Share Your Smile: Raina's Guide to Telling Your Own Story

Bestselling graphic novelist Telgemeier encourages readers to tell their stories and offers "tips, tricks, and inspirational kick-starters for getting your story down on paper." Integrating sketches and sample art from her bestselling comics (as well as a few childhood photos), she describes her creative process, from building out her ideas and creating thumbnail sketches to inking, digitizing, coloring, and creating a cover. When translating the experience of losing her front teeth into the book Smile, she explains, "As I wrote and drew the story, I was able to look back and actually laugh at some of my more painful experiences." Blank panels provide space for readers to create their own drawings, while prompts and pro tips invite them to reflect on family, school, and friends ("If you feel scared or embarrassed, how do you make yourself feel better?"). An encouraging and compassionate guide for budding comics creators. Ages 8-12. (Apr.)

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Praise for Share Your Smile:

An encouraging and compassionate guide for budding comics creators. — Publishers Weekly

Honest and encouraging, this will get young storytellers started — and perhaps leave them wishing for more. — Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Smile:

#1 New York Times Bestseller

Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Winner

Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book

Irresistible, funny, and touching. — Kirkus Reviews

One of the most widely loved kids' graphic novels in recent history. — Booklist

It hits home partly because there is nothing else out there like it. — The New York Times Book Review

Praise for Sisters:

#1 New York Times Bestseller

Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Winner

* A wonderfully charming tale of family and sisters that anyone can bond with. — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

* Poignant and laugh-out-loud funny. — Publishers Weekly, starred review

* Utterly relatable for anyone with siblings. — School Library Journal, starred review

Praise for Drama:

#1 New York Times Bestseller

An ALA Stonewall Honor Book

* Telgemeier is prodigiously talented at telling cheerful stories with realistic portrayals of middle-school characters. — Booklist, starred review

* Pitch-perfect. — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

* Another dead-on look at the confusing world of middle school. — Publishers Weekly, starred review

* An entertaining and enlightening read. — School Library Journal, starred review

Praise for Ghosts:

#1 New York Times Bestseller

* Telgemeier has her finger on the pulse of middle-grade readers, and this might be her best yet. — Booklist, starred review

* Superior visual storytelling. — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

* Telgemeier nudges readers toward the edge of their comfort zone, but she never leaves them alone there. — Publishers Weekly, starred review