Kate Messner

Falynn Koch

Plagues and Pandemics

History Smashers

Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic—dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you! This volume: In PLAGUES, we get to know the critters behind history's worst diseases. We delve into the biology and mechanisms of infections, diseases, and immunity, and also the incredible effect that technology and medical science have had on humanity's ability to contain and treat disease.

The Microscopic Battlefield

Science Comics: Plagues

Welcome to Science Comics, an action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers! In this ultrasonic volume, Falynn Koch introduces us to a remarkable but misunderstood flying mammal: the bat!

Learning to Fly

Science Comics: Bats

In Bats, we follow a little brown bat whose wing is injured by humans on a nature hike. He is taken to a bat rehabilitation center where he meets many different species of bats. They teach him how they fly, what they eat, and where they like to live --

Bats

Let this graphic novel be your time machine—experience history like never before! Our past is only the beginning with History Comics. In this volume, The National Parks: Preserving America's Wild Places, turn back the clock to 1872, when Congress established Yellowstone National Park as an area of unspoiled beauty for the "benefit and enjoyment of the people." Meet the visionaries, artists, and lovers of the American wilderness who fought against corruption and self-interest to carve out and protect these spaces for future generations. See for yourself how the idea of National Parks began, how they've changed, and how they continue to define America.

Preserving America's Wild Places

History Comics: The National Parks

Let this graphic novel be your time machine—experience history like never before! Our past is only the beginning with History Comics. In this volume, turn back the clock to 1872, when Congress established Yellowstone National Park as an area of unspoiled beauty for the "benefit and enjoyment of the people." Meet the visionaries, artists, and lovers of the American wilderness who fought against corruption and self-interest to carve out and protect these spaces for future generations. See for yourself how the idea of National Parks began, how they've changed, and how they continue to define America.

Brian "Box" Brown

Guillaume Singelin

Gene Luen Yang

George O'Connor

Alison Wilgus

MK Reed

Kevin Panetta

Tiffanie DeBartolo

Mike Holmes

Jonathan Hill

Colleen AF Venable

Lucy Knisley

Savanna Ganucheau

Graham Annable

Zack Giallongo

Cathy G. Johnson

Mike Cavallaro

Chris Schweizer

Jason Viola

Ellen T. Crenshaw

Pascal Dizin

Lisa Reist

First Second's graphic novel sampler for Winter 2019, including excerpts from award-winning authors and artists such as Gene Luen Yang, Box Brown, Ellen T. Crenshaw, and more!

First Second Winter 2019 Digital Sampler

“This useful introduction to the topic of disease and immunity is recommended for graphic novel enthusiasts or as a companion text in science classes.”—School Library Journal Writer/illustrator Falynn Koch’s Science Comics: Plagues takes readers across the microscopic battlefield to get to know the critters behind history’s worst diseases. We delve into the biology and mechanisms of infections, diseases, and immunity, and also the incredible effect that technology and medical science have had on humanity’s ability to contain and treat disease. Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic—dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you’re a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you!

Falynn Koch

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