Graphic Novels in Your Media Center: A Definitive Guide

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This ultimate guide to collecting and using graphic novels in a school library is written by an elementary librarian out of her experience as a teacher librarian who uses graphic novels in her library media center for instruction and to advance pleasure reading. Her husband and co-author is employed by the comic book industry and is very knowledgeable about the history and development of this increasingly popular type of book. The book contains lesson plans linked to school curriculums for all ages plus a discussion of why graphic novels are useful with certain types of readers, particularly boys and reluctant readers. It feature helpful information and lists for collection development including reviews, reviewing sources, jobbers, Web sties and publisher contact information and posits reasons to help the librarian defend the use of graphic novels with students. Chapters about partnerships with local comic book stores and interviews with librarian users add to this title's usefulness. Illustrated with pages from popular graphic novels, this book will pique the interest of librarians and teachers who just love to read.

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"Graphic Novels in Your Media Center offers not only guidance to make your collection appealing to readers but also potentially keeps you off the P&C 'hitlist' by offering a safe path between all the soft-core porn and blood-letting violence....[a] very practical and insightful book."-Synergy
[O]ffers justifications for including graphic novels in the school library, a discussion of cataloging issues, and a list of recommended titles. It is unique, however, because of the inclusion of many reproductions of the books under discussion and detailed lesson plans for eleven graphic novel titles....Librarians who are looking to increase their knowledge would be well served by picking up this volume.-VOYA
[T]he authors offer a readable introduction to graphic novels in the media center....Equally useful for those who know graphic novels and for complete neophytes, this is a sound addition for larger elementary-, middle-, and high-school library professional collections.-Booklist/Professional Reading
Allyson A.W. Lyga and Barry Lyga demonstrate how to use graphic novels to advance reading, with definitions of common terms, annotated lists of graphic novels for different age groups, explanations on how to form partnershiops with comic book stores, and 17 lesson plans for elementary, middle, and high school students.-American Libraries
Graphic Novels in Your Media Center combines a thorough knowledge of graphic novels with practical experience in the school media sector, and is an excellent resource for its intended audience.-Kliatt
Graphic Novels in Your Media Center offers not only guidance to make your collection appealing to readers but also potentially keeps you off the P&C 'hitlist' by offering a safe path between all the soft-core porn and blood-letting violence....[a] very practical and insightful book.-Synergy
Lyga and Lyga's (2004) Graphic Novels in Your Media Center is an excellent, comprehensive introduction to graphic novels for school librarians....Allyson Lyga's experience as an elementary school teacher and library media specialist provides a perspective that speaks directly to the issues and concerns of librarians who work in schools. Especially noteworthy are her numerous lesson plans designed for grades K-12 that focus on the curricular areas of English and language art, the humanities, and the social studies. Lyga's lessons are well-designed and grounded in the content standards of K-12 schools. Librarians new to graphic novels will appreicate the section on "how to read a comic book" and the discussion of how graphic novels can be used to address multiple intelligences, visual literacy, and reluctant readers.-Knowledge Quest
This excellent resource guide offers school librarians and educators a comprehensive introduction to graphic novels....What makes this book unique is the inclusion of numerous reproductions of sample pages from graphic novels and the many lesson plans....This indispensable, well-organized guide will provide school librarians with all of the necessary information for implementing and developing a graphic-novels collection.-School Library Journal
This text delivers an excellent staff-development-in-a-book with regard to graphic novels. School librarians are encouraged to add graphic novels to their collections and show how to effectively use them in lesson plans and even tie them to content-based standards. The book presents a solid overview of the types of readers this genre reaches and its connection to visual literacy....This is an excellent source for collection development and, if necessary, justifying the inclusion of graphic novels in the school library collection. Recommended.-Library Media Connection
"Offers justifications for including graphic novels in the school library, a discussion of cataloging issues, and a list of recommended titles. It is unique, however, because of the inclusion of many reproductions of the books under discussion and detailed lesson plans for eleven graphic novel titles....Librarians who are looking to increase their knowledge would be well served by picking up this volume."-VOYA
"The authors offer a readable introduction to graphic novels in the media center....Equally useful for those who know graphic novels and for complete neophytes, this is a sound addition for larger elementary-, middle-, and high-school library professional collections."-Booklist/Professional Reading
"[O]ffers justifications for including graphic novels in the school library, a discussion of cataloging issues, and a list of recommended titles. It is unique, however, because of the inclusion of many reproductions of the books under discussion and detailed lesson plans for eleven graphic novel titles....Librarians who are looking to increase their knowledge would be well served by picking up this volume."-VOYA
"[T]he authors offer a readable introduction to graphic novels in the media center....Equally useful for those who know graphic novels and for complete neophytes, this is a sound addition for larger elementary-, middle-, and high-school library professional collections."-Booklist/Professional Reading
"Allyson A.W. Lyga and Barry Lyga demonstrate how to use graphic novels to advance reading, with definitions of common terms, annotated lists of graphic novels for different age groups, explanations on how to form partnershiops with comic book stores, and 17 lesson plans for elementary, middle, and high school students."-American Libraries
"Graphic Novels in Your Media Center combines a thorough knowledge of graphic novels with practical experience in the school media sector, and is an excellent resource for its intended audience."-Kliatt
"This excellent resource guide offers school librarians and educators a comprehensive introduction to graphic novels....What makes this book unique is the inclusion of numerous reproductions of sample pages from graphic novels and the many lesson plans....This indispensable, well-organized guide will provide school librarians with all of the necessary information for implementing and developing a graphic-novels collection."-School Library Journal
"This text delivers an excellent staff-development-in-a-book with regard to graphic novels. School librarians are encouraged to add graphic novels to their collections and show how to effectively use them in lesson plans and even tie them to content-based standards. The book presents a solid overview of the types of readers this genre reaches and its connection to visual literacy....This is an excellent source for collection development and, if necessary, justifying the inclusion of graphic novels in the school library collection. Recommended."-Library Media Connection
"Lyga and Lyga's (2004) Graphic Novels in Your Media Center is an excellent, comprehensive introduction to graphic novels for school librarians....Allyson Lyga's experience as an elementary school teacher and library media specialist provides a perspective that speaks directly to the issues and concerns of librarians who work in schools. Especially noteworthy are her numerous lesson plans designed for grades K-12 that focus on the curricular areas of English and language art, the humanities, and the social studies. Lyga's lessons are well-designed and grounded in the content standards of K-12 schools. Librarians new to graphic novels will appreicate the section on "how to read a comic book" and the discussion of how graphic novels can be used to address multiple intelligences, visual literacy, and reluctant readers."-Knowledge Quest

Author Bio

ALLYSON A. W. LYGA is an elementary library media specialist in Maryland. BARRY LYGA works for Diamond Comic Book Distributors.