PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Raina Telgemeier grew up in San Francisco, then moved to New York City, where she earned an illustration degree at the School of Visual Arts. She is the creator of SMILE, a critically acclaimed graphic memoir based on her childhood, which was a NEW YORK TIMES bestseller and winner of the Will Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens, and received a BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK Honor. Raina also adapted and illustrated The Baby-sitters Club graphic novels, which were selected for YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens list and BOOKLIST's Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth list. Her new graphic novel for Scholastic is titled DRAMA. Raina lives in Astoria, New York, with her husband, Dave Roman. To learn more, visit her online at www.goRaina.com.
I so enjoyed reading Smile, I couldn't put it down. It's excellent! -- Lynn Johnston, creator of For Better or For Worse Raina perfectly captures the small, everyday surprises, dramas, and embarrassments that make up adolescence... A joy to read. -- Gene Yang, National Book Award Winner for American Born Chinese Irresistible, funny and touching. -- Kirkus Reviews It hits home partly because there is nothing else out there like it. -- The New York Times Book Review
