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For my first graphic book ever, it was wonderful. It has been on my TBR for so long and I just happened to pick it up after watching some stuff on the holocaust.
Coming to the book it has amazing illustrations, loved that the writer used different animals to depict the hierarchy of people involved. I can't even begin to describe the atrocities, but I'd like to mention how good are the minute details, which are easily missed in a sec.
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Have you read The Graphic Novel (comic book at the time it was released) Maus?
It‘s an interesting way to the tell the story of an Auschwitz survivor.

*check out the gorgeous handwriting our purchasing librarian has. 🤩

Finally read this heartbreaking masterpiece. Difficult read, should be required reading. Now on to Maus 2.

My daughter got her very own library card today!

Final April #bookspinbingo board! One bingo including North and South which I bailed on and never really felt like picking back up.

Favorites this month are 5⭐️ reads
The Heart‘s Invisible Furies #authoramonth
Never Let Me Go #lmpbc
Don‘t Hex and Drive #roll100
Maus I, which the kiddo and I both loved.

Since my last post, finished the third #roll100 book Valley of Horses, another hollows series reread The Undead Pool & Barbarian Alien on KU.

I am very excited to have supported my local indie bookstore today (Nowhere Books) and to purchase these books that have been sadly and inappropriately banned in some schools in the USA.

I liked this better this second time around. Maybe I was paying better attention. I feel like I caught more of what was going on in the “present-day” story, between Spiegelman‘s father and his 2nd wife, in addition to between father and son. I thought this was done well, and didn‘t have too hard a time following the time shifts. And of course, his father‘s survival story during WWII is one well worth reading

Such a very important book! #ReadBannedBooks
+1.59 #PennyAPage

#ReadMyRoom #JustAnotherGraphicMonday
@AkashaVampie @jb72 @Bookworm54 @AsYouWish @CocoReads @AnansiGirl

My special mouse treat :)

My next #GraphicNovel read :) Had this for some time and misplaced it at one point. I have been meaning to get into this :)

#JustAnotherGraphicMonday
@Bookworm54 @AkashaVampie @AsYouWish @jb72 @AnansiGirl

Did not know about this book till it was removed from TN school curriculum. Due to one scene of nudity and few swears. What‘s important about this book is that it offends you. That‘s not bad. It means you won‘t let it happen again. This is a difficult read, child interviewing father in surviving the Holocaust. You can feel the desperation, the horror of day to day, trying to survive. This first half sets up for Authswtiz. Aka hell on earth

This is just brilliant. Why hadn‘t I read this before? It‘s an absolute stunner and I am now anxiously awaiting volume 2.

My son read this in school and it was one of the only books he (a non reader) actually liked. I hadn‘t read it but figured I‘d better since some people believe it should be banned. It took a little while to get my hands on a copy but I finally found it. This is excellently done. The artwork and storytelling are amazing. Everyone should read this.

Sunday afternoon #bookhaul #readbannedbooks

Despite its status as the only graphic novel to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize, “Maus” was recently banned by a Tennessee district because of its “unnecessary use of profanity and nudity and its depiction of violence and suicide.”

This. This is what the school board finds offensive. Cartoon boobs and the word “bitch.” Not the Nazis or the genocide, apparently. Because the violence of the Holocaust is what the entire book is all about.

The first installment of a nonfiction book presented in graphic novel style, written by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman. In stunning and intricate detail, it depicts Spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor. Recently banned by a Tennessee school district and removed from its 8th-grade curriculum.
#Nonfiction2022
Prompt: I‘m Out Of Your Comfort Zone— WHICH IS THE WHOLE POINT OF IT

Rereading with a group on LibraryThing in response to the recent school district banning. I‘ve read this a few times now, but still I had forgotten so much, and still I was surprised, again, how powerful it is. (And still I missed tons of artistic details like the swastika Poland landscape here after Vladek and Anja‘s escape the ghetto and then have no where to hide.)

I am lurking in the #LibraryThing group read: https://www.librarything.com/topic/339164 Anyone else?

It‘s time to read this again. (This copy is autographed to wife.)

Pandemic crisis got me like “why not read all the saddest stories?”

It‘s important to remember the tragedies that have come before. That we are not alone in our suffering and how much worse it could be.

I guess this is how I read during a #quarantine. In the kitchen while “cooking”
Cookies are almost done!

One of the most important Holocaust Comic🖤🖤🖤

Maus is a historical fiction graphic novel about the holocaust by Art Spiegelman. Maus takes place before WWII when hitler commanded the nazis to exterminate all the jews.

No matter what form it‘s portrayed in, The Holocaust is hard to look at. This had such powerful imagery and the story of Vladek‘s life intermingled with Art‘s relationship with his father makes a moving narrative. I highly recommend this graphic novel. But be warned: Spiegelman doesn‘t hold back.

A difficult read but a good one. Not ready to dive into volume two just yet.

Book four done for #24B4Monday and on to number five.

@Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid

How were desperate things that Vader father-in-law gave over grandparents??? What was under this decision?

I found this sketch of Art‘s dream in Meta Maus book. It seems that the difficulty of Vladek‘s character still chases him even after The Complete Maus was published. Did their relationship progress during the interviews? What kind of relationship it was? Did Art‘s feelings change?

Vladek and Anja had special relationship from the beginning. What particular story touched you the most? Why Vladek could not safe her from the suicide? What do you think really happened to Anja in the end of her life?

Why does Vladek ask Art not to write about Lucia in his book? Why doesn‘t Art listen to his father? Do you think it is right for Art to break his promise?

I likes this book. It is hard not to like it. I love how its not all that sad as you might expect from a Holocaust book because it is interspersed with light moments between father and son. However, it is an eye-opener. I think it wants us to know the effects of the Holocaust, what happens after and not just what happened during. I also liked how he characterized Jews as mice and Germans as cats. A new perspective on the Holocaust. @Trashcanman

4/5 ⭐️

This book is a graphic novel about a father telling his son about his experiences during the holocaust. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in learning about this time period in history.

This was a well-written account of Spiegelman's father's account of the holocaust. Graphic novel form, I've really taken a liking to reading these.

My daughter was assigned to read this book for school, so of course I read it to. Any story about the holocaust is a sad story. This one is no exception. Told in graphic novel form, it is the true story of the author's father, who survived the Nazi concentration camps. Once again, I am struck with the feeling of disbelief. How could this have happened. Why did the people let this happen.

18 books read in January:
3 audio
11 #MtTBR
6 library books
And only 1 purchased, which was my BOTM!

Just finished volume one. So moving and powerful. Everyone should read this. It‘s absolutely heartbreaking. I just kept wishing it was a work of fiction.

First book of 2018. Only a few pages in but already loving it. I know it‘s going to get really hard to read really soon. Thought I‘d share this panel. It really hit home.

Another #bookhaul from #goodwill I think it's time for a new book case🙄 The Maus graphic novels are like new! The Dresden files books are too, couldn't pass these up.

Reading this with the 8th graders. I love how accessible it is for students. The kids are so motivated and engaged. It‘s honest and raw and favcilitates great discussion. #teachersoflitsy

No matter how many biographies, history books, or memoirs I read about WWII, each one gets to me. The atrocities committed by the Nazis are mind boggling. I felt like Spiegelman did a great job staying true to his father's story as he told it.
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#WWII #graphicnovel

Today in exciting book-related news! It's finally official, so I can announce that I'm speaking on a panel of teachers at the Edmonton Entertainment Expo. As an inclusive education teacher, I'll be focusing on how comics can help learners with exceptional needs. I'm excited but mostly nervous. #teachersoflitsy

Excellent graphic novel! Talking to our elders isn't always easy, and this comic reflects that, but the stories of his father's time during the Nazi Era is both touching and heartbreaking and incredibly timeless.

Art Spiegelman tells the story of his father, who survived the horrors of Auschwitz. He depicts Jews as mice, Poles as pigs and Germans as cats. I think this makes the book even more interesting. Only 4 stars, because the English is sometimes incorrect, and that was a bit annoying for me.
★★★★☆

I like this Pulitzer-winning comic memoir so far, but the sometimes incorrect English is a bit annoying for me

Woo boy this is hitting close to home. 😢

Maus A survivor's tale is my favorite graphic novel as of this year. While it's difficult for me to read them, I love reading survivors' stories in living through the Holocaust. I feel that this is a way I can respect those who both survived&those who did not, & seeing it in graphic novel form made it even more real. While my cat Ariadne ⬆️ is in no way evil, the visualization of Cat & Mouse was powerful. @britt_brooke #RememberRememberGiveaway

A picture speaks a thousand words, and the images in the book, present a very graphical and immensely powerful tale in a way that words wouldn't be able to. Utterly powerful and touching.

The best book on the horrors the Jews experienced at the hands if Hitler.

A friend introduced me to this #graphic non-fiction story in university, and it opened my eyes to the possibility of the form. I no longer saw graphics as just the "silly" superhero comics my brother used to read (for the record, I no longer look down on comics either - they're not for me, but I no longer think they're silly. Personal growth for the win!)

#sizzlinsummerreads @tiffy_reads

When you read these, get ready for your heart to be pulled out and shredded. I read both Maus volumes several times for classes over the years; the Persepolis volumes I read through the library then immediately bought myself copies. #graphic #sizzlinsummerbooks

So curious about this book.

Starting this unit with my 10-2 student today! #teachersoflitsy #englishteacher