FOR EDUCATORS
Featured below are links to graphica for the K-12 classroom as well as resources for using comics in an educational setting. Many of the series featured are multiple award-winners and come from the recognized industry leaders in educational publishing, like Scholastic, Oxford, Harcourt, and Rubicon.
Graphic Novel Series for Kids
![]() Winner of the 2010 Textbook Excellence Award and the 2011 Teachers' Choice Award from Learning Magazine, Graphic Poetry is a Scholastic series for Middle & High School students that features classic and contemporary poems and ballads in a graphic novel format, complete with the poet's biography and a "Between the Lines" section focusing on a specific literary feature.
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![]() Timeline is a series of graphic novels from Scholastic for students in Grades 5-9 that feature a young fictional protagonist and real historical characters at a famous moment in history. The books include chapter ending "Timeouts" that deal with a non-fiction element explored in the chapter as well as a "Moving On" section that brings students up to the present and helps consolidate their learning.
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![]() Winner of the 2010 TEA, the 2011 TCA, and the 2013 AEP Distinguished Achievement Award, Boldprint Graphic Novels from Oxford Canada and Harcourt US are high-interest comics in a variety of genres for students in Grades 4-8. The books contain links to existing curriculum, and and have been carefully leveled and edited to be suitable for younger readers.
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![]() Winner of the 2010 Textbook Excellence Award, Boldprint Kids Graphic Readers are leveled and edited for the K-3 classroom. Books in the series are all linked to existing curricula in the areas of Math, Science, and Social Studies, and feature a range of artists including Eisner Award-winner, Francesco Francavilla.
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Resources to Teach Comics in the Classroom
![]() Award-winning educators, David Booth and Kathy Gould Lundy, look at the use of graphic novels in the classroom in this activities-based book designed for the K-12 classroom. Exercises involve not simply reading and writing but help to develop the student's ability to express their learning through visual art and drama.
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![]() This book is designed to develop core literacy skills by having students engage with visual narrative. Using examples from the award-winning Boldprint Kids Graphic Readers series, the book shows why graphic novels should be in the classroom and how they can connect to pre-existing literacy programs.
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