{"id":19788,"date":"2025-04-03T19:56:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=19788"},"modified":"2025-04-03T19:56:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:56:49","slug":"arley-nopra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/arley-nopra\/","title":{"rendered":"Arley Nopra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Arley Nopra is a Filipina-Canadian illustrator and cartoonist who lives in Toronto. Nopra is the graphic novel adapter\/illustrator of several of Ann M. Martin&#8217;s novels from the juvenile series The Baby-sitters Club.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"218\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/04\/Claudia-and-the-Bad-Joke-A-Graphic-Novel-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19790 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/04\/Claudia-and-the-Bad-Joke-A-Graphic-Novel-book-cover.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/04\/Claudia-and-the-Bad-Joke-A-Graphic-Novel-book-cover-103x150.jpg 103w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/218;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction (Juvenile, Graphic novel)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Claudia and the Bad Joke: A Graphic Novel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the novel by Ann M. Martin<br>New York: Graphix\/Scholastic, 2023.<br>Series: Baby-sitters Club Graphix ; #15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Claudia isn&#8217;t worried when she hears her newest baby-sitting charge, Betsy Sobak, is a big practical joker. After all, how much harm can one little girl do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plenty. Claudia breaks her leg as a result of one of Betsy&#8217;s jokes. Now Claudia is feeling like baby-sitting might be too dangerous and she&#8217;s talking about quitting the club. Kristy thinks Betsy needs to be taught a lesson, and that the baby-sitters are just the ones to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch out, Betsy Sobak. The joke war is on!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction (Juvenile, Graphic novel)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the novel by Ann M. Martin.<br>New York: Graphix\/Scholastic, 2026.<br>Series: Baby-sitters Club Graphix ; #19<br>Forthcoming April 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"218\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/04\/Mallory-and-the-Trouble-with-Twins-A-Graphic-Novel-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19792 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/04\/Mallory-and-the-Trouble-with-Twins-A-Graphic-Novel-book-cover.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/04\/Mallory-and-the-Trouble-with-Twins-A-Graphic-Novel-book-cover-103x150.jpg 103w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/218;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction (Juvenile, Graphic novel)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mallory and the Trouble with Twins: A Graphic Novel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the novel by Ann M. Martin<br>New York: Graphix\/Scholastic, 2025.<br>Series: Baby-sitters Club Graphix ; #17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mallory knows she&#8217;s a good baby-sitter. She&#8217;s been looking after her seven younger brothers and sisters for years. So when Kristy offers her a steady job baby-sitting for the Arnold twins, Mal thinks it&#8217;ll be easy money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The twins sure are cute in their matching outfits. But once Mrs. Arnold leaves, Marilyn and Carolyn turn into twin terrors! They trick Mallory so that she can&#8217;t tell them apart and they act like spoiled brats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking care of Marilyn and Carolyn is a baby-sitting nightmare. But Mallory is a responsible member of the Baby-sitters Club and she&#8217;s not giving up!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/kids.scholastic.com\/kid\/books\/graphix\/\">Graphix<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arley Nopra is a Filipina-Canadian illustrator and cartoonist who lives in Toronto. Nopra is the graphic novel adapter\/illustrator of several of Ann M. Martin&#8217;s novels from the juvenile series The Baby-sitters Club. 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