And here it is!
This list was a huge amount of work, but a labor of love for the entire committee. We learned a lot in our first year, as any new committee will, and figuring out just how this list was going to work was both great fun and a huge responsibility for future committees. I must send out piles of thanks and kudos to the entire committee, and especially our first chair Dawn Rutherford, for debating with great fervor and creating what I feel is an excellent first list.
Teen Librarian, Public Library of Brookline | She/Her Robin E. Brenner is Teen Librarian at the Brookline Public Library in Massachusetts. She has chaired the American Library Association Great Graphic Novels for Teens Selection List Committee, the Margaret A. Edwards Award Committee, and served on the Michael L. Printz Award Committee. She was a judge for the 2007 Eisner awards, helped judge the Boston Globe Horn Book Awards in 2011, and contributes to the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. She regularly gives lectures and workshops on graphic novels, manga, and anime at comics conventions including New York and San Diego Comic-Con and at the American Library Association’s conferences. Her guide, Understanding Manga and Anime (Libraries Unlimited, 2007), was nominated for a 2008 Eisner Award.
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