![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to being an advocate for graphic novels, I’m also all for normalizing discussions of periods. I’d seen this when it first came out, but hadn’t gotten my hands on a copy, and BOY am I glad I have now. I grabbed two there last week, the first of which is Go With the Flow. ![]() So when October’s reading challenge struck, I knew just where to go: the middle grade graphics shelves at the library. But in my new life as a stay-at-home-mom, my graphic consumption has plummeted. I was/am a huge advocate for kids reading graphic novels, because as the research has shown, graphics are great for drawing in reluctant readers, encourage multi-modal literacy through images and text, often have a higher vocabulary than standard texts written for that age, and are generally fun to read. ![]() When I left, four years later, we had four BAYS (5 shelves each bay) of graphics, although during the school year there were usually no more than two bays of books available for check out at any given time (because they were so popular). When I started working at that school, there was one shelf of graphic novels. Whenever I got a new book order in, I’d usually immediately take home any of the graphics I was interested in to squeeze them in before the kids got their hands on them (because after that, I’d likely never get another chance). While I was a librarian, I read graphic novels allll the time. Go With the Flow, by Lily Williams and Karen Scheemann ( First Second 2020)įirst line: “Wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey!” ![]()
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