Raina Telgemeier

yes yep this autobiographical story of a girl getting her braces and all this kind of stuff really hits home for kids who are having to go through that um teenagers that already went through it adults that have kids that are going through brace you know whatever My daughter loves it because her name is also Raina.

So she loves anything Raina Telgemeier.

I almost would put Guts higher on the list.

Would you? Just because that's not just the braces.

That's anxiety in general and listening to one's body, etc., You

know, I think I should just put Raina Telgemeier.

Yeah, that's I very nearly did.

I very nearly just

Which is true.

You have The Reign of Raina Telgemeier.

Hell yeah.

You've got big name young reader – because young reader comics did not exist when I was a kid in the 90s.

But then, but again, like the programs don't start to tick back up until you get like to the 60s and 70s because it's conversation groups for the elderly or tech help for the elderly or book clubs, again, that are at like one or two in the afternoon when most people with jobs, you know, those again are aimed at letting the elderly reach out to each other.

And I think this is a larger, the point I'm trying to make is this is also how I feel with comics because we are doing so much to get kids into reading comics.

You can go read Dogman, Captain Underpants, Raina Telgemeier.

You can get all of these DC graphic novels.

No kidding

... for, for middle grade, like chil- kind of children's graphic novelist named, uh, Raina Telgemeier.

You might know her books from your kids' home.

Mm.

I love the Boxcar Children, and I also love the Railway Children, a little bit less known.

And then for 12 through 13, we had all the Raina Telgemeier books.

the whole like Narnia series, which is like The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, but it's actually like a super long series and the other books are so good.

Harry Potter, of course, Percy Jackson and The Hunger Games.