Graphic Novels & Comics 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 Literature? 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. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. Harper Perennial, 1994. More Recommended Reading: Mathews, Sarah A. "Reading without Words: Using The Arrival to Teach Visual Literacy 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 Graphic Novel 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. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Mariner, 2007. Clowes, Daniel. Ghost World. Fantagraphics 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 Persepolis. 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. Maus: A Survivor’s Tale—My Father Bleeds History. Pantheon Books, 1986. Stevenson, Noelle. Lumberjanes, 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. .