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A review by ssindc
Dear Justice League by Michael Northrop
3.0
OK, this is kind of cute and different ... and it's colorful and nicely packaged ... and it seems appropriately diverse (gender/race neutral), but I wasn't convinced that I saw or appreciated what all the hype was about.
Granted, it's been a few years since I bought and read pretty much everything in the comic-book-and-graphic novel market (from DC, Marvel, and the smaller publishing houses) for kids - it's what my little ones (that aren't so little any more) grew up with. The all-time family favorite was the iconic Herobear and the Kid, which I can't recommend enough, but we also loved Marvel's Gus Beezer (particularly the serial team-ups), Mini Marvels and Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius, Teen Titans Go! and, we read (and re-read) the entire run of Powerpuff Girls, and all of that is in addition to the Marvel and DC kid versions (often TV tie-ins) for most of the major superheroes (but, primarily, Spider-Man, Batman, and, to some extent, Superman).... But all of that seems long(er) and far(ther) away all the time... So maybe I've just lost my perspective....
But, hey, in the big picture: I do believe that kids reading comic books and graphic novels is a good thing ... and I do believe it helps build them into strong readers over time ... so, if this one works for your kids or your students or for you ... that's great.
Granted, it's been a few years since I bought and read pretty much everything in the comic-book-and-graphic novel market (from DC, Marvel, and the smaller publishing houses) for kids - it's what my little ones (that aren't so little any more) grew up with. The all-time family favorite was the iconic Herobear and the Kid, which I can't recommend enough, but we also loved Marvel's Gus Beezer (particularly the serial team-ups), Mini Marvels and Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius, Teen Titans Go! and, we read (and re-read) the entire run of Powerpuff Girls, and all of that is in addition to the Marvel and DC kid versions (often TV tie-ins) for most of the major superheroes (but, primarily, Spider-Man, Batman, and, to some extent, Superman).... But all of that seems long(er) and far(ther) away all the time... So maybe I've just lost my perspective....
But, hey, in the big picture: I do believe that kids reading comic books and graphic novels is a good thing ... and I do believe it helps build them into strong readers over time ... so, if this one works for your kids or your students or for you ... that's great.