Getting graphic! : using graphic novels to promote literacy with preteens and teens / Michele Gorman ; with a foreword by Jeff Smith

Author: Gorman, Michele, 1976-
Published: Worthington, Ohio : Linworth Pub., [2003]
Copyright Date: ©2003
Physical Description: xii, 100 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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Contents

Comic books and graphic novels: past, present and future -- The role of graphic novels in libraries -- Graphic novels in the school library media center and classroom -- Collection development and bibliographic control of a graphic novel -- Graphic novels for libraries serving young people -- 50 graphic novels for an intermediate collection -- 50 graphic novels for a high school/young adult collection -- Top 10 graphic novel series -- 10 "safe" graphic novels for even the most conservative libraries.

Subject(s)

Graphic novels—History and criticism

ISBN

1586830899 (pbk.)
9781586830892 (pbk.)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-92) and index.

Source of Acquisition

Education and Behavioral Sciences Library copy: Purchased with funds from the Class of 1960 Endowed Library Fund; 20067.

Endowment Note

Class of 1960 Libraries Endowment

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