Beyond Batman:
Graphic Novels as Serious Texts
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Elementary Graphic Novel Recommendations
Title
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Author / Artist
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Curriculum
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Owly
|
Andy Runton
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ESL/ELL
|
Cardboard
|
Doug TenNapel*
|
ELA
|
Rapunzel’s Revenge/Calamity Jack
|
Shannon Hale, Nathan Hale
|
ELA
|
Bone (series)
|
Jeff Smith
|
ELA
|
Wonderful Wizard of Oz (series)
|
Baum / Shanower / Young
|
ELA
|
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales (series)
|
Nathan Hale
|
History
|
Nursery Rhyme/Fairy Tale/Fable Comics
|
Chris Duffy
|
ELA
|
The Arrival
|
Shaun Tan*
|
History
|
El Deafo
|
CeCe Bell
|
ELA
|
The Olympians (series)
|
George O’Connor
|
ELA
|
Amulet (series)
|
Kazu Kibiushi
|
ELA
|
How Mirka Got Her Sword (series)
|
Barry Deutsch
|
Social Studies
|
The Great American Dust Bowl
|
Don Brown
|
History
|
Trickster: Native American Graphic Tales
|
Matt Dembicki
|
History
|
Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust
|
Loic Dauvillier
|
History
|
The Storm in the Barn
|
Matt Phelan*
|
History
|
Science Comics (various)
|
(various)
|
Science
|
Laika
|
Nick Abadzis
|
History/Science
|
Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem
|
Steve Niles
|
History
|
Little White Duck: A Childhood in China
|
Na Liu
|
History
|
Primates
|
Jim Ottaviani*
|
Science
|
Ghosts
|
Raina Telgemeier
|
ELA
|
Gaijin: American Prisoner of War
|
Matt Faulkner
|
History
|
Secondary Graphic Novel Recommendations
Title
|
Author / Artist
|
Curriculum
|
Maus
|
Art Spiegelman
|
History
|
Persepolis
|
Marjane Satrapi
|
History
|
American Born Chinese
|
Gene Luen Yang*
|
ELA, Social Studies
|
Charles Darwin’s on the Origin of Species
|
Michael Keller, Nicolle Fuller
|
Science
|
Graphic Science: Seven Journeys of Discovery
|
Darryl Cunningham
|
Science
|
Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb
|
Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
|
Science, History
|
Nat Turner ***
|
Kyle Baker
|
History
|
The Gettysburg Address: A Graphic Adaptation
|
Hennessey, McConnell
|
History
|
March (Books 1, 2, 3)
|
Lewis, Aydin, Powell
|
History
|
The Warren Commission Report
|
Dan Mishkin
|
History
|
Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War
|
Jessica Dee Humphreys
|
History
|
Psychiatric Tales***
|
Darryl Cunningham
|
Psychology
|
Action Philosophers
|
Van Lente, Dunlavey
|
Philosophy
|
Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized
|
Jacobson, Colon*
|
History
|
Anya’s Ghost
|
Vera Brosgol
|
ELA
|
Blankets ***
|
Craig Thompson
|
ELA
|
Lewis and Clark
|
Nick Bertozzi
|
History
|
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir
|
Liz Prince
|
ELA
|
500 Years of Resistance
|
Gord Hill
|
History
|
Art Masters: Gaugin (Van Gogh, others)
|
Various
|
Art
|
The Sculptor ***
|
Scott McCloud
|
ELA
|
T-Minus: The Race to the Moon
|
Ottaviani*
|
History, Science
|
Trump / Snowden / Bernie
|
Ted Rall
|
Current Events
|
Harlem Hellfighters
|
Max Brooks
|
History
|
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
|
Guy DeLisle*
|
History
|
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less
|
Sarah Glidden
|
Current Events
|
Filmish: A Graphic Journey Through Film
|
Edward Ross
|
History, Film
|
Secret Path
|
Gord Downie, Jeff Lemire
|
History
|
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir
|
Maggie Thrash
|
LGBT
|
Rebels: A Well-Regulated Militia
|
Brian Wood
|
History
|
The Great War
|
Joe Sacco
|
History
|
Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie
|
Lauren Redniss
|
Science, History
|
…and the Pursuit of Happiness
|
Maria Kalman
|
History
|
*= all books by this author
*** = mature content
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