Overview
Spend an afternoon with Raina as she shares her artwork and tells stories about a range of topics spanning from her childhood to the creation of her graphic novels Smile, Sisters, Guts, Drama and Ghosts!
Full Product Details
Author: Raina Telgemeier
Publisher: Scholastic US
Imprint: Scholastic US
Weight: 0.540kg
ISBN: 9781338885484
ISBN 10: 1338885480
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 09 October 2025
Recommended Age: From 08 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children's (6-12)
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
"""Raina Telgemeier is the reigning queen of comics."" -- The A.V. Club Praise for Smile: #1 New YorkTimes Bestseller Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Winner Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book ""Irresistible, funny, and touching."" -- Kirkus Reviews ""One of the most widely loved kids' graphic novels in recent history."" -- Booklist ""It hits home partly because there is nothing else out there like it."" -- The New York Times Book Review Praise for Sisters: #1 New York Times Bestseller Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Winner * ""A wonderfully charming tale of family and sisters that anyone can bond with."" -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review * ""Poignant and laugh-out-loud funny."" -- Publishers Weekly, starred review * ""Utterly relatable for anyone with siblings."" -- School Library Journal, starred review Praise for Guts: #1 New York Times Bestseller * ""The story both normalizes therapy and shows a child developing useful coping mechanisms for anxiety in a way that will reassure, even inspire, readers."" -- Publishers Weekly, starred review * ""A must."" -- School Library Journal, starred review ""A compassionate and accessible look at one girl's struggles with anxiety."" -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Praise for Drama: #1 New York Times Bestseller An ALA Stonewall Honor Book * ""Telgemeier is prodigiously talented at telling cheerful stories with realistic portrayals of middle-school characters."" -- Booklist, starred review * ""Pitch-perfect."" -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review * ""Another dead-on look at the confusing world of middle school."" -- Publishers Weekly, starred review * ""An entertaining and enlightening read."" -- School Library Journal, starred review"
Author Information
Raina Telgemeier is the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning creator of Smile, Sisters, and Guts, which are all graphic memoirs based on her childhood. She is also the creator of Drama and Ghosts, the adapter and illustrator of the first four Baby-sitters Club graphic novels, and, with Scott McCloud, the co-creator of The Cartoonists Club. Facing Feelings: Inside the World of Raina Telgemeier is based on an exhibition that was held at The Ohio State University's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Raina lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. To learn more, visit her online at goraina.com.
