One piece of information coming out of BookExpo America that I thought would be interesting for public and school librarians is the announcement that Viz is going to produce Naruto chapter books. They could be just the thing for ninja-crazed reluctant readers.
Here’s the description for the books coming out in October:
#1: NARUTO: THE BOY NINJA • Recommended for Ages 7 – 10 • SRP: $4.99 US/$5.99 CAN • Available October 7, 2008
Naruto’s training to be a ninja, but he’s having trouble keeping his jokester ways under control. He’s causing all kinds of trouble at the Ninja Academy and his teachers think he’s annoying. Naruto himself thinks he’s going to be the best ninja that ever lived, but first he’ll have to prove to everyone that he’s more than just the class clown!
#2: NARUTO: THE TESTS OF A NINJA• Recommended for Ages 7 – 10 •
SRP: $4.99 US/$5.99 CAN • Available October 7, 2008
After graduating from Ninja Academy, Naruto makes new friends including the pretty and smart Sakura and the moody and popular Sasuke. He also meets his new sensei named Kakashi. But Naruto’s jokester ways won’t help him to keep up with his talented new pals. If he wants to be the best ninja ever, he’s going to have to work for it!
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3:50 pm on December 28th, 2008 2
Those books are really good. I have read both of them and I got to say that they are really, and I mean REALLY good books. I would recommend them to any Naruto fan out there!
8:23 pm on May 27th, 2009 3
so wait these are like NOVELS almost? unlike the manga? ive read every book seen every episode and every movie. im interested. very interested. like an actual written novel like book? please contact back. id really like to know.
-lexi<3
10:03 pm on May 27th, 2009 4
Chapter books are for beginning readers. So they are novels for first-graders.