Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

My search for a 2nd-Girlie-appropriate-Christmas-graphic-novel is over–Jen Wang’s Stargazing is the winner! Hallelujah!

So, here’s the thing about my second girlie–she OBSESSES over graphic novels. Once she owns one, she rereads and rereads and carries it around or keeps it in her bed, which means that if I’m going to give her a graphic novel to be her own, it’s got to be one that has messages and people I’m okay with her spending a LOT of time with. Trying to find something that fits that criteria–that she hasn’t already read–is a Herculean task; so many titles fall into the “I’ll check it out of the library for her instead” category. Stargazing, however, is a lovely graphic novel that focuses on friendships, familial and cultural expectations (and stereotypes), and individuality. I would have liked being friends with both straitlaced Christine and free-spirited Moon, and I suspect Girlie #2 will, too. Yay for one more Christmas gift off of the list!

Oh, and incidentally? This book would make a lovely graphic novel lead-in to reading Mustaches for Maddie. Teacher friends, do a unit on the two so that I can live vicariously…