Limelight: Curtain up on Poetry Comics! by Renee M. LaTulippe and Chuck Gonzales - OPTIONAL

Limelight: Curtain up on Poetry Comics! by Renee M. LaTulippe, illustrated by Chuck Gonzales, 138 pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL Charlesbridge/Imagine, 2025. $19 

Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G; Violence: G 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - OPTIONAL 

APPEALS TO: SOME 

Poems set to comics, these poems cover the theater world. Beginning with the theater's welcome and going through aspects of theater, many of the poems are told from aspects in the theater, like the curtain, the script, or the seat in the auditorium. 

It's an interesting premise, and the different points of view, as well as the poetry, could be used as a jumping off tool for teaching those elements in the classroom. The poems are included without the graphic art interpretations at the back of the book. Students could try and make graphic art out of their own poems and this could make a fun class assignment. If not used as a teaching tool, it would only appeal to readers who love poetry about theater. Many races are depicted in the graphic art. 

Michelle in the Middle