Graphica+Resources

=Sequential Art or Graphica Book Resources=

Though for most teachers, graphica--graphic texts of all types including comic strips, comic books, graphic novels, and manga--is an unfamiliar and challenging medium, interest mushroomed when Yang's American Born Chinese won the Printz Award in 2007.



Graphic Novels 101 -- Founding member of the Eva Perry Mock Printz Club and now a YA librarian, Lauren Nicholson fell in love with graphic novels while working on her BA in English. Hear about this often misunderstood art form from someone who loves it and sharing it with young readers. She gives some great recommendations! media type="custom" key="26155266"

YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens Note that the first category for graphic novels is Nonfiction which seems like an oxymoron. That's why I'm holding out for sequential art or graphica.

Graphic Novels in the Classroom James Bucky Carter, a North Carolinian, is recognized as an expert in bringing graphic novels to the classroom.


 * Adventures in Graphica by Terry Thompson** -- resource for grades 2-6.