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Books in Order: The Center for Cartoon Studies Presents by S. S. Taylor

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  • Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart

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    "Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others." -Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart developed a love of flying at a very young age. What began as a simple… Read More

  • Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre

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    Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!--I have as much soul as you,--and full as much heart!Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is a beloved classic, celebrated today by readers… Read More

  • Houdini

    Houdini

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    "I have escaped out of more handcuffs, manacles, and leg shackles than any other human being living."  Harry Houdini mesmerized a generation of Americans when he was alive, and continues to do so over ninety years since his death. This… Read More

  • Satchel Paige

    Satchel Paige

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    Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1906 - 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. Much has been written about this larger-than-life pitcher, but when it comes to Paige, fact does not… Read More

  • Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller

    Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller

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    The Center for Cartoon Studies presents a wholly original take on the story of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller as part of their award-winning series of graphic novel biographies, available for the first time in paperback.Helen Keller lost her ability… Read More

  • Thoreau at Walden

    Thoreau at Walden

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    Henry David Thoreau's inspiring words are set against minimalist drawings in this poetic graphic biography from the Center for Cartoon Studies, reissued for a new audience. Now in paperback!"I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's… Read More

S. S. Taylor

About the Author

S. S. Taylor is the author of the Expeditioners series of steampunk adventure novels for middle grade readers, with illustrations by Katherine Roy. The first book in the series, The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Man’s Canyon, was nominated for both the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award and the Texas Bluebonnet Award. She lives on a farm in Vermont with her husband, three kids, three cats, ten chickens, and fourteen sheep.


Ben Towle is an Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist and comics educator. Some of his other books include Oyster War, Midnight Sun, and Farewell, Georgia. Ben lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart

by S. S. Taylor, Illustrated by Ben Towle

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