifter, a guest post by Stephanie Willing
I hope West of the Sea will find kids who are taking on a world of responsibility and help them recognize that their parents’ dysfunctions are not their fault.
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Using the Feelings of Childhood Memories to Find the Heart of a Story, a guest post by Sharelle Byars Moranville
The heart of Forget-Me-Not Blue springs from something that happened to me in fourth grade music class when we were learning a folk dance that required girls and boys to partner.
Inventing the Wheel: Behind the Scenes of THE MANY FORTUNES OF MAYA, a guest post by Nicole D. Collier, Ph.D.
The more Maya explored those Deep Downs and learned to listen to her own voice, the more she understood that the best fortunes are the ones she writes for herself.
Bringing Grief Out of the Shadows, a guest post by Megan Paasch
I didn’t originally intend to write a book about grief. But then, my father died.
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The Unparented: Writing for Those Who Raise Themselves, a guest post by Ann Dávila Cardinal
When I say unparented, it doesn’t mean we don’t have parental surrogates, family or friends who step in to fill the void, but rather that we are haunted by the expectation of a traditional family unit that includes two parents, and this lack shapes our lives.
Book Review: We’ll Fly Away by Bryan Bliss
Publisher’s description Luke and Toby have always had each other’s backs. But then one choice—or maybe it is a series of choices—sets them down an irrevocable path. We’ll Fly Away weaves together Luke and Toby’s senior year of high school with letters Luke writes to Toby later—from death row. This thought-provoking novel is an exploration of friendship, […]
Book Review: Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender
Publisher’s description Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child. Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and twelve-year-old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately. She’s hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands, a spirit only she can see won’t stop following her, and […]
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