Teaching Graphic Novels: School Library Journal's Good Comics for Kids

Monday, November 9, 2009

School Library Journal offers a great round-up of kid-friendly comics, professional resources, reviews, and helpful links on their Good Comics for Kids blog. We were excited to see the Teaching Graphic Novels blog get a mention!

Fiction Graphic Novels

A.L.I.E.E.E.N.
Adventures in Cartooning
Alan's War
All Star Superman: Volume 1
Amelia Rules! Superheroes
American Born Chinese
Amulet: The Stonekeeper
Arabian Nights
Around the World in 80 days
Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel
Astro City: Local Heroes
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Bone: Out from Boneville
Bourbon Island: 1730
Buddha: Volume One
Castle Waiting
Chiggers
Daisy Kutter
Daniel X: Alien Hunter
Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda
Don Quixote
Frankenstein
Garage Band
Graphic Classics #2: Arthur Conan Doyle
Graphic Classics Volume #16: Oscar Wilde
Graphic Classics Volume #1: Edgar Allan Poe
Graphic Classics Volume #5: Jack London, 2nd Edition
Graphic Classics Volume #6, 2nd Edition
Graphic Classics Volume #7
Graphic Classics Volume #8
Graphic Classics Volume #9: Robert Louis Stevenson
Identity Crisis
Jellaby
Journey into Mohawk Country
Kaput & Zosky
Laika
Lex Luthor: Man of Steel
Macbeth
Marvel 1602
Maus I
Maus II
Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf
Moby Dick
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152
Nancy Drew: The Demon of River Heights
Nevermore: A Graphic Adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s Short Stories
Northanger Abbey
Notes for a War Story
Oliver Twist
Picture of Dorian Gray
Plastic Man on the Lam!
Pride of Baghdad
Prince of Persia: The Graphic Novel
Robinson Crusoe
Sardine in Outer Space
Spider-Woman: Origin
Star Wars: Dark Force Rising
Stuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics from an UNPLEASANT Age
Stuck Rubber Baby
Superman: Birthright
Superman: Red Son
Superman: Secret Identity
Tamara Drewe
The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
The Arrival
The Baby-Sitters club: Kristy’s Great Idea
The Clone Wars
The Cryptics
The curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Iliad
The Jungle Book
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Lost Colony: Book No. 1: The Snodgrass Conspiracy
The Metamorphosis
The Odyssey
The Professor’s Daughter
The Red Badge of Courage
The Runaways
The Tempest
The Thing at Ghent
The Three Musketeers
The Wizard of Oz
Tiny Tyrant
Treasure Island
Twisted Journeys #1: Captured by Pirates
V for Vendetta
War and Peace
Watchmen

Informational Non-Fiction Graphic Novels for Middle School

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL AND THE TELEPHONE
AMELIA EARHART: LEGENDARY AVIATOR
BETSY ROSS AND THE AMERICAN FLAG
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON: GREAT AMERICAN EDUCATOR
BUFFALO SOLDIERS AND THE AMERICAN WEST
CESAR CHAVEZ: FIGHTING FOR FARMWORKERS
CLARA BARTON: ANGEL OF THE BATTLEFIELD
DOLLEY MADISON SAVES HISTORY
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: FIRST LADY OF THE WORLD
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL: AMERICA’S FIRST WOMAN DOCTOR
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON: WOMEN’S RIGHTS
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER: INGENIOUS INVENTOR
GEORGE WASHINGTON: LEADING A NEW NATION
GETTYSBURG: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
HEDY LAMARR AND A SECRET COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
HELEN KELLER: COURAGEOUS ADVOCATE
HENRY FORD AND THE MODEL T
JACKIE ROBINSON: BASEBALL’S GREAT PIONEER
JAKE BURTON CARPENTER AND THE SNOWBOARD
JANE GOODALL: ANIMAL SCIENTIST
JOHANN GUTENBERG AND THE PRINTING PRESS
JOHN BROWN’S RAID ON HARPERS FERRY
JOHN SUTTER AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
JONAS SALK AND THE POLIO VACCINE
LEVI STRAUSS AND BLUE JEANS
LORDS OF THE SEA: THE VIKINGS EXPLORE THE NORTH ATLANTIC
MADAM C.J. WALKER AND NEW COSMETICS
MARIE CURIE AND RADIOACTIVITY
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: GREAT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
MATTHEW HENSON: ARCTIC ADVENTURER
MOLLY PITCHER: YOUNG AMERICAN PATRIOT
MOTHER JONES: LABOR LEADER
NAT TURNER’S SLAVE REBELLION
NATHAN HALE: REVOLUTIONARY SPY
PATRICK HENRY: LIBERTY OR DEATH
PAUL REVERE’S RIDE
PHILO FARNSWORTH AND THE TELEVISION
ROSA PARKS AND THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT
SACAGAWEA: JOURNEY INTO THE WEST
SAMUEL ADAMS: PATRIOT AND STATESMAN
SHACKLETON AND THE LOST ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
STEVE JOBS, STEVE WOZNIAK, AND THE PERSONAL COMPUTER
T-MINUS: THE RACE TO THE MOON
THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO
THE APOLLO 13 MISSION
THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO
THE BOSTON MASSACRE
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
THE BRAVE ESCAPE OF ELLEN AND WILLIAM CRAFT
THE BUILDING OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
THE CHALLENGER EXPLOSION
THE CREATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
THE CURSE OF KING TUT’S TOMB
THE DONNER PARTY
THE FIRST MOON LANDING
THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871
THE HINDENBURG DISASTER
THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION
THE MURDER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
THE MYSTERY OF THE ROANOKE COLONY
THE PILGRIMS AND THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS
THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC
THE STORY OF JAMESTOWN
THE STORY OF THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
THE STORY OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE
THE VOYAGE OF THE MAYFLOWER
THOMAS EDISON AND THE LIGHTBULB
THOMAS JEFFERSON: GREAT AMERICAN
TWO FISTED SCIENCE: STORIES ABOUT SCIENTISTS
WILLIAM PENN: FOUNDER OF PENNSYLVANIA
WILMA RUDOLPH: OLYMPIC TRACK STAR
WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE
WRITE YOUR OWN GRAPHIC NOVEL
YOUNG RIDERS OF THE PONY EXPRESS

Monday, November 9, 2009

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