Drawing on the Classics
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Blog: 8.20.2019 by Vince Zalkind, Messenger Clerk, North Hollywood Amelia
Earhart Regional Library
July is Graphic Novels in Libraries Month
It’s
back-to-school time! Time to sharpen up your pencils, meet your new teachers,
and grab your list of classics to read for homework. Time to put away those
comic books and graphic novels in favor of “serious” literature, right? Wrong!
There is a growing list of visually stunning adaptations of the classics that
are worth checking out for both the reluctant reader and the bookworm.
But
isn’t that “cheating"? Quite the opposite. Visual literacy is a necessary
skill for readers young and old. Whether you notice or not, in our daily lives
we are constantly using shapes, colors, symbols, and signs to contextualize our
world. By consuming classics in a graphic format, we are helping struggling
readers understand the text better, as well as helping readers of all levels
develop this vital skill. Though these great graphic novel adaptations are no
substitute for the original text, they can certainly make Olde English easier
to understand and offer a new perspective.
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These
are just a few of the offerings we have on the shelves and as e-books. Graphic
adaptations, along with audiobooks and study guides, can help your readers have
the most successful school year possible no matter their learning style.
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