Bears, bears, bears! There are so many great books, rhymes, and potential for a storytime about bears! It’s a great theme year round, whether you’re talking about what bears do in the fall to get ready for winter, how they hibernate, waking up in spring, or going on a bear hunt and camping in summer.Continue reading “Storytime: Bears!”
Monthly Archives: April 2020
School Libraries, Graphic Novels & Reluctant Readers
School librarians have it rough in a lot of aspects. First, from what I know of the typical school library, they don’t have a huge budget. Then with the added pressure of it being a school library as opposed to a public library with a completely different and concentrated patron base, it’d be difficult toContinue reading “School Libraries, Graphic Novels & Reluctant Readers”
Cataloging and Graphic Biographies
It’s back to the great shelving debate for my comics class after reading Weiner’s section on cataloging. Among the readings, Tarulli’s essay gives a good overview of the difficulties in cataloging and shelving graphic novels and comics. Comics take on all sorts of genres such as biographies, fantasy, horror, mystery/detective, romance, etc. Many people tendContinue reading “Cataloging and Graphic Biographies”
Thoughts on Narration and Style in Comics
This might not be a huge surprise, but every graphic novel is unique. Different authors mean different storylines, narratives, and writing styles. Different artists mean varying styles and strokes. This seems really obvious, but I never thought of just how much it matters when reading a comic book. When I first started reading comic books,Continue reading “Thoughts on Narration and Style in Comics”
Visual Literacy & Comics
Mouly’s article, Visual Literacy: Exploring This Magical Portal, surveys some of the ways in which comics enhance literacy in ways that regular novels can’t. This includes how comics can help to build connections between words, pictures, and sound effects, providing context for new vocabulary words, guiding the attention of a reader, and depicting the storyContinue reading “Visual Literacy & Comics”
Librarian Ginny 