Lucy Knisley
1) You are new
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Language
English
Description
"A world of being new is waiting--exciting, cool, and fascinating! Napping, crying, cuddling, playing, making friends, exploring--such a wealth of experiences await each new life."--Page [2] of cover.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned about food, cooking, and life. Each chapter is bookended with an illustrated recipe-- many of them treasured family dishes, and a few of them Lucy's original inventions"--Publisher's...
Author
Series
Peapod farm series volume 1
Publisher
RH Graphic
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Jen moves out to the country and has to put up with her mom and her mom's new boyfriend, as well as his kids. Suddenly part of a larger family in a new place, Jen isn't sure there is a place for her in this different world"--
4) Apple crush
Author
Series
Peapod farm series volume 2
Publisher
RH Graphic
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jen is just getting used to her life on Peapod Farm with her new stepsisters Andy and Reese, but when the school year starts, there are even more changes in store for her"--
Author
Publisher
First Second
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2010, Lucy and her long-term boyfriend John broke up. Three long, lonely years later, John returned to New York, walked into Lucy's apartment, and proposed. This is not that story. It is the story of what came after: The Wedding.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"If you work hard enough, if you want it enough, if you're smart and talented and "good enough," you can do anything. Except get pregnant. Her whole life, Lucy Knisley wanted to be a mother. But when it was finally the perfect time, conceiving turned out to be harder than anything she'd ever attempted. Fertility problems were followed by miscarriages, and her eventual successful pregnancy plagued by health issues, up to a dramatic, near-death experience...
8) French milk
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Edition
1st Touchstone trade pbk ed.
Language
English
Description
A lighthearted travelogue--rendered in the form of a graphic novel--about a mother and daughter's life-changing six-week trip to Paris is comprised of the graphic artist daughter's illustrations of the sights and scenes they visited while each was facing a milestone birthday.
9) Displacement
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Edition
First Fantagraphics books edition.
Language
English
Description
"In the next installment of her graphic memoir series, Displacement, Knisley volunteers to watch over her ailing grandparents on a cruise. (The book's watercolors evoke the ocean that surrounds them.) In a book that is part graphic memoir, part travelogue, and part family history, Knisley not only tries to connect with her grandparents, but to reconcile their younger and older selves. She is aided in her quest by her grandfather's WWII memoir, which...
Author
Publisher
Random House Graphic
Language
English
Formats
Description
WOE! SCREAM! MEOW! ...PURR? Join the hilarious and of course dramatic world of Linney the House Cat, as her webcomic antics are gathered into graphic novel for the very first time! This collection is perfect for cat lovers and Linney fans alike.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned about food, cooking, and life. Each chapter is bookended with an illustrated recipe-- many of them treasured family dishes, and a few of them Lucy's original inventions"...
12) Love, Penelope
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Penny writes a series of letters to her future sibling, including facts about their Oakland, California, home, questions about whether their moms will ever marry, and especially that he or she is loved.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Introduces the woman mathematician whose childhood love of numbers led to her prestigious education and contributions at NASA while explaining how her handwritten codes proved essential throughout numerous space missions.