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3) The Giver
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
176 pages, 7 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jonas' life assignment is as the Receiver of Memory, where he will apprentice the Giver and become a storehouse of all the things humanity left behind when it entered utopia: color, emotion, and even more complicated secrets.
Author
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Publication Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
x, 158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This practical guide shows secondary school teachers how to incorporate graphic novels into content area instruction as a tool for meeting the needs of diverse learners and achieving the goals of the Common Core State Standards."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Toon Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 16 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Follow Tippy on a nocturnal adventure through mist, up a mountain, down a hole and back home"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Publication Date
2021.
Physical Desc
205 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead until she realizes the mysterious neighbor who hired her to catsit is one of the city's greatest supervillains.
Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead while her best friends are all away at camp--something that's way out of Katie and her mom's budget, UNLESS Katie can figure out a way earn the money for camp herself. But when Katie gets a job catsitting for her mysterious upstairs neighbor,...
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc
Publication Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Comics and sequential art are increasingly in use in college classrooms. Multimodal, multimedia and often collaborative, the graphic narrative format has entered all kinds of subject areas and its potential as a teaching tool is still being realized. This collection of new essays presents best practices for using comics in various educational settings, beginning with the basics. Contributors explain the need for teachers to embrace graphic novels....
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 online resource (ix, 294 p.)
Language
English
Description
Why doesn't Batman just kill the Joker and end everyone's misery?. Can we hold the Joker morally responsible for his actions?. Is Batman better than Superman?. If everyone followed Batman's example, . would Gotham be a better place?. What is the Tao of the Bat?. Batman is one of the most complex characters ever to appear in comic books, graphic novels, and on the big screen. What philosophical trials does this superhero confront in order to keep Gotham...
Publisher
Salem Press
Publication Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xv, 232 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Graphic Novel offers an examination and analysis of the contemporary graphic novel as literature. Specific attention will be paid to the use of narrative genre in the graphic novel (e.g. the superhero graphic novel, the crime narrative graphic novel, the horror graphic novel, and the realistic/fantastic graphic novel). Attention will also be paid to the most important and most frequently discussed graphic novels published during the past three...
14) Roller girl
Author
Language
English
Description
"A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apart." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publication Date
2005
Edition
Dover ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A wordless novel in which a slaver, who killed an African man and stole his drum, finds his son playing the instrument and insists he be studious instead of musical, leading the boy to a life of study and questioning happiness and success as an adult.
18) Poetry comics
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
91 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Poetry Comics will take you climbing, floating, swimming, and tumbling through all the year's ups, downs, and in-betweens. These poems explore everything you never thought to write a poem about, and they're so fun to read, you'll want to write one yourself." - Back cover
Author
Publisher
National Council of Teachers of English
Publication Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (vi, 175 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Language
English
Description
Beginning with the assertion that educators can effectively use comics and graphic novels to develop readers' critical literacy and empathy, this book explores the use of graphic novels across grade levels in a wide range of topics and themes. It argues that critical conversations can be opened up through well-chosen graphic novels. The book features recommended titles, insights from graphic novel authors and creators, and lesson ideas.
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