Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Loosely based on the author's life, chronicles Craig's journey from childhood to adulthood, exploring the people, experiences, and beliefs that he encountered along the way.

Taken out of school following her parents' divorce, six-year-old Laila befriends a mysterious bird she names Ralph, who's destructive nature leads her to start understanding the complexity of life.

Follows a year in the lives of the comic strip characters, from Michael and Deanna's elopement and her mother's insistence upon an elaborate wedding, to Grandpa Jim's courtship of Iris, to Elizabeth's turbulent relationships with Eric and Anthony.

A comedy-drama that follows the dysfunctional adventures of the Loony Family. After 40-plus years of marriage, Maggie and David Loony shock their children with their announcement of a planned divorce. But the reason for splitting isn't itself shocking: theyre "just not in love any more." The announcement sparks a week-long Loony family reunion at Maggie and David's creepy and possibly haunted beach house.

"A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble. But being a good kid doesn't stop him from being bullied and feeling like he's invisible, which is why Dan has low expectations when his parents...

A non-fiction memoir of the author's mother, told in graphic novel format. Alison Bechdel's mother was a voracious reader, music lover, passionate amateur actor. She was also a woman, unhappily married to a closeted gay man, whose artistic aspirations simmered under the surface of Bechdel's childhood... and who stopped touching or kissing her daughter good night, forever, when she was seven. Bechdel's quest for answers concerning the mother-daughter...

Ariol is an everyday 'tween donkey with blue glasses who lives in the suburbs with his mom and dad, as well as a host of other animal friends and teachers.

A collection of cartoons captures everyday life in the Patterson family, as John and Emily confront middle age, Elizabeth deals with college life and independence, Michael secretly marries Deanna, and April learns about bullies.

Faced with an increasing number of lunatics with superpowers eager to fight his own wunderkind brood, Sir Reginald Hargreeves developed the ultimate solution... But their past is coming back to haunt them.

Grandpa Ben, Jill and Will travel through time to medieval times, pirate days, and the wild West. Presented in comic-book format.