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Graphic Novels & in K-12 Libraries Beth Downey, Instruction Librarian [email protected]

MAGNOLIA Indexes and Databases  Academic Search Premier  ERIC  Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts (LISTA)  Teacher Reference Center  Professional Development Collection  NoveList o Search “Recommended Reading” lists for age groups and genres. o Use “Advanced Search” to limit by grade or Lexile reading level.

Web Resources  Graphic Novels and Comics Research Guide: http://guides.library.msstate.edu/graphicnovels  Great Graphic Novels for Teens (YALSA): http://www.ala.org/yalsa/great-graphic-novels  Graphic Novels Reading Lists (ALSC): http://www.ala.org/alsc/graphicnovels2016

References  Chute, Hilary. “Comics as ? Reading Graphic Narrative." PMLA, vol.123, no. 2, 2008, pp. 452-465. EBSCO Discovery Service, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db= edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.25501865&site=eds-live  Eisner, Will. Comics and Sequential Art. The Poorhouse Press, 2002.  McCloud, Scott. : The Invisible Art. Harper Perennial, 1994.

More Recommended Reading:  Mathews, Sarah A. "Reading without Words: Using The Arrival to Teach with English Language Learners." Clearing House, vol.87, no. 2, 2014, pp. 64-68. Professional Development Collection, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tfh&AN= 94358461&site=ehost-live&scope=site  Moorefield-Lang, Heather. "Go Graphic." Knowledge Quest, vol. 41, no. 3, 2013, pp. 72-74. Professional Development Collection, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db= tfh&AN=84897669&site=ehost-live&scope=site  Sabeti, Shari. "’A Different Kind of Reading’: The Emergent Literacy Practices of a School- Based Club." British Educational Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 5, 2013, pp. 835- 852. ERIC, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1025198&site=ehost- live&scope=site  Tomasevich, Mindy. "Super Learners." Knowledge Quest, vol. 41, no. 3, 2013, pp. 18- 23. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, search.ebscohost.com/login. aspx?direct=true&db=lxh&AN=84897658&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Featured Graphic Novels Andriopoulos, Thodoris. Who Killed Professor X? Translated by Phil Holland, Birkhauser Basel, 2015. Arnoldi, Katherine. The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom. Hyperion, 1998. Bechdel, Alison. : A Family Tragicomic. Mariner, 2007. Clowes, Daniel. Ghost World. Books, 1997. Frey, Nancy, and Douglas Fisher. Teaching Visual Literacy. Corwin Press, 2008. Garrett, Greg. Holy Superheroes! : Exploring Faith & Spirituality in Comic Books. PinÌon Press, 2005. Jacobson, Sid and Ernie Colon. The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation. Hill and Wang, 2006. Lewis, John, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell. March: Book One. Top Shelf, 2016. Munroe, Randall. “Analogies.” xkcd, July 5, 2010, https://xkcd.com/762/. Nakazawa, Keiji. Barefoot Gen, Volume 1: A Cartoon History of Hiroshima. Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2004. Neufeld, Josh. A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge. Pantheon Books, 2009. Ottaviani, Jim and Maris Wicks. Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas. First Second, 2013. Ramalho-Santos, Joao. A Stem Cell Adventure. Coimbra University Press, 2013, http://www.eurostemcell.org/stem-cell-adventure.

Runton, Andy. Owly: Hangin’ Up to Dry. Top Shelf, 2006. http://www.andyrunton.com/hangin/. Satrapi, Marjane. The Complete . Pantheon Books, 2007. Schultz, Mark. The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA. Hill and Wang, 2009. Small, David. Stitches. W.W. Norton & Company, 2009. Smith, Jeff. Bone: Out from Boneville. Cartoon Books, 1996. Spiegelman, Art. : A Survivor’s Tale—My Father Bleeds History. Pantheon Books, 1986. Stevenson, Noelle. , Vol. 1 Beware the Kitten Holy. Boom! Studios, 2015. Syma, Carrye Kay, and Robert G. Weiner. Graphic Novels and Comics in The Classroom: Essays on the Educational Power of Sequential Art. McFarland & Company, 2013. Tamaki, Mariko. This One Summer. First Second, 2014. Yang, Gene Luen. American-born Chinese. First Second, 2006. Yang, Gene Luen. Boxers & Saints. First Second, 2013. Yang, Gene Luen and Mike Holmes. Secret Coders. First Second, 2015.