My very first graphic one-pager.

The origin story of this volume of Literacy Links is a Facebook post. Last week, I posted “Why You Should Encourage Your Child’s Love of Graphic Novels” from Parents, and several of my parent and teacher friends commented. Since I’m submitting a conference proposal on “Fearless Reading Instruction with Graphic Novels”, I decided to deposit some of the graphic novel resources I’ve gathered over the years, lots coming from previous Literacy Links (LL), in one spot. Happy reading!

• Top graphic novels (LL #46)
• “5 Reasons Your Child Should Read Graphic Novels” (LL #45)
• THIS LIST OF GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES BY TEXT BAND COMPLEXITY IS AMAZING! (LL #44)
• How to Make Comics and Cartoons from the NY Times. (LL #42)
• List of graphic novels for K-2 from ALSC (LL #28)
• List of graphic novels for grades 3-5 from ALSC (LL #28)
• One of the first teaching journal articles about the benefits of graphic novels in graphic novel form (note: the graphic novel recommendations at the end may not be appropriate for elementary-aged students) (LL #19)
• These templates and activities from author Jarrett Lerner will come in handy for the graphic novel writing unit I’m starting to plan. (LL #18)
• People ask me for Diary of a Wimpy Kid next reads a lot, and I recommend these books a lot, especially the last one (LL #14)
• “Student Perspectives on the Impact Reading Graphic Novels Has on Their Academic Achievement in Reading” from MRA‘s Primer
• Booksource’s graphic novel collection for your purchasing requests (be sure to take advantage of all of the filters and search options).
• “Graphic Novels in the Classroom: A Teacher Roundtable” from Cult of Pedagogy
• “Graphic Novel Reading is Real Reading” from Sharon Sommer
• “Benefits of Reading Graphic Novels” infographic from Esther Storrie
• “Stop Rushing Kids Out of Graphic Novels” from Pernille Ripp
• “5 Reasons Your Kids Should Read Graphic Novels” from Today.com
• “The Art of Comprehension” from Literacy Lenses
• Get Graphic! An Educator’s Guide to Graphic Novels from Brightly – teacher resource
• A Guide to Using Graphic Novels with Children and Teens from Graphix – teacher resource