LMIS 700 - Fall 2007
Graphic Novels for Teens
ONLINE LINKS
Purchase Plans
Lauri's
Jeanine's
Sandy's
Annette's
Vicky's
Day Two Agenda:
- PowerPoint & Review
Graphic Novels: Resources for Librarians and Teachers
http://www.uncg.edu/lis/faculty/barron/GraphicNovels/index.htm
IRA SIG link
http://www.reading.org/association/about/sigs_science_fiction.html
YALSA: Graphic Novel Lists link
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/gn.cfm
Krashen, Steven. Decline of Reading in America
http://www.sdkrashen.com/articles/decline_of_reading/all.html
- Student Book Talks
- Exercise One: Using Graphic Novels to Encourage Literacy & Curricular Issues
- Exercise Two: Collecting and Locating Graphic Novels in Your Collection
- Wrap-up, Assignments and Evaluations
Exercise One (45 minutes)
Explore the Graphic Novels Resource at the Learning and Teaching Scotland (LITS) website sponsored by the Scottish government at http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/literacy/ Click on GN Resources to begin your exploration. Discuss, in your small groups, what you find of interest that might work in your school. Be prepared to share with the larger group.
Exercise Two (45 minutes)
Explore and read the following graphic novel collection development websites http://www.graphicnovels.brodart.com/public_col_dev_issues.html and ; review the Graphic Novel Explosion handout about cataloging GNs and visit ALA’s website with advice for handling challenges to GNs at http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/ifissues/graphicnovels.htm In your small groups, discuss your experiences and observations about placing graphic novels in a school or classroom library. Be prepared to share with the larger group.
Links to Explore Later
Using Graphic Novels In the Classroom (Including Bone) by Jeff Smith http://www.scholastic.com/graphix/Scholastic_BoneDiscussion.pdf
Comics in the Classroom
http://www.teachingcomics.org/curriculum/chronicle.php Click on the Flash View for an “comic book version” of the article
Nobis & Cook: Connecting Comics and Essays
http://hickstro.org/2007/03/10/nobis-and-cook-connecting-comics-and-essays/
Book Links article on Graphic Novels for younger readers http://www.ala.org/ala/booklinksbucket/graphicnovelsforyounger.htm
This is an online version of Lori Norton-Meier's Media Literacy department published in the November 2002 issue of the International Reading Association's Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. This department is "reprinted" regularly in Reading Online, and ROL readers are invited to browse the full listing of available columns. http://www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/jaal/11-02_column/
FYI: The NEW AASL Standards for the 21 st Century Learner http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.cfm
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DAY ONE:
Reading a GN Online
Electric Sheep Comix http://www.e-sheep.com/main.shtml
Free views of graphic novel–styled works by Patrick Farley, on mature subjects and in a variety of styles. Includes convenient (and often tongue-in-cheek) content warnings.
I Can't Stop Thinking! http://www.scottmccloud.com/comics/icst/index.html
An online continuation of my 2000 book Reinventing Comics, "I Can't Stop Thinking!" provided a forum for ongoing speculations about digital comics. Originally sponsored by The Comic Reader.
My Obsession with Chess . By Scott McCloud http://www.scottmccloud.com/comics/chess/chess.html
Comic guru McCloud’s site includes many experiments with form that take advantage of computers’ capabilities and that would not normally fit the graphic novel designation.
Phil and Kathe Foglio's Girl Genius for teens who prefer to read graphic novels online. http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/
Jonny Crossbones an adventure comic that harks back to the great old Tin Tin comics in style, appears only on the web at http://www.jonnycrossbones.com/index.htm
Tying Graphic Novels to the Curriculum
National Association of Comic Arts Educators http://www.teachingcomics.org/resources.php has ideas for lesson plans and learning units based on The National Standards for Arts Education as developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations.
Digital Writing, Digital Teaching blog comments from a keynote speech by children's author Christopher Paul Curtis http://hickstro.org/2007/03/10/nobis-and-cook-connecting-comics-and-essays/
The Comic Book Periodic Table of Elementshttp://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/ is not for serious use, but very entertaining and can be used to teach actual science—sort of!
MoCCA: Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art http://www.moccany.org/
CBR.com http://www.comicbookresources.com/
Eisner on the Graphic Novel: A webcast from the Library of Congress (2003)
http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3395
From the NCTE website: Something for the 6-8 grade teacher and more! For more, go to http://www.ncte.org/search/ and enter graphic novels in the search box http://www.readwritethink.org/beyondtheclassroom/summer/grades6_8/Comics/
Comics in the Classroom http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev105.shtml
How Comics Relate to the Multiple Intelligences http://www.newhatstories.com/storyark/mi.html
Of Note Extras:
H. W. Wilson’s Catalogs contain Graphic Novel listings for the core collection!! Visit (while on campus) @ http://library.vcsu.edu/ Magazines, Journals and Other Databases/Wilson's Senior High (or Children’s) School Catalog. Advanced search for graphic novels Also: HW Wilson has a “free” core collection service at http://www.standardcatalogs.com/ Check it out.
The Librarian's Guide to Anime and Mangahttp://www.koyagi.com/Libguide.html
REVIEW SOURCES
School Library Journal in the Professional Collection (Statewide Database) Fulltext: Mar 1, 2000 – Current
VOYA in the Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (VCSU Database) Fulltext 1997– Current On Campus use only from http://library.vcsu.edu/ Click on Magazines, Journals & Other Databases
Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database [CLCD] at http://www.childrenslit.com/ Click on Database Services. Enter password and login from instructor.
No Flying, No Tights. Created and maintained by library technician and MLS-holder Robin Brenner and friends, this resource contains three comic book and graphic novel review sites, one each for kids, teens, and adults. Each includes core lists of recommended and reviewed titles divided into various topics, with some aimed at librarians and teachers. Aside from genre divisions, indexes for creator, title, and publisher offer great search tools for finding reviews. Access: http://www.noflyingnotights.com
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & CATALOGING
James Solomon Russell Junior High School Library: Collection Development Policy
http://www.geocities.com/lisajunedenton/collection.html
BOOM! Graphic Novel Explosion @ Your Library
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr517/04-05-wt2/projects/booom/print.html
THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND GRAPHIC NOVELS
Graphic Novels Across the Curriculum
http://www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/lit_index.asp?HREF=jaal/11-02_column/index.html
ABC’s of Graphic Novels from a Resource Links—“Connecting Classrooms, Libraries & Canadian Resources” http://www.resourcelinks.ca/features/feb05.htm
The Secret Origin of Good Readers: A Resource Book edited by Robin A. Hill http://www.night-flight.com/secretorigin/SOGR2004.pdf
Educator Resources from Stone Arch Bookshttp://www.stonearchbooks.com/aspx/pResource.aspx
OTHER
Seattle Post-Intelligence newspaper articleon the positive results of graphic novel collections
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/books/242949_graphic03.html
Comic Book Resources Includes news, editorial columns, message boards, and a links database.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/
ComicsResearch .org features the Comics Scholarship Annotated Bibliographies, which cover book-length works about comic books and comic strips, from "fannish" histories to academic monographs. The goal for each entry is to include the book's Table of Contents as well as (if applicable) a list of comics works reprinted in it (and their sources, sometimes undocumented), other general notes on content and organization, ISBN numbers, and reviews.http://www.comicsresearch.org/
Yale University Library selected research resources in the library and online http://www.library.yale.edu/humanities/media/comics.html
Using Graphic Novels in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers & Librarians by Jeff Smith
http://www.boneville.dreamhosters.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/Bone_Teachers_Guide.pdf
Graphic Novels in Libraries listservhttp://www.angelfire.com/comics/gnlib/ run by Steve Miller
Researching Graphic Novels and Their Teenage Readers by Clare Snowball at Curtin University of Technology, Western Australiahttp://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres17n1/index.htm
Comic Books for Young Adults An informational website which was a graduate school project. Good basic information but not recently updated. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/lml/comics/pages/
Toward a Broader Understanding of Literacy: Comics & Graphic Novels by Janice Leigh Biberich http://www.informationgoddess.ca/MEdCappingPaper/LiteracyComics&GNJLBiebrich.pdf
More of What Teens Want by Michele Gorman, Austin Public Library, in School Library Journal http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleId=CA261476&display=searchResults&stt=001&text=what+teens+want
What Teens Want by Michele Gorman, Austin Public Library, in School Library Journal
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleId=CA236064&display=searchResults&stt=001&text=what+teens+want
VENDORS
Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. http://www.diamondcomics.com/public/
Stone Arch Books http://www.stonearchbooks.com/
Drawn & Quarterly http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/
Fantagraphics http://www.fantagraphics.com/
Tokyopop http://www.tokyopop.com/
Dark Horse Comics http://www.darkhorse.com/
AMAZON allows the user to view the cover, prefatory materials and selected pages of some titles. The following is a list of recommended graphic novels that your will be able to view at http://www.amazon.com To locate the book and “Look Inside” search “Books” by title.
FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
1. Pinky & Stinky by James Kochalka
2. Monkey vs. Robot by James Kochalka
3. Li'L Santa by Thierry Robin and Lewis Trondheim
4. Bone: One Volume Edition by Jeff Smith
FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS
1. Sweaterweather by Sara Varon
2. Three Fingers by Rich Koslowski
3. The Yellow Jar: 2 Tales from Japanese Tradition (Songs of Our Ancestors;) by Patrick Atangan
4. Castle Waiting by Linda Medley
GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS
1. Crayon Shinchan, Vol. 1 by Yoshito Usui
2. Oh My Goddess! Volume 1 (Oh My Goddess) by Kosuke Fujishima
3. The Summer of Love by Debbie Drechsler
4. Ranma 1/2, Vol. 1 by Rumiko Takahashi
5. 300 by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley
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