El Deafo is a funny, deeply honest graphic novel memoir for middle graders. It chronicles the author's hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with a powerful and very awkward hearing aid called the Phonic Ear. It gives her the ability to hear--sometimes things she shouldn't--but also isolates her from her classmates. ....

For the women who have endured overbearing men throughout the centuries, this pairs classical fine art with modern captions that epitomize the mansplaining spirit with hilariously painful accuracy. Whether it's an eloquent defense of catcalling, or sage advice about horseback riding to the woman who owns the horse, these less qualified ....