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Children's Literature

Graphic Novels

"Graphic novels are a great way to help struggling readers strengthen vocabulary, build reading confidence and stamina, and develop a deeper appreciation of storytelling. They also allow struggling readers to have reading successes, as described by author/illustrator Cece Bell (El Deafo):

"But there was like this sense of satisfaction for readers who maybe have a little bit of difficulty reading. Here are these pictures that help propel me through. It doesn’t take very long to get through a page. Suddenly you read a 220-page book, and you’ve never read a 220-page book in your life. It’s like this gateway to reading maybe things that are more difficult down the road ..."

— Cece Bell (El Deafo)

Graphic Novels for Kids: Classroom Ideas, Booklists, and More (n.d.). Reading Rockets. Retrieved May 01, 2021, from https://www.readingrockets.org/article/graphic-novels-kids-classroom-ideas-booklists-and-more

Below are just some of the print additions to the collection.

Looking for more graphic novels? While we have many graphic novels are in the Children's Collection on the 4th floor, there are other graphic novels in the Popular Reading Collection on the 2nd floor!