Graphic Novels…

have a place in the English Classroom.  When focusing on key literacy skills it doesn’t matter what sort of text students engage with.  Few teachers refuse to teach short stories because they’re “not real books” and yet that stigma exists when it comes to graphic novels.

While graphic novels can help struggling readers, by offering visual cues to help decode the text, they are also excellent texts to engage the most avid of readers.

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Batman: The Dark Night Returns

By: Frank Millar

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Daytripper

By: Gabriel Ba

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DMZ: Volume 1

By: Brian Wood

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Photographer

By: Emmanuel Guibert

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This One Summer

By: Mariko T Tamaki

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Zahra’s Paradise

By: Amir and Khalil

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Glitterbomb

By: Jim Zub

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The Best We Could Do

By: Thi Bui

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Blankets

By: Craig Thompson

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Add your own graphic novel suggestions, and tips for using graphic novels in the classroom, in the comments below.