Comics and graphic novels have been of the most significant developments in literature for children and young adults during the last few decades.

This essay collection analyzes some of the most popular, acclaimed, and influential titles for young readers, including the following:  

• Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid 

• Lumberjanes series

• Shaun Tan's The Arrival

• Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese

• John Lewis's March

• Raina Telgemeier's Drama

• Jeff Smith's Bone

Co-edited with Gwen Athene Tarbox.

Comics have been an important venue of the construction queer female identity, culture, community, and politics for generations. 

Chapters include discussion of the following titles:

• Diane DiMassa's Hothead Paisan

• Jennifer Camper's Rude Girls and Dangerous Women

• Lumberjanes series

• America Chavez

• Queer female representations in South Asian graphic narratives

Co-edited with Karly Marie Grice and Christine Stamper.

The first collection of critical essays about LGBTQ+ books for young readers.  The essays are organized into thematic sections, while the opening introduction both defines key terms and offers a socio-historical overview about the origins and development of the genre.

Chapters include discussions of the following titles:

• Harriet the Spy

• A Separate Peace 

• Nancy Drew

• Rainbow Boys

• The Wizard of Oz

• Little Women

• Harry Potter series

Co-edited with Kenneth B. Kidd.

Beginning with The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis's Narnia series is one of the classics of children's literature.

This collection of critical essays explores the past place, present status, and future importance of The Chronicles of Narnia. 

With essays ranging in focus from textual analysis to film and new media adaptations, to implications of war/trauma and race and gender, it encourages readers to think about this much-loved series in fresh and exciting ways.

Co-edited with Lance Weldy.

First published in 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan of the Apes has captivated generations of readers around the world.

This essay collection examines the global presence and influence of "The King of the Jungle" in books, films, and media.

Chapters discuss topics ranging from Tarzan as a cultural export, Tarzan as film icon, and Tarzan as comics character to Tarzan as wartime propaganda, Tarzan as a religious crusader, and Tarzan as a model for white manhood.

Co-edited with Annette Wannamaker.