2 New Books and a Note

I'm adding two more things: Power Pack Classic from Marvel Comics and Pet Robots by Scott Christian Sava. I like Power Pack, since the main characters are all kids, though they interact with the rest of the Marvel universe (like Spiderman and the X-Men). Classic is a compilation of the original Power Pack stories bound up in a paperback graphic novel format. I think I have some of the originals in my own comic book collection at home. Let's hope the paperback binding holds up.

Pet Robots is by the brilliant author of Cameron and His Dinosaurs, so I have high hopes this will be just as good. (On a side note, the paperback binding seems much sturdier than anything produced by Marvel.)

The Note: I had a young patron in last night asking for our Sonic the Hedgehog books, plus some Sonic titles we don't own. I may have to see about ordering more, since the six I did purchase are all checked out! Excellent!

Rex Libris

This isn't a kids' title, but I have to rave about a graphic novel I read: Rex Libris: I, Librarian by James Turner. It's funny and intellectual. Even better, the main character is a LIBRARIAN WHO KICKS A**!!! (excuse my language, please) His boss is the Egyptian god Thoth, and his co-workers are Circe (yes, the sorceress) and Hypatia (not the original, but a new trainee). All the librarians are very conservatively dressed, but they can also all handle the toughest of patrons (in a flashback to her training, Hypatia is show literally kicking someone who looks like Special Forces while wearing a non-regulation bustier). The art is all black and white and computer generated, so it's a little stiff, but that contributes to the style of the book.

Fun stuff that I can't put on my shelf!