I just got word from the fine folks at Orca Book Publishers that not just one, but two Graphic Guide Adventures: Ramp Rats and Soccer Sabotage made the Best Books for Kids and Teens list for 2010. The guide is put out by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre and is a great tool for educators, booksellers and parents when selecting media for young people.

I know my Max Finder Mystery books have been picked before, but I think this is a first for the Graphic Guide Adventures books, so I’m pretty thrilled with the honour.

Visit the Canadian Children’s Book Centre for more information on the Best Books guide and how to get your copy.

To celebrate the launch of Food Fight, Graphic Guide Adventures #5, the fantastic folks at Orca Books are giving it away for free! Just visit food-fight.net and grab your full, full-colour, yours forever digital edition.So

Grab it, read it, copy it, share it and keep up the fight for good food.

First it was advance copies, now it’s websites! The Food Fight website is now live at food-fight.net and ready for you to click and explore. There are  games, free stuff to download, information on food and even some great build-a-comic tools.

Check it out and get ready for Food Fight, landing in stores this month!

Yesterday, I had my first look at an advanced copy of Food Fight, Graphic Guide #5 and it rocks! Once again, illustrator extraordinaire Mike Deas has turned my confused ramblings into a pretty cool looking graphic novel.

The back cover blurb sums up the story nicely:

While Devin and Nadia spend summer vacation at a university camp for little kids—Nadia as a counselor and Devin as an unwilling participant—their mother’s research project is vandalized and her motives are questioned. Devin, Nadia and Simon stumble upon shady characters, corporate conspiracy and a plot to take over the nation’s food supply.

Food Fight hits bookstores this spring and we’ll have another interactive website and free download to celebrate the launch.

Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks.

Ok, so in Media Meltdown there’s a scene where a piece of media the kids create gets posted and shared on BoingBoing.net. So, you’ll understand my glee when I opened my browser yesterday to find this fantastic review of Media Meltdown on boingboing.net.

Full circle, very cool, and a very welcome endorsement from a website and group that I’ve admired for several years now. Watching the review get tweeted, re-tweeted and shared around the web is equally cool. Particularly as this spreading via social media is a key part to the kids’ success in the story.

Check out the review on BoingBoing.net to read the review and feel free to tweet and share the news (you can also just pick up the phone and tell your friends too, like we did in the olde days before the interweb.)