Gorman, Michele. Getting graphic! Using graphic novels to promote literacy with preteens and teens.GORMAN, Michele. Getting graphical Using graphic novels to promote literacy with preteens and teens. Linworth. 100p. illus. bibliog. index, c2003. 1-58683-089-9. $36.96. This book's target audience is YA librarians who need help starting a graphic novel collection. Michele Gorman is the Wired for Youth librarian at the Austin Public Library, who has written before on the topic of graphic novels. The book's contents include a brief history of graphic novels, their role in libraries, school media centers and classrooms; suggestions on how to develop a collection; bibliographic control issues; promotion and programming ideas; and a selection of title lists. Getting Graphic! also tackles the big question: are graphic novels, aka comic books comic book Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. , "junk literature for children," or do they have a "cultural and educational value and belong on the shelves of libraries across the nation"? It's amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. that this debate still persists, what with the preponderance pre·pon·der·ance also pre·pon·der·an·cy n. Superiority in weight, force, importance, or influence. Noun 1. preponderance of alternative forms of media in libraries, but persist it does, which is why the author devotes two chapters, as well as a "Comics in the Classroom" title list, to extolling the literary and artistic merit Artistic merit is an English language term that is used in relation to cultural products when referring to the judgment of their perceived quality or value as works of art. Artistic merit is a crucial term, as pertains to visual art. of graphic novels. The best part of Getting Graphic! is the title lists. There is a good mixture of genres; books intended for a mature audience are so marked; and many of the titles are fairly current. My main quibble QUIBBLE. A slight difficulty raised without necessity or propriety; a cavil. 2. No justly eminent member of the bar will resort to a quibble in his argument. is that I'd like to see more emphasis on buying new material. The audience for graphic novels is a young one, and classic titles such as The Watchmen and The Dark Knight The Dark Knight may refer to:
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