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This message went out before the changes I made! My advice: Read the reviews online and in print - VOYA, my favorite professional magazine covers this format really well . Check out the graphics at a real store. Rena Deutsch, Librarian Bayard Rustin HS for the Humanities 351 W. 18th Street New York, NY 10011 renadeutsch@att.net library site: www.hhslibrary.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rena Deutsch" <renadeutsch@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [LM_NET] SEC: "manga-style" books > We have a number of these books. One that is extremely popular now -- > with > the girls, especially -- is the MARS series by Fuyumi Soryo. I bought the > first volume of Love, Hina and one of the girls who reads these books said > They were sort of rated R (her words) but she likes this series and her > friends have read them, too. We looked at that one, and although there is > a > little nudity, it is very subtle e.g., if there's a female body, there's > an > outline of the breast but no nipple; towels are used with discretion. > > I would definitely buy these books for your students, but would make two > suggestions: > 1- Check out some of the great review sites for these books, which will > give > you an indication of the level (good for all ages, teen, adult, etc) in > addition to a review. I can't recommend the site " No Flying, No Tights" > enough. I have a link on my library website to this site and other sites > related to graphic novels: > http://www.hhslibrary.org/graphicnovels.html > > 2. Check out these books at your nearest Borders or Barnes & Noble, or, > better yet, at your local comic books store. Borders usually has a large > collection of these books near the sci-fi section, and Barnes and Nobles > has > a big section in the teen books section (in the series section). There is > a > Store Locator for your nearest comic book stores on the Diamond Comics > website.http://csls.diamondcomics.com/ > > Flipping through the books will give you important information as to the > level of nudity, etc. and then you can make an informed decision about > individual titles. > > Rena Deutsch, Librarian > Bayard Rustin HS for the Humanities > 351 W. 18th Street > New York, NY 10011 > renadeutsch@att.net > library site: www.hhslibrary.org > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.4 - Release Date: 2/1/2005 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. > LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ > Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ > LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.4 - Release Date: 2/1/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.4 - Release Date: 2/1/2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------