Graphic+Novels+&+Manga

=Graphic Novels & Manga= Here is a listing of graphic novels and manga owned by the ERC for use in class or personal enjoyment.

Titles in a series are listed under the series title; individual issues are below the main entry. NOTE: Reading interest levels are approximate suggestions. Use them as a guideline.

These are grouped using the following subdivisions:
 * Appropriate for All Ages
 * Appropriate for Middle School - Up
 * Appropriate for High School - Adult
 * Teacher Resources

**__Appropriate for All Ages__**
This includes titles for preschoolers and grade schoolers.

ERC PROF BK PN6727.A95 C57 1993 Check Availability Asterel races against time to locate a token which will prevent the Kurbs from freezing the city. Gr. 4-6.
 * Avi. (1993). //City of light, city of dark.// New York: Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.B37 T43 2012 [|Check Availability] **Bar-el, D. (2012). //That one spooky night.// Toronto, Canada: Kids Can Press.** Three strange stories -- one about a brook in search of a witch, one about mermaids in the bathtub, and one about a batty house party -- that take place on Halloween night. Gr. 2-4.

ERC PROF BK PN6727.S48 W66 2010 Check Availability Graphic version of Baum's beloved tale. 2010 Will Eisner Award Winner -- Best Limited Series and Best Publication for Kids. Gr. 4-8.
 * Baum, L.F. (2010). //The wonderful wizard of Oz.// New York: Marvel.**

ERC PROF BK QH541.14.B57 2007 Check Availability Follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the science behind ecosystems. Gr. 3-5.
 * Biskup, A. (2007). //Exploring ecosystems with Max Axiom, super scientist.// Mankato, MN: Capstone Press.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7 .B57 Lu 2009 Check Availability A young boy's fascination with pigeons soon erupts into a full-blown chase around Central Park, across the Brooklyn Bridge, through a fancy restaurant and into the sky. Gr. K-3.
 * Bliss, H. (2009). //Luke on the loose.// New York: TOON Books.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.B82832 Baj 2010b Check Availability First published by Roaring Brook Press, this continues the misadventures of Bad Kitty. Gr. 3-6
 * Bruel, N. (2010). //Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray: the uproar at the front door.// New York: Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .C36 D723 2009 [|Check Availability] Artie King, the uncrowned good guy of Camelot Middle School, is back with his pals Percy and Wayne in tow as he tries to evade evil Principal Dagger, avoid the school bully Joe and his Horde, and unravel the secret of a pack of mysterious magic cards he finds in his locker. Gr. 3-8.
 * Cammuso, F. (2009). //The dragon players (//****//Knights of the Lunch Table Series).//** **New York: Graphix/Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7.C36 Ot 2008 Check Availability After a genie fulfills Otto the cat's wish by turning the whole world orange, Otto realizes that his favorite color is not he best color for everything. Gr. 1-3.
 * Cammuso, F. (2008). //Otto's orange day.// New York: Toon Books. **

A series of adventures that will take three thieves from one end of the world to the other in search of Dessa Redd's long-lost brother. Gr. 4-6.
 * Chantler, Scott. //Three Thieves Series.// Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press.**
 * **//Tower of treasure, bk.1.//** **(2010).** ERC PROF BK PN6733.C53 T69 2010 Check Availability
 * //**The sign of the Black Rock, bk.2.**// **(2011).** ERC PROF BK PN6727.C53 S54 2011 Check Availability
 * **//The captive prince, bk.3.// (2012).** ERC PROF BK PN6727.C53 C37 2012 [|Check Availability]
 * **//The king's dragon, bk.4.// (2014).** ERC PROF BK PN6733 C53 K56 2014 [|Check Availability]

ERC PROF BK PN6790.I72 C65 2007b Check Availability In graphic novel format, a twelve-year-old genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, causing the fairies to fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. Gr. 5-up.
 * Colfer, E. (2007). //Artemis Fowl: the graphic novel.// New York: Hyperion Books.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7 .C68 Be 2011 Check Availability Although he is a very serious bear, Benjamin Bear has a funny way of doing things, lie drying dishes on a rabbit's back or sharing his sweater without taking it off. Level 2 Book, Gr. 1-2.
 * Coudray, P. (2011). //Benjamin Bear in fuzzy thinking.// Somerville, MA: TOON Book. **

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7 .D38 St. 2008 Check Availability Stinky, a monster who lives in a swamp, gets upset when a boy named Nick starts hanging around his swamp, and so he tries to scare Nick away. Geisel Honor Book. Gr. K-2.
 * Davis, E. (2008). //Stinky: a toon book.// New York: Little Lit Library.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7/G33 Sag 2010 Check Availability Fantasy adventures of Rex, a fox who meets Aven, an enigmatic biomorph with a flying saucer. Gr. 3-5.
 * Gagne, M. (2010). //The saga of Rex.// Berkeley, CA: Image Comics.**

Presents the continuing story of heroine Amelia. Gr. 3-6.
 * Gownley, J.** //**Amelia Rules! Series.**// **Harrisburg, PA: Renaissance Press.**
 * //**The tweenage guide to not being unpopular, v.5**//. (2010). ERC PROF BK PZ7.7.G69 Tw 2010 Check Availability
 * //**What makes you happy, v.2.**// (2006). ERC PROF BK PN6727.G696 A44 2006 Check Availability

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7 .G73 Day 2011 Check Availability Dr. Bugspit and his top-secret Fix-It-Up syrup treat a variety of strange maladies at his outer space clinic. Gr. K-3.
 * Gravel, E. (2011). //A day in the office of Doctor Bugspit.// Maplewood, NJ: Blue Apple Books.**

ERC PROF BK QE521.3 .G728 2012 [|Check Availability] In graphic novel format, text and illustrations explain how volcanoes erupt, how they are studied, and how to stay safe during an eruption. Gr. K-3.
 * Gray-Wilburn, R. (2012). //Volcanoes! (First Graphics Wild Earth series).// North Mankato, MN: Capstone Press.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.L9634 Mo 2008 Check Availability Brother and sister Mona and Joey are always fighting, but when they inherit a suit and special powers from a superhero who is going into retirement, their inability to get along hampers their ability to fight crime. Gr. K-3.
 * Haspiel, D. (2008). //Mo and Jo: fighting together forever.// New York: Little Lit Library. **

Beginning reader series of two sibling mice. Gr. PreK-2.
 * Hayes, G. //Benny and Penny Series.// New York: Toon Books.**
 * **//The big no-no!//** (2009). ERC PROF BK PZ.7.7.H39 Be 2009 Check Availability
 * **//Just pretend.//** (2008). ERC PROF BK PN6727.H3923 B45 2008 Check Availability

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .H39 P37 2010 [|Check Availability] Patrick is a puddle-jumping teddy whose biggest challenge is avoiding nap time...until Big Bear shows up! Level 2 Reader. Gr. 1-2.
 * Hayes, G. (2010). //Patrick in a teddy bear's picnic and other stories.// New York: Toon Books.**

A graphic novel following the adventures of Babymouse, an imaginative young mouse. Gr. 3-5.
 * Holm, J.L. //Babymouse Series. Monster Mash.// New York: Random House.**
 * //**Monster Mash.**// (2008). ERC PROF BK PZ7.7.H65 Bah 2008 Check Availability
 * **//Queen of the world!//** (2005). ERC PROF BK PN6727.H592 B33 2005 Check Availability

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .H83325 Dino 2013 [|Check Availability] A dinosaur is on the rampage at the Natural History Museum; it is up to the kids from Mystery, Inc. to save the exhibits from total destruction. Gr. K-3.
 * Howard, L. (2013). //Dino Destruction (Scooby-Doo Comic Storybook, v.4)//. New York: Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .J63 S427 2012 [|Check Availability] In graphic novel format, retells the Hawaiian story of Nanaue, born of human mother and shark father, who struggles to find his place in a village of humans. Gr. 2-3.
 * Johnson, R. Kikuo. (2012). //The Shark king.// New York: Toon Books.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7 .M63 May 2012 Check Availability Maya's unique table manners turn the palace upside down when she accepts an invitation to dine with the queen. Level 2. Gr. 1-3.
 * Madon, R. (2012). //Maya makes a mess.// New York: Toon Books.**

ERC prof BK {N66727 .M327 B53 2011 Check Availability Fourth-grade genius Mal and his talking dog Chad shrink themselves to microscopic size and travel through time, but girls and the school bully present bigger challenges. Gr. 3-6.
 * McCranie, S. (2011). //The biggest, bestest time ever! (Mel and Chad series).// New York: Philomel Books.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.M635 M3 2008 Check Availability When Weapon Kosher, the Magic Pickle, erupts from her bedroom floor, young Jo Jo Wigman works with him to stop the Brotherhood of Evil Produce from taking over the world and tries to find a way to impress cute Danny Johnson. Gr. 3-5.
 * Morse, S. (2008). //Magic pickle.// New York: Graphix. **

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7.N98 Se 2012 [|Check Availability] **Nytra, D. (2012). //The secret of the stone frog.// New York: TOON Books/RAW Junior.** Siblings Leah and Alan wake one morning in the middle of an enchanted forest and encounter a strange and spectacular world filled with foppish lions, giant rabbits, and a talking stone frog for a guide. Gr. 3-up.

ERC PROF BK QC527.2.O44 2007 Check Availability In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the science behind electricity. Gr. 3-5.
 * O'Donnell, L. (2007). //The shocking world of electricity with Max Axiom, super scientist.// Mankato, MN: Capstone Press.**

ERC PROF BK Qk882.O34 2007 Check Availability In graphic novel format, super scientist Max Axiom explains how photosynthesis works. Gr. 3-5.
 * O'Donnell, L. (2007). //Understanding photosynthesis with Max Axiom, super scientist.// Mankato, MN: Capstone Press.**

ERC PROF BK QL26 .O88 2013 Check Availability A fictionalized treatment of the lives of Goodall, Fossey and Galdikas, including their contributions to the study of primates. Gr. 3-5.
 * Ottaviani, J. & Wicks, M. (2013). //Primates: The fearless science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas.// New York: First Second. **

ERC PROF BK PN6728.M68 P48 2007 Check Availability Follows the adventures of Lieam, Saxon, and Kenzie, three mice who are part of the Mouse Guard--soldiers and guides for common mice looking to journey from one hidden mouse village to another--and their quest to uncover a traitorous plot against the Guard. All ages.
 * Peterson, D. (2007). //Mouse guard: fall 1152.// Fort Lee, NJ: Archaia Studio.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7.P52 Ar 2011 Check Availability Challenged with circling the world at the end of the nineteenth century, three very different adventurers embark on epic journeys. Gr. 4-8.
 * Phelan, M. (2011). //Around the world: three remarkable journeys.// Somerville, MA: Candlewick.**


 * Reynolds, P.H. //Zebrafish (series).// New York: Atheneum.**
 * //**Zebrafish #1. (2010).**// ERC PROF BK PZ7.7 .E47 Ze 2010 Check Availability
 * //**Zebrafish SPF 40.**// (2013). ERC PROF BK PZ7.7 .E47 Spf 2013 Check Availability

ERC PROF BK PN6747.R67 S513 2008 Check Availability Follows a young girl named Lilly as she enjoys different activities during each season of the year, from dancing in the park in the spring to throwing snowballs in the winter. Gr. PreK-1.
 * Rosenstiehl, A. (2008). //Silly Lilly and the four seasons.// New York: Raw Junior.**

Collection of wordless stories about Owly, a cute owl who wishes to make friends with the other animals in the forest. Gr. K-3.
 * Runton, A. //Owly Series.//** **Marietta, GA: Top Shelf Productions.**
 * **//The way home & the bittersweet summer, v.1.//** (2004). ERC PROF BK PN6727.R84 O85 2004 Check Availability
 * //**Just a little blue, v.2.**// (2005). ERC PROF BK PN6727.R84 O845 2005 [|Check Availability]
 * //**Flying lessons,** **v.3.**// (2005). ERC PROF BK PN6727.R835 O938 2005 [|Check Availability]
 * //**A time to be brave, v.4.**// (2007). ERC PROF BK PN6727 .R835 O95 2007 [|Check Availability]
 * **//Tiny tales, v.5.//** (2008). ERC PROF BK PN6727.R835 O95 2004 Check Availability
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ERC PROF BK PN6727.S5435 K67 2007 Check Availability Ivy and her Korgi cub Sprout learn some amazing things about themselves as they encounter danger and adventure in Korgi Hollow. Gr. 2-8.
 * Slade, C. (2007). //Korgi.// Marietta, GA: Top Shelf Productions.**

ERC PROF BK BL783.S65 2009 Check Availability Introduces readers to the ancient gods and goddesses of Olympus through an examination of their incredible skills and superhero strength, enhanced with comic book-style illustrations and poetic verse. Gr. 2-6.
 * Smith, C.R. (2009). //The mighty 12: superheroes of Greek myth.// New York: Little, Brown.**

ERC PROF BK PS8587 .L43 B54 2011 Check Availability After his childhood chum Georgie is abducted by the sinister Man with the Wooden Nose, Otto hops on a plane to America to begin his search for Georgie. Gr. 2-4.
 * Slavin, Bill. (2011). //Elephants Never Forget, v.1: Big City Otto.// Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press.**

ERC PROF BK :Z7.7.S64 Li 2009 Check Availability Little Mouse gets dressed to go to the barn with his mother, brothers and sisters. Gr. PreS-2.
 * Smith, J. (2009). //Little Mouse gets ready: A TOON Book.// New York: TOON Books/RAW Junior LLC.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .S75423 Jac 2008 [|Check Availability] Jack's parents gave him a new toy and he can't believe how silly it is! Sometimes it's funny and other times it's scary. Sometimes it talks to him and other times it hides. At first, Jack loves all the surprises that his toy can offer, but after a while he starts to think his toy is a little too silly -- in fact, it's gone out of control! Gr. 1-3.
 * Spiegelman, A. (2008). //Jack and the Box.// New York: RAW Junior.**


 * Spiegelman, N. & Loeffler, T. (2012). //Zig and Wikki (series).// New York: RAW Jr./TOON Books.**
 * //**The Cow.**// Level 3. Gr. 2-3. ERC PROF BK PZ7.7 .S65 Zj 2012 Check Availability
 * //**Something ate my homework.**// Gr. 1-3. ERC PROF BK PZ7.7 .S65 Zi 2010 Check Availability

Graphic novel readers will delight in watching where this lovable and quirky cat's imagination takes him. Gr. Pre-2.
 * Spires, A. //Binky the Space Cat (series).// Toronto: Kids Can Press.**
 * //**Binky the space cat.**// **(2009).** ERC PROF BK PZ7 .S75672 Bin 2009 Check Availability
 * //**Binky to the rescue.**// **(2010).** ERC PROF BK PZ7.7 .S66 Bin 2010 [|Check Availability]
 * **//Binky takes charge.// (2012).** ERC PROF BK PN6727.S647 B56 2012 [|Check Availability]
 * **//Binky license to scratch.// (2013).** ERC PROF BK PZ7 .S66 Bb 2013 [|Check Availability]

ERC PROF BK PN6737.M34 T74 2006 Check Availability Retells Stevenson's story of the how Jim Hawkins and his innkeeper mother find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune while going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money. Gr. 2-6.
 * Stevenson, R.L. (2006). //Treasure Island.// Hauppauge, NY: Barron's.**

ERC PROF BK NC1764 .S78 2010 [|Check Availability] Once upon a time, a princess tried to make a comic. And with the help of a magical cartooning elf, she learned how -- well enough to draw here way out of an encounter with a dangerous dragon, near-death by drowning, and into her very own adventure. Gr. 1-4.
 * Sturm, J. (2009). //Adventures in cartooning.// New York: Scholastic. **

Ten-year-old Rufus is bored while staying at his grandmother's house, until he discovers a talisman in the woods that can change him into a sasquatch. Gr. 2-4.
 * Torres, J. //Bigfoot Boy Series.// Toronto, Canada: Kids Can Books. **
 * ** //Into the Woods.// (2012). ** ERC PROF BK PN6728.T67 I56 2012 Check Availability
 * **//The unkindness of ravens.// (2013).** ERC PROF BK PN6728.T67 U55 2013 Check Availability

ERC PROF BKS PZ7.7.V37 Bak 2011 Check Availability Cupcake runs a successful bakery with his best friend, Eggplant, but dreams of going abroad to meet his idol, Turkish Delight, who is the most famous pastry chef in the world. Gr. 2-5.
 * Varon, Sara. (2011). //Bake sale.// New York: First Second Books.**

ERC PROF BK PN6737.M34 J68 2007 Check Availability **Verne, J. (2007). //Journey to the center of the Earth.// Hauppage, NY: Barron's.** Retells in graphic novel format Verne's story about a team of explorers whose expedition into a crater in Iceland leads to the center of the earth and to incredible and horrifying discoveries. Gr. 4-up.

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7 .G427 Inv 2008 Check Availability Graphic novel adaptation of classic short story by H.G. Wells about a mentally disturbed scientist who made himself invisible for power. Gr. 4-up.
 * Wells, H.G. (2008). //The invisible man.// New York: Papercutz. **

ERC PROF BK PR4557.A21 W54 2012 [|Check Availability] **Wilson, S.M. (2008). //A Christmas carol.// Litchborough, U.K.: Classical Comics Ltd.** The timeless story by Charles Dickens of the selfish miserable old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, and the rude awakening he receives to just how shallow and sad his life really is. Gr. 3-up.

Graphic version of the popular series about Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin, five friends who have been chosen to be Guardians of the Veil. Gr. 4-6.
 * //W.I.T.C.H.// (2004-). New York: VOLO/Disney/Hyperion.**
 * **//Between light and dark, v.4.// (2005).** ERC PROF BK PN6727 .W2 2005 v.2 [|Check Availability]

ERC PROF BK E180.Y44 2007 Check Availability Presents information about the fifty states through a fictional story about a rabbit named Patrick who bets a group of time-traveling dinosaurs that he knows more about geography than they do. Gr. 2-5
 * Yeh, P. (2007). //Dinosaurs across America.// New York: NBM.**

**__Appropriate for Middle School - Up__**
ERC PROF BK PZ7.A1324 Lai 2007 Check Availability From the dog's point of view, follows the adventures of the dog sent into space by the Soviet Union. Gr. 5-8.
 * Abadzis, N. (2007). //Laika.// New York: First Second.**

ERC PROF BK PN6790.L43 A2513 2012 [|Check Availability] Living in the midst of civil war in Beirut, Lebanon, Zeina and her brother face an evening of apprehension when their parents do not return from a visit to the other side of the city. Gr. 5-8.
 * Abirached, Z. (2012). //A game for swallows: To die, to leave, to return.// Minneapolis: Graphic Universe. **

ERC PROF BK PN6728.S6 B46 2012 [|Check Availability] A collection of Ultimate Comics Spider-man #1-5 relaunches young Miles Morales into the role of the next Spider Man. Gr. 6-up.
 * Bendis, B.M. (2012). //Ultimate comics Spider-Man.// New York: Marvel .**

Graphic novel treatment following the life of Jane Eyre from turbulent childhood into the heartaches of adulthood. Gr.8-up.
 * Bronte, C. (2008). //Jane Eyre: the graphic novel.// Litchborough, U.K.: Classical Comics.**
 * **//Original Text.//** ERC PROF BK PN6737 .C35 J36 2009 Check Availability
 * **//Quick Text.//** ERC PROF BK PN6737 .S44 J36 2008b Check Availability

Graphic novel treatment of Bronte's timeless tale of undying love and vengeful tyrannies at Wuthering Heights. Gr. 7-up.
 * Bronte, E. (2011). //Wuthering Heights: the graphic novel. Litchborough//, U.K.: Classical Comics.**
 * //**Original Text.**// ERC PROF BK PN6737 .W55 W88 2011 Check Availability
 * //**Quick Text.**// ERC PROF BK PN6737 .W55 W88 2011b Check Availability

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .B77 A59 2011 [|Check Availability] **Brosgol, Vera. (2011). //Anya's ghost.//** Anya, embarrassed by her Russian immigrant family and self-conscious about her body, has given up on fitting in at school but falling down a well and making friends with the ghost there just may be worse. 2012 Eisner Award Winner for Young Adults. Gr. 6-up.

ERC PROF BK E475.53.B985 2009 Check Availability Depicts in graphic novel format the Battle of Gettysburg, the national movement to create a memorial there, and the quiet day in 1863 when President Lincoln delivered his galvanizing speech. Gr. 5-9.
 * Butzer, C.M. (2009). //Gettysburg: The Graphic Novel.// New York: Bowen Press/Collins.**

ERC PROF BK PR6103.A72 R44 2007 Check Availability Korean American Jen Dik Seong, also known as Dixie, is on the verge of winning a championship in the ancient martial art of hapkido until she falls for fellow hapkido fan Adam, a California surfer, and she struggles to win his affections as well. Gr. 6-up.
 * Carey, M. (2007). //Re-gifters.// New York: DC Comics.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.C26865 Pla 2007 Check Availability When transfer student Jane is forced to move from the big city to suburbia, she thinks that her life is over until she meets three other girls named Jane who decide to form a secret art gang and turn the town and high school upside down. Gr. 7-10.
 * Castellucci, C. (2007). //The Plain Janes.// New York: Minx.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.M675 Tal 2008 Check Availability In graphic novel format, retells the story of a young Englishman who gives his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves. Gr. 4-6.
 * Dickens, C. (2008). //A Tale of Two Cities.// Happauge, NY: Barron's.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7.E246 Gan 2011 Check Availability Award-winning Japanese manga artist Kazuki Ebine offers this graphic novel biography of the revered figure from India. Gr. 7-12.
 * Ebine, Kazuki. (2011). //Gandhi: a manga biography.// New York: Emotional Content/Penguin Books.**

Features the adventures of Jaime Reyes, the superhero known as the Blue Beetle who received his powers when a mysterious scarab bonded with his body. Gr. 5-up.
 * Giffen, K. (2006). //Blue Beetle Series.// New York: DC Comics.**
 * **//Shellshocked, v.1.//** ERC PROF BK PN6728.B58 G54 2006 Check Availability

ERC PROF BK F592.7.S123 G86 2007 Check Availability A biography in graphic format of the Shoshoni woman who served as guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Gr. 4-6.
 * Gunderson, J. (2007). //Sacagawea: Journey into the West.// Mankato, MN: Capstone Press.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.H255 K56 2007 Check Availability In graphic novel format, retells the legend of King Arthur and his quest for the Holy Grail. Gr. 4-6.
 * Hall, M.C. (2007). //King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.// Minneapolis, MN: Stone Arch Books.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7.H35 Cal 2010 Check Availability In the sequel to //Rapunzel's Revenge,// w ould-be criminal Jack teams up with Rapunzel to stop the Ant-People and fleeing his beloved home city when he inadvertently triggers the growth of a building-destroying beanstalk. Gr. 5-9.
 * Hale, S. (2010). //Calamity Jack.// New York: Bloomsbury.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.H246 R36 2008 Check Availability Newbery Honor-winner Shannon Hale teams up with husband Dean Hale and artist Nathan Hale to bring readers a swashbuckling and hilarious twist on the classic story. Rapunzel and her amazing hair team up with Jack (of beanstalk fame) to gallop around the wild and western landscape, changing lives, righting wrongs, and bringing joy to every soul they encounter. Gr. 5-9.
 * Hale, S. (2008). //Rapunzel's Revenge.// New York: Bloomsbury.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.H53 M47 2008 [|Check Availability] Contemporary artwork and a faithful, but succinct adaptation of Shakespeare's classic work. Bassanio, in order to win the love of Portia, entangles his dearest friend Antonio into a dangerous bargain with the moneylender Shylock. Gr. 7-12.
 * Hinds, G. (2008). //The Merchant of Venice.// Cambridge, MA: Candlewick.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.H768 C52 2000 Check Availability Provides information about the life cycle and environment of honeybees through the story of Nyuki, from the hive called Clan Apis, as she matures from a larva into an adult bee and takes on more responsibilities within her community. Gr. 5-7.
 * Hosler, J. (2000). //Clan Apis.// Columbus: Active Synapse. **

ERC PROF BK PN6727.F677 H86 2007 Check Availability Retells in graphic novel format the classic story of Quasimodo, the hunchback who rings the bells of Notre Dame and who falls in love with a gypsy girl. Gr. 5-up.
 * Hugo, V. (2007). //The Hunchback of Notre Dame.// Hauppaguge, NY: Barrons. **

ERC PROF BK PN6727.O985 H86 2007 Check Availability Retells in graphic novel format the classic story of Quasimodo, the hunchback who rings the bells of Notre Dame and who falls in love with a gypsy girl. Gr. 5-8.
 * Hugo, V. (2007). //The Hunchback of Notre Dame.// Minneapolis, MN: Stone Arch Books. **

ERC PROF BK PN6727.M6664 R43 2007 Check Availability When the peaceful life of Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword which will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy. Gr. 4-12.
 * Jacques, B. (2007). //Redwall: The Graphic Novel.// New York: Philomel Books. **

ERC PROF BK PN6728.S76 K53 2008 Check Availability After moving into an old ancestral home, Emily and Navin's mother is kidnapped and dragged down the basement stairs by a mysterious creature, and after giving chase, the kids find themselves in a magical but dangerous world of man-eating demons, a mechanical rabbit, and shadowy enemies. Gr. 4-up.
 * Kibuishi, K. (2008). //Amulet Book 1: The Stonekeeper.// New York: Graphix.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.275 G6 2007 Check Availability A strange mishap on her eighteenth birthday causes Grace Kwon to be confronted with herself at three different periods in her life--ages six, twenty-nine, and seventy--while she and her friends struggle to save a crumbling school play. Gr. 7-up.
 * Kim, D.K. (2007). //Good as Lily.// Illustrated by Jesse Hamm. Lettering by Jared K. Fletcher. New York: Minx.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .K555 B74 2010 [|Check Availability] Lucas and Jenna are chosen to attend a camp that promises to turn delinquents into high achieving students, but when they arrive, they realize that the camp is not what it seems. Gr. 6-9.
 * Kim, S. (2010). //Brain Camp.// New York: First Second.**

ERC PROF BK HQ1412 .L34 2012 [|Check Availability] Biography detailing the friendship of Sullivan and Keller, told in graphic format. Gr. 5-up.
 * Lambert, J. (2012). //The Center for Cartoon Studies presents// //Annie Sullivan and the trials of Helen Keller.// New York: Disney/Hyperion.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.L3298 Lat 2006 Check Availability First published in Malaysia in 1979, this relates the life experiences, from birth to beginning boarding school, of a boy growing up on a rubber plantation in rural Malaysia. Gr. 4-up.
 * LAT. (2006). //Kampung Boy.// New York: First Second Books.**

ERC PROF BK PN6728.S643 V364 2008 Check Availability Four adventures of the popular superhero feature battles with the Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus, and Venom, as Spider-Man struggles to balance crime fighting with being a typical teenager. Gr. 6-up.
 * Lente, F.V. (2008). //Spider-Man: Fiercest Foes, v.9.// New York: Marvel. **

A first-hand account of the author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights spans his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement.
 * Lewis, J. //March.// Marietta, GA: Top Shelf Productions.**
 * //**Book 1**// (2013). ERC PROF BK E840.8.L43 A3 2003 [|Check Availability]
 * //**Book 2**// (2015). ERC PROF BK E840.8 L43 L485 2015 [|Check Availability]
 * //**Book 3**// (2016). ERC PROF BK E840.8 .L43 A3 2016 Check Availability

ERC PROF BK PN6728.H37 L63 2008 Check Availability Frank and Joe are sent to investigate the disappearance of several teenagers at a ranch for troubled youths in Nevada. Gr. 4-8.
 * Lobdell, S. (2008). //The Hardy Boys, Undercover Brothers: Dude Ranch O' Death, v.12.// New York: Papercutz.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.F875 M63 2007 Check Availability Retells in graphic novel format Melville's story about Captain Ahab's search for Moby Dick, the great white whale that crippled him. Gr. 5-up.
 * Melville, H. (2007). //Moby Dick.// Hauppage, NY: Barron's.**

ERC PROF BK PN6728.S9 M56 2004 Check Availability Presents adventures of the Man of Steel protecting the city of Metropolis and the rest of the world. Gr. 4-7.
 * Millar, M. (2004). //Superman Adventures.// New York: DC Comics. **

ERC PROF BK F548.9.N4 N47 2010 Check Availability Based on the true story of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year-old African-American gang member from Chicago who shot a young girl and was then shot by his own gang members. Gr. 7-up.
 * Neri, G. (2010). //Yummy: the last days of a Southside Shorty.// New York: Lee & Low Books.**

Heroes with fantastic powers that fight epic battles, go on daring quests, and meet terrible monsters. Gr. 6-9.
 * O'Connor, George. //Olympians Series//. New York: First Second.** [|Check Availability]
 * **//Athena, Grey-Eyed Goddess, bk. 2.//** (2010). ERC PROF BK PN6727.O2664 O49 2010 2010 v.2
 * //**Hades, Lord of the Dead, bk. 4.**// (2012). ERC PROF BK PN6727.O2664 O49 2010 v.4
 * //**Hera, the Goddess and Her Glory, bk. 3.**// (2011). ERC PROF BK PN6727.O264 O49 2010 v.3
 * //**Poseidon, Earth Shaker, bk. 5.**// (2013). ERC PROF BK BL830 .N5 O26 2013 v.5 Check Availability
 * **//Zeus, King of the Gods, bk.1//.** (2010). ERC PROF BK PN6727.O2664 O49 2010 v.1

ERC PROF BK PN6728.D29 P38 2008 Check Availability With his supreme abilities, like being able to shape-shift and conjure up long-dead family members out of thin air, Daniel is ready to take on the scum of the universe. Gr. 5-8.
 * Patterson, J. & Gout, L. (2008). //Daniel X: Alien Hunter: a graphic novel.// New York: Little Brown.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.P44727 Dog 2008 Check Availability When Nancy Drew and Ned Nickerson attempt to return a lost dog to its owner in the small town of Nevershare, they stumble onto a much bigger mystery--the entire population of Nevershare is missing, except for one unhelpful woman. Gr. 4-7.
 * Petrucha, S. (2008). //Nancy Drew, Girl Detective: Doggone Town, v.13.// New York: Papercuts.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .P4696 B68 2013 [|Check Availability] The year is 1908, and a troupe of vaudeville performers has arrived in sleepy Muskegon, Michigan to spend the summer. Young Henry Harrison is fascinated with the animals and performers, but mostly with a slapstick performer his won age named Buster keaton, who is also a master prakster and loves to play baseball. Gr. 4-8.
 * Phelan, M. (2013). //Bluffton: My summers with Buster.// Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.P4696 S86 2009 Check Availability Facing his share of ordinary challenges, from local bullies to his father's failed expectations, 11-year-old Jack Clark must also deal with the effects of the Dust Bowl in 1937 Kansas, including the rising tensions in his small town and the spread of a shadowy illness. Gr. 5-7.
 * Phelan, M. (2009). //The Storm in the Barn.// Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7 .R44 Ame 2011 Check Availability Neil Barton works with his librarian to stop the banning of a book from his library, in this coming of age story. Gr 6-up.
 * Reed, M.K. (2011). //Americus.// New York: First Second.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .S17 S523 2011 [|Check Availability] When Captain Amazing feels he is getting too old to be a reliable superhero, he tries to hire a new sidekick, but his pets have different ideas. Gr. 4-8.
 * Santat, D. (2011). //Sidekicks.// New York: Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK PN6747.S49 P4813 2010 Check Availability Graphic novel adaptation of the classic by Antoise de Saint-Exupery. Gr. 5-8.
 * Sfar, Joann. (2010). //The Little Prince.// Boston: Houghton Mifflin.**

ERC PROF BK PN6747.S48 C4813 2005 Check Availability Gaining the ability to speak after swallowing a parakeet, the rabbi's cat uses his new-found talent to tell lies, the consequences of which lead to being banned from contact with the rabbi's daughter and an education in the Torah. Gr. 9-12.
 * Sfar, J. (2005). //The Rabbi's Cat.// New York: Pantheon Books.**

Graphic novel treatment of Mary Shelley's gothic horror story, first published in 1818, during the dawn of science and technology. Gr. 7-up.
 * Shelley, M. (2008). //Frankenstein: the graphic novel.// Litchborough, U.K.: Classical Comics.**
 * //**Quick Text.**// ERC PROF BK PN6737 .M34 C633 2008 Check Availability

ERC PROF BK GV1785.S54 A3 2006 Check Availability In graphic format, the author shares her story of how, after being diagnosed with flat feet, she decided to take ballet classes at the age of six and was accepted to the School of American Ballet when she was eleven. Gr. 4-7.
 * Siegel, S.C. (2006). //To Dance: A Memoir.// New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.S5157 B54 1996 Check Availability Provides comic strip profiles and stories of hoaxes, including media hoaxes, scientific hoaxes, imposters, pranksters, and scams. Gr. 7-up.
 * Sifakis, C. (1996). //The Big Book of Hoaxes.// New York: Paradox Press. **

Series of adventures about cousins Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone and the inhabitants of Boneville. Gr. 5-up.
 * Smith, J. //Bone Series.// New York: Scholastic.**
 * **//Crown of horns, v.9.//** (2009). ERC PROF BK PN6727.S546 B66 2009 Check Availability
 * **//Ghost circles, v.7.//** (2008). ERC PROF BK PN6727.S546 B66 2008 Check Availability
 * **The dragonslayer, //v.4.//** (2006). ERC PROF BK PN6727.S546 B644 2006 Check Availability
 * **//The great cow race, v.2//.** (2005). ERC PROF BK PN6727.S546 B66 2005 Check Availability
 * **Old Man's Cave, //v.6.//** (2007). ERC PROF BK PN6727.S546 B66 2007 Check Availability
 * //**Rock Jaw, master of the Eastern Border, v.5.**// (2005). ERC PROF BK PN6727.S546 B66 2005 Check Availability
 * **//Treasure hunters, v. 8.//** (2008). ERC PROF BK PN6727.S546 B668 2008 Check Availability

ERC PROF BK QC225.5.S64 2007 Check Availability In graphic novel format, super scientist Max Axiom explains how sound works. Gr. 4-6.
 * Sohn, E. (2007). //Adventures in Sound with Max Axiom, Super Scientist.// Mankato, MN: Capstone Press.**

ERC PROF BK QC133.5.S65 2007 Check Availability In graphic novel format, super scientist Max Axiom explains the science behind forces and motion. Gr. 4-6.
 * Sohn, E. (2007). //A Crash Course in Forces and Motion with Max Axiom, Super Scientist.// Mankato, MN: Capstone Press.**

ERC PROF BK QC360.S645 2008 Check Availability In graphic novel format, super scientist Max Axiom explains the science behind light. Gr. 4-6.
 * Sohn, E. (2008). //The Illuminating World of Light with Max Axiom//, //Super Scientist.// Mankato, MN: Capstone Press. **

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .S73 M63 2011 Check Availability Adaptation of Herman Melville's classic work. Gr. 7-10.
 * Stahlberg, L. (2011). //Moby Dick (Campfire Classics).// New Delhi: Kalyani Media PVT LTD.**

Bound issues of Star Wars comics, originally issued by Marvel Comics in 1977. Gr. 5-up.
 * //Star Wars, a Long Time Ago...Series.//** **Milwaukee: Dark Horse Comics.**
 * **Dark Encounters, //v. 2.//** (2002). ERC PROF BK PN6728.S75 S733 2002 v.2 Check Availability

ERC PROF BK PN6727.M33 D7 2008 Check Availability In graphic novel format, retells the story of a humane scientist who attempts to explore the most loathsome forces of evil behind the doors of his London laboratory. Gr. 7-up.
 * Stevenson, R.L. (2008). //Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.// Illustrated by Penko Gelev. Retold by Fiona MacDonald. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series. **

ERC PROF BK PN6737.M34 K53 2007 Check Availability Retells in graphic novel format Stevenson's story about David Balfour who, after being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule. Gr. 4-up.
 * Stevenson, R.L. (2007). //Kidnapped.// Illustrated by Penko Gelev. Retold by Fiona MacDonald. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's.**

ERC PROF BK PN6737.M34 D73 2007 Check Availability In graphic novel format, retells the story of how lawyer Jonathan Harker, his wife, and their friends destroy the diabolical vampire known as Count Dracula. Gr. 5-up.
 * Stoker, B. (2007). //Dracula.// Hauppage, NY: Barrons Educational Series.**

Graphic novel treatment of classic vampire horror story. Gr. 7-up.
 * Stoker, B. (2012). //Dracula: the graphic novel.// Litchborough, U.K.: Classical Comics. **
 * //**Original Text.**// ERC PROF BK PN6737 .C63 D73 2012 Check Availability

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7.T36 Ar 2007 Check Availability In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for himself and his family. Gr. 7-12.
 * Tan, S. (2007). //The Arrival.// New York: Arthur A. Levine Books. **

ERC PROF BK PZ7.T16123 Lon 2011 Check Availability Three short stories illustrated by Tan, previously released in Australia: The Red Tree, The Lost Thing, The Rabbits. Gr. 4-8.
 * Tan, S. (2011). //Lost & Found.// New York: Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7.T45 Dr 2012 [|Check Availability] Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of //Moon Over Mississippi// as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going. Gr. 5-up.
 * Telgemeier, R. (2012). //Drama.// New York: Graphix/Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .T295 B33 2011 Check Availability Shipwrecked on an island, Reese and his family's vacation turns from bad into a frantic adventure as they must find a way to escape while dodging the island's lethal inhabitants. Gr. 5-8.
 * TenNapel, D. (2011). //Bad Island.// New York: Graphix/Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK PS3618.A85 A38 2008 Check Availability In graphic novel format, retells the story of a boy and a runaway slave as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft. Gr. 5-up.
 * Twain, M. (2008). //Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.// Happauge, NY: Barron's. **

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .W4795 P75 2004 Check Availability PS238 is a unique learning institution specially designed to educate the next generation of superhumans. While their parents battle the forces of evil, PS238 students face the perils of offworld field trips, the fear of flying, class elections, and even gym class! Gr. 5-up
 * Williams, A. (2004). //PS238: With liberty and recess for all.// ??: Dork Storm. **

ERC PROF BK PS3573.O59 I58 2008 Check Availability Brothers Sumno and Duffy are told they must travel to a volcanic island to help an aunt they have never met. When they arrive, they discover that their mysterious auntie is up to no good. They are set on an expedition that takes them on a wild boat ride straight into an erupting volcano. Gr. 6-8.
 * Wood, Don. (2008). //Into the Volcano.// New York: Blue Sky Press.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.K678337 Am 2006b Check Availability Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Gr. 7-up.
 * Yang, G.L. (2006). //American Born Chinese.// Color by Lark Pien. New York: First Second.**

**__Appropriate for High School - Adult__**
ERC PROF BK PN6790.C853 A26 2008 Check Availability A fictional memoir of nineteen-year-old Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling neighbors and relatives, all caught up in the simple pleasures of everyday life in Yop City. Gr. 10-12.
 * Abouet, M. & Oubrerie, C. (2008). //Aya.// Translation by Helge Dascher. Montreal: Drawn and Quarterly.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .A687 B3 2010 Check Availability A farmer and family man by day, blues musician by night, and a drinker of fine spirits at any hour, BB's life seemed simple. But this fragile peace comes crashing down when the LPs decide to take his land by any means possible. When all is lost, BB lashes out, setting into motion acts of revenge only a Big Bad Wolf could unleash. Gr. 9-up.
 * Arnold, J.D. (2010). //BB Wolf and the three LPs.// Marietta, GA: Top Shelf.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.B895 S46 2010 Check Availability Graphic novel presentation of a tale of English country manners in which two sisters, on sensible and one impulsive, wrestle with their attractions to unsuitable men after they are forced to leave their family home following the death of their father. Gr. 9-12.
 * Austen, J. (2010). //Sense & Sensibility.// New York: Marvel Entertainment.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .D466 M9 2012 Check Availability Biography of the middle and high school years of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmar, from the perspective of a classmate. Gr. 9-up.
 * Backderf, D. (2012). //My friend Dahmer.// New York: Abrams.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.B3757 Z46 2007 Check Availability A memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father--a funeral home director, high school English teacher, and closeted homosexual. Adult
 * Bechdel, A. (2007). //Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic.// Boston: Houghton Mifflin.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.B76 L68 2006 Check Availability Chester Brown reinvents the comic-book medium to create the critically acclaimed historical biography //Louis Riel//, winning the Harvey Awards for best writing and best graphic novel for his compelling, meticulous, and dispassionate retelling of the charismatic, and perhaps insane, nineteenth-century Métis leader. Adult.
 * Brown, C. (2006). //Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography.// New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.C3638 P3 2001 Check Availability Winner of the Xeric Foundation Grant Award, this is a collection of 9 self-published short stories, historically reworking the future. Gr. 9-adult.
 * Catmull, B. (2001). //Paper Theater.// Oakland, CA: self-published.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.D44 P913 2007 Check Availability One of the few Westerners granted access to North Korea documents his observations of the secretive society in this graphic travelogue that depicts the cultural alienation, boredom, and desires of ordinary North Koreans. Adult.
 * Delisle, G. (2007). //Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea.// Montreal, Quebec: Drawn & Quarterly.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .S35 .G74 Graphic novel presentation of classic work by Dickens about young orphan Pip and his life in London in the 1860's. Gr. 9-adult.
 * Dickens, C. (2009). //Great expectations: the graphic novel.// Lichtborough, U.K.: Classical Comics.**
 * //**Original Text.**// ERC PROF BK PN6727 .S35 .G74 2009 Check Availability
 * **//Quick Text//**. ERC PROF BK PN6727 .S35 .G74 2009b Check Availability

ERC PROF BK PN6727.T455 D67 2010 Check Availability The dogs of Burden Hill, accompanied by a stray cat, investigate paranormal activities in their neighborhood, including black magic cats, demonic frogs, and zombie roadkill. Adult.
 * Dorkin, E. (2010). //Beasts of burden : animal rites, v.1.// Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.E4 A6 2006 Check Availability Frimme Hersh breaks his contract with God and ends up as a Depression-era slumlord, while Jacob Shtarkah strives to help an old friend trapped in Nazi Germany and struggles with poverty and the corruption of the residents of Dropsie Avenue. Adult.
 * Eisner, W. (2006). //The Contract with God Trilogy: Life on Dropsie Avenue.// New York: W.W. Norton.**

ERC PROF BK GV1545.L66 F54 2007 Check Availability Written in the form of a graphic novel, a full-color biography of China's greatest magician by his great-granddaughter chronicles the extraordinary life and career of Long Tack Sam, from his youth in China's Shangdung province to his diverse roles as an acrobat, magician, comic, impresario, restaurateur, theater owner, and world traveler. Gr. 9-adult.
 * Fleming, A.M. (2007). //The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam.// New York: Riverhead Books. **

ERC PROF BK E185.97 .K5 F59 2013 Check Availability Presents in graphic novel format the life of the Baptist minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner who became the leader and orator of the African American civil rights movement before his assassination in 1968. Gr. 9-adult.
 * Flowers, A. (2013). //I see the promised land: A life of Martin Luther King Jr.// Toronto, Ontario: Groundwood Books. **

ERC PROF BK PN6737.G35 M37 2004 Check Availability Things in England become chaotic after Queen Elizabeth's death, and Nicholas Fury, Otto Von Doom, and the other superheroes must decide whether to stay in England or emigrate to America with a young girl and her Indian protector. Gr. 9-adult.
 * Gaiman, N. (2004). //Marvel 1602.// New York: Marvel Comics. **

ERC PROF BK PN6737.G35 S361 1995 Check Availability An attempt to summon and imprison Death, results, instead, in the capture of Morpheus, the Sandman, who must regain the tools of his powers. Gr. 9-adult.
 * Gaiman, N. (1995). //The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes.// New York: DC Comics. **

ERC PROF BK E687.9.G43 1999 Check Availability Geary explores the first assassination of one of our presidents in the hands of an obsessive-compulsive stalker. Adult.
 * Geary, R. (1999). //The Fatal Bullet: A True Account of the Assassination, Lingering Pain, Death, and Burial of James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States.// New York: NBM. **

ERC PROF BK PN6767.G56 A6613 2007 Check Availability Three young drifters in a war-torn nation meet Felix, an older thug who soon takes over the group and forms them into an organized gang that performs acts that they never would have in a civilized world. Gr. 11-12.
 * Gipi. (2007). //Notes for a War Story.// Translated by Spectrum. New York: First Second.**

ERC PROF BK E178.4.G663 2005 Check Availability An animated tour of U.S. history, from the first English colony to the Gulf War, describes and explains the significance of such events as the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the labor and civil rights movements. Gr. 9-up.
 * Gonick, L. (2005). //The Cartoon History of the United States.// New York: Collins Reference.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .H28 R39 2009 Check Availability With an introduction by Bradbury, parts of this were previously published in //Playboy//. Gr. 11-adult.
 * Hamilton, Tim. (2009). //Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: the authorized adaptation.// New York: Hill & Wang.**

ERC PROF BK BP223.Z8 L5745 2006 Check Availability A graphic novel that shows Malcolm Little's transformation from a black youth beaten down by Jim Crow America into Malcolm X, the charismatic, controversial, and doomed national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Gr. 10-12.
 * Helfer, A. (2006). //Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography.// New York: Hill and Wang.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.H53 B46 2007 Check Availability A powerful, graphic-novel retelling of Britain's oldest epic vividly brings to life a Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf who, after defeating great evils, meets his match in the death-dragon of the deep. Gr. 10-12.
 * Hinds, G. (2007). //Beowulf.// Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.**
 * //Teacher Resource: @http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763630225.btg.1.pdf//

ERC PROF BK PR2819 .A2 P65 2006 Check Availability Based on the play by Shakespeare. When an old and jaded king sets out to divide his realm among his three daughters, demanding proof of their devotion in words, he instead divides his family. so begins a bitter struggle that eats away at the kingdom -- and the old man's sanity -- in this timeless tale of pride and deviance. Gr. 7-10.
 * Hinds, G. (2009). //King Lear.// Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.**
 * //​Teacher Resource: @http://www.garethhinds.com/book/lear_study_guide_v1.pdf//

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .H56 O3 2010 Check Availability Retelling of Homer's classic work, in graphic novel format. Gr. 9-adult.
 * Hinds, G. (2010). //The Odyssey: a graphic novel.// Somerville, MA: Candlewick.**
 * //Teacher Resource: @http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763642665.btg.1.pdf//

ERC PROF BK PN6727.H535 H45 2003 Check Availability Chronicles the exploits of the secret Hellsing Organization, formed by the Hellsing family to protect England and the Protestant church from vampires and other monsters, and its top operative, the vampire Alucard. Gr. 9-up.
 * Hirano, K. (2003). //Hellsing.// Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Manga.**

ERC PROF BK PN6726.H594 S25 2003 Check Availability Provides information about evolution through the story of Charles Darwin and his attempt to convince follicle mites living in his left eyebrow that he is not their creator and that evolution is real. Adult.
 * Hosler, J. (2003). //Sandwalk Adventures: An Adventure in Evolution Told in Five Chapters.// Columbus: Active Synapse.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.H5947 K58 2011 Check Availability Story of the unlikely and inseparable friendship between two boys caught in the tragic sweep of history -- from the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the horrific rule of the Taliban. Gr. 9-adult.
 * Hosseini, K. (2011). //The Kite Runner: graphic novel.// New York: Riverhead Trade.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7.K38 Ti 2011 Check Availability Tina Malhotra, a sophomore at the Yarbrough Academy in Southern California, creates an existential diary for an honors English assignment in which she tries to determine who she is and where she fits in. Gr. 9-up.
 * Kashyap, K. (2011). //Tina's mouth: an existential comic diary.// New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.K596 B76 2006 Check Availability Set in 1930s Brooklyn, follows the lives of Jewish gangsters organized by Louis Lepke Buchalter as they form the Mafia's infamous "Murder, Inc." Gr. 9-12.
 * Kleid, N. (2006). //Brownsville.// Illustrated by Jake Allen. New York: NBM Comics Lit.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .A259 G36 2012 Check Availability Graphic novel treatment of Martin's popular epic fantasy. Gr. 9-up.
 * Martin, G.R.R. (2012). //The game of thrones: The graphic novel, v.1.// New York: Bantam Books. **

ERC PROF BK PN6727.M42 C34 2006 [|Check Availability] A single-volume collection of the graphic fantasy series follows the modern fable of an abandoned castle and its eccentric inhabitants, in an anthology that includes such pieces as "The Curse of Brambly Hedge," "The Lucky Road," and "Solicitine." Gr. 9-12.
 * Medley, L. (2006). //Castle Waiting.// Introduction by Jane Yolen. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics.**

Graphic novel adaptation of Meyer's bestselling novel of vampires and love.
 * Meyer, Stephenie. (2010). Twilight: The graphic novel. New York: Yen Press. **
 * //**v. 1**// ERC PROF BK PN6727 .K56 T85 2010 Check Availability

ERC PROF BK PN6727.M55 A2 2006 Check Availability The five-part series is collected into a beautiful, 88-page hardcover volume, with each two-page spread from the comic presented as it was originally intended - as a single undivided page, greatly enhancing the graphic and narrative power of this immortal tale of heroic sacrifice. Gr. 9-adult.
 * Miller, F. (2006). //300.// Color by Lynn Varley. Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books.**
 * Feature film adaptation available (c2007, rated R, 116 min. DVD): ERC NON PRNT PN1995.9.E79 T4744 2007 Check Availability

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .M57 T74 2002 Check Availability Two brothers with little in common and their commanding officer arrive in the trenches of the Western Front of WWI. Gr. 9-adult.
 * Mills, S. (2002). //Trenches.// Marietta, GA: Top Shelf Productions.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .M58 P64 2010 Check Availability Fist of a series of 4 fictionalized accounts of Edgar Allan Poe as a detective, tracking down a supernatural killer. Gr. 9-up.
 * Mitchell, J.Barton. (2011). //Poe, v.1.// Los Angeles, CA: Boom Studios.**

ERC PROF BK PN6790.J34 H68513 2006 Check Availability Mashiro, a hermaphrodite high school student, joins a "special" dream class to become completely male but faces obstacles from other students along the way. Gr. 9-up.
 * Mizushiro, S. (2006). //After School Nightmare.// Agoura Hills, CA: Go! Comi.**

ERC PROF BK PN6790.I73 M63 2007 [|Check Availability] A young man unravels the mysteries of his father's death and entire identity after learning he may have been a victim of a suicide bombing, in a graphic novel set in modern Israel. Gr. 10-12.
 * Modan, R. (2007). //Exit Wounds.// Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly. **

ERC PROF BK PN6728 .B36 M66 2008 Check Availability This comic book stirred some controversy with its depiction of The Joke shooting Commissioner Gordon's daughter. Adult.
 * Moore, A. (2008). //Batman: The killing joke.// ??: DC Comics. **

ERC PROF BK PN6737 .M66 N46 2011 Check Availability When an FBI agent loses his faculties while investigating a series of mysterious murders, two more agents are sent in to solve the case. Adult.
 * Moore, A. (2011) //Neonomicon.// New York: Avatar. **

ERC PROF BK PN6737.M6 W35 1987 Check Availability No summary available. Adult.
 * Moore, A. (1987). //Watchmen.// Illustrated and Lettered by Dave Gibbons. Colored by John Higgins. New York: DC Comics Inc.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.7 M67 Emm 2006 Check Availability Emma, a young woman rescued from destitution and trained as a proper British maid, falls in love with William, the eldest son of a wealthy family, but their pure love may be torn apart by class differences and prejudice. Gr. 9-12.
 * Mori, K. (2006). //Emma.// La Jolla, CA: WildStorm Publications.**

Historical fiction, following the story of 20-year-old Amir Halgal, who is betrothed to a 12-year old boy. Gr. 9-up.
 * Mori, Kaoru. (2011). //Bride's Story.// New York: Yen Press.** [|Check Availability]
 * //**Book 1.**//
 * //**Book 2.**//

ERC PROF BK PZ7.M992 Au 2005 Check Availability Jesse pours his heart and soul into his sketchbook to make sense of life in his troubled Harlem neighborhood and the loss of a close friend. Gr. 8-12.
 * Myers, W.D. (2005). //Autobiography of my Dead Brother.// New York: HarperTempest/Amistad.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.M96 M57 2006 Check Availability A unique tribute to a small-town American childhood highlights the experiences that shaped the author's character, for better and for worse, offering snapshots of happiness alternating with tragedy. Gr. 9-up.
 * Myrick, L. (2006). //Missouri Boy.// Color by Hillary Sycamore. New York: First Second.**

ERC PROF BK QE707.C63 O88 2005 Check Availability This is the story of Edwin Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh, two scientists who found and fought for bones, and the artist Charles R. Knight who almost single-handedly brought dinosaurs back to life for an awestruck public. Adult.
 * Ottaviani, J. (2005). //Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards: A Tale of Edwin Drinker Cope, Othniel Charles Marsh, and the Guilded Age of Paleontology.// Ann Arbor, MI: G.T. Labs.**

ERC PROF BK PN6728.U53 P37 2007 Check Availability Sama and his teddy bear enter the strange realm of Undertown in search of the Sugar Stone that might heal his father. Gr. 8-up.
 * Pascoe, J. (2007). //Undertown.// Los Angeles: Tokyopop.**

ERC PROF BK PN6790 .S93 P4413 2008 Check Availability English translation of Peeters' graphic memoir of loving a woman and her son who are both HIV positive. Adult.
 * Peeters, F. (2008). //Blue pills: A positive love story.// Boston: Houghton Mifflin. **

ERC PROF BK PN6727.P44 Q588 2005 Check Availability A young Jewish boy in an increasingly African-American neighborhood struggles to find his place but finds discouragement in anything less than success. He berates himself and quits when things don't go exactly as he planned. His strategy works -- until the joins the navy. Gr. 9-12.
 * Pekar, H. (2005). //The Quitter.// New York: DC Comics.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .R385 C37 2012 Check Availability Rege's Magnum Opus -- a unique work of comic book art -- that is part sci-fi, part philosophy with elements of the psychedelic, and pure cartoonish joy. Adult
 * Rege, R. (2012). //The cartoon utopia.// Seattle: Fantagraphics Books.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .R53 T66 2008 Check Availability Andy Wicks has tried everything to quit smoking cigarettes. Finally, he tries hypnotherapy -- which yields an astonishing result. Gr. 9-up.
 * Robinson, A. (2008). //Too cool to be forgotten.// Marietta, GA: Top Shelf.**

ERC PROF BK HX843.7.G65 R83 2007 [|Check Availability] Recounts the life of Emma Goldman, from her childhood in czarist Russia and emigration to the United States, to her participation in communist, anarchist, and feminist activities and her fight against fascism during the Spanish Civil War. Adult.
 * Rudahl, S. (2007). //A Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman.// New York: New Press.**

ERC PROF BK DR1313.32 G67 S33 2000 Check Availability Comic strips reveal the lives of those living in the Muslim enclave of Gorazde during the Bosnian war, describing how they survived Serbian attacks that left them without access to the outside world, electricity, or running water. Adult.
 * Sacco, J. (2000). //Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995.// Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books. **

ERC PROF BK PN6728.P35 S23 2007 Check Availability An expanded edition of the classic American Book Award-winning work includes previously unpublished supplemental material including the creator's background notes, sketches, and photographic references, in a volume that illustrates life on the front lines of the war-devastated region. Adult.
 * Sacco, J. (2007). //Palestine: The Special Edition.// Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.S14 S63 2005 Check Availability Provides a unique view of the war in Bosnia from the perspective of individuals on both sides of the conflict in two short stories. Adult.
 * Sacco, J. (2005). //War's End: Profiles from Bosnia, 1995-1996.// Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly. **

ERC PROF BK PN6747.S245 P4713 2007 Check Availability Collects a two-part graphic memoir, in which the great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran, a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contradictions between public and private life. Gr. 10-adult.
 * Satrapi, M. (2007). //The Complete Persepolis.// New York: Pantheon Books.**

ERC PROF BK PN6747.S245 P4713 2003 Check Availability Satrapi's visual autobiography of life under the Islamic Revolution in Iran is both a stark and terrifying story and one filled with charm and wry observations. Gr. 9-adult.
 * Satrapi, M. (2003). //Persepolis: the story of a childhood.// New York: Pantheon.**

Presents in graphic novel format an adaptation of Shakespeare's historic tale of war and peace between England and France during the reign of Henry V. Gr. 9-up.
 * Shakespeare, W. (2008). //Henry V: the graphic novel.// Litchborough, U.K.: Classical Comics.**
 * **//Original Text.//** ERC PROF BK PN6737 .M33 H45 2008 Check Availability
 * //**Plain Text.**// ERC PROF BK PN6737 .M33 H45 2008c Check Availability
 * //**Original Text.**// ERC PROF BK PN6737 .M33 H45 2008b Check Availability

ERC PROF BK PR2819.A2 P65 2006 Check Availability Presents Shakespeare's tragedy of a royal father and his daughters in graphic novel format. Gr. 9-12.
 * Shakespeare, W. (2006). //King Lear.// Illustrated by Ian Pollock. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers.**

ERC PROF BK PR2878.M33 H39 2008 Check Availability In graphic novel format, retells the story of Macbeth, who plots to seize.... the throne of Scotland. Gr. 9-12.
 * Shakespeare, W. (2008). //Macbeth.// Illustrated by Nick Spender. Retold by Stephen Haynes. Happauge, NY: Barron's.**

Graphic novel treatment of Shakespeare's best loved play, melding tangled loves, amateur dramatics, and an argument between the Fairy Queen and King. Gr. 9-up.
 * Shakespeare, W. (2011). //A midsummer night's dream: the graphic novel.// Litchborough, U.K.: Classical Comics.**
 * //**Original Text.**// ERC PROF BK PN6737 .M266 M54 2011 Check Availability
 * //**Plain Text.**// ERC PROF BK PN6727 .M335 M53 2011 Check Availability
 * //**Quick Text.**// ERC PROF BK PN6737 .M266 M54 2011b Check Availability

Presents in graphic novel format an adaptation of Shakespeare's play of the tragic consequences of a deadly feud between two rival families in Renaissance Verona. Gr. 9-up.
 * Shakespeare, W. (2009). //Romeo and Juliet: the graphic novel.// Litchborough, U.K.: Classical Comics.**
 * //**Original Text.**// ERC PROF BK PZ.7.M478418 Roo 2009 Check Availability
 * //**Plain Text.**// ERC PROF BK PZ7.M478418 Rop 2009 Check Availability
 * //**Quick Text.**// ERC PROF BK PZ.7.M478418 Rog 2009 Check Availability
 * //**Teacher's Guide.**// ERC PROF BK PR2878.R65 M38 2009 Check Availability

Graphic novel adaptation of Shakespeare's play in which Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, uses his skill at controlling natural forces to cause the shipwreck of his old opponents, forcing them to seek refuge on the island where he and his daughter, Miranda, have been living in exile, and setting the stage for Miranda to fall in love with Ferdinand, the prince of Naples.
 * Shakespeare, W. (2009). //The Tempest: the graphic novel.// Litchborough, U.K.: Classical Comics. Gr. 9-up.**
 * //**Original Text.**// ERC PROF BK PR2878.T45 M331 2009 Check Availability
 * //**Plain Text.**// ERC PROF BK PR2878.T45 M332 2009 Check Availability
 * //**Quick Text.**// ERC PROF BK PR2878.T45 M333 2009 Check Availability
 * //**Teacher's Guide.**// ERC PROF BK PR2878.T45 M33 2009 Check Availability

In graphic novel format, presents an adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tale about a man who kills his king after hearing the prophesies of three witches. Gr. 9-up.
 * Shakespeare, W. (2008). //Macbeth: the graphic novel.// Litchborough, U.K.: Classical Comics.**
 * //**Original Text.**// ERC PROF BK PR278.M33 M381 2008 Check Availability
 * //**Plain Text.**// ERC PROF BK PR2878.M33 M382 2008 Check Availability
 * //**Quick Text.**// ERC PROF BK PR2878.M33 M383 2008 Check Availability
 * //**Teacher's Guide.**// ERC PROF BK PR2878.M33 M38 2009 Check Availability

ERC PROF BK PN6727.S48 A37 2001 Check Availability Drawn from the myths and legends of centuries, a thousand ships presents a new for the twenty-first century the complete prelude to the Trojan War -- each sensual touch, every savage blow the smiles and tears and lust and betrayal, the entire tapestry of drama and action. Adult.
 * Shanower, E. (2001). //Age of Bronze.// Orange, CA: Image.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .S54465 Z46 2009 Check Availability Graphic autobiography of Caldecott Award winner Small. Gr. 9-up.
 * Small, D. (2009). //Stitches: A memoir. New// York: W.W. Norton & Co.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.S6 I5 2004 Check Availability The author conveys his experience of the September 11th tragedy in a series of drawings and text that capture the horror of the event, its impact on his own life, and the erosion of American democracy that has occurred in the aftermath. Adult.
 * Spiegelman, A. (2004). //In the Shadow of No Towers.// New York: Pantheon Books. **

ERC PROF BK PN6727.M688 D73 2007 Check Availability English estate agent Jonathan Harker has gone to Transylvania to meet his new client, the eccentric Count Dracula. but in the Count's ruined castle, Harker uncovers an ancient, deathless evil. Now that evil has followed him to England, to feed on the nation's teeming millions as they sleep...for Dracula never sleeps. Gr. 9-12.
 * Stoker, B. (2007). //Dracula.// New York: Sterling.**


 * Stoker, B. (2012). //Dracula: The graphic novel.// Towchester, U.K.**
 * //**Original text.**// ERC PROF BK PN6737 .C63 D73 2012 Check Availability
 * //**Quick text.**// ERC PROF BK PN6737 .C63 D73 2012b Check Availability

ERC PROF BK PN6728 .S9 S77 2013 Check Availability A darker Superman, this is the first of a series re-imagining the Man of Steel. In this issue, he begins a rudderless 20-year-old and begins to see his destiny. Gr. 9-up..
 * Straczynski, J.M. & Davis, S. (2010). //Superman: Earth one.// New York: DC Comics.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.T334 Ski 2008 Check Availability "Skim" is a not-slim would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls' school. When her classmate Katie is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself, the entire school goes into a mourning overdrive. The popular clique stars a club to boost school spirit, but Skim sinks into an ever-deepening depression. Gr. 9-12.
 * Tamaki, Mariko. (2008). //Skim.// Toronto, ON, Canada: Groundwood.**

ERC PROF BK PN6790.J33 K5713 2006 Check Availability //Ode to Kirihito// demolishes naive notions about human nature and health and likely preconceptions about the comics master himself. Adult.
 * Tezuka, O. (2006). //Ode to Kirihito.// Translation by Camillia Nieh. New York: Vertical.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .T48 B58 2006 Check Availability Loosely based on the author's life, chronicles Craig's journey from childhood to adulthood, exploring the people, experiences, and beliefs that he encountered along the way. Gr. 9-adult.
 * Thompson, C. (2006). //Blankets: An Illustrated Novel.// Marietta, GA: Top Shelf.**

ERC PROF BK PN6727.V387 P75 2006 Check Availability Inspired by true events, a graphic novel examines life on the streets of war-torn Iraq, raising questions about the meaning of liberation through the experiences of four lions who escaped from the Baghdad Zoo during a raid. Gr. 9-12.
 * Vaughan, B.K. (2006). //Pride of Baghdad: Inspired by a True Story.// Art by Niko Henrichon. Lettering by Todd Klein. New York: DC Comics.**

ERC PROF BK PN6728.R866 V384 2005 Check Availability When six young friends discover that their parents are all secretly super-powered villains, they run away together and find strength in one another to overcome their evil legacy. Gr. 9-12.
 * Vaughan, B.K. (2005). //Runaways, v. 1.// Illustrated by Adrian Alphona et al. New York: Marvel Comics.**

ERC PROF BK PN6728 .S9 S77 2013 Check Availability **Wilson, S.M. (2012). //Sweeney Todd: The demon barber of Fleet Street.// Litchborough, U.K.: Classical Comics Ltd.** Adaptation of serialized story "The String of Pearls" about the London barber who mysteriously murders selected customers to steal their money and valuables. Gr. 9-up.

ERC PROF BK PN6727 .W59 M37 2013 Check Availability Indie comic science fiction book that explores the Earth in a post-apocalyptic future. Adult.
 * Wood, B. //The massive (series).// Milwauke, OR: Dark Horse. **
 * **v.1 //Black Pacific.//** (2012).

ERC PROF BK HV4506 .N7 Y68 2008 Check Availability Antony Horton, an African-American homeless man living in a subway tunnel, describes his life on the streets. Gr. 8-10.
 * Youme. (2008). //Pitch black.// El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press.**

ERC PROF BK PN6790 .Y93 Z64 2007 Check Availability A profound collection of Zograf's comics and correspondences during the war in Serbia.This book captures the essence of life during wartime, including the moral ambiguities of war, the horrific reality, the humanity. It includes Zograf's entire email correspondence to his friends throughout the world during the bombing of his hometown of Pancevo, as well as all of his comic strips produced over the decade Bosnian/Serbian war. Adult.
 * Zograf, A. (2007). //Regards from Serbia.// Marietta, GA: Top Shelf.**

= __Teacher Resources__ =

[] The Association for Library Service to Children's published annotated list : Core Collection Graphic Novels for grades K-8.
 * [|2016 Update]

ERC PROF BK LB1044.9 .C59 B76 2014 Check Availability This guide shows secondary school teachers how to incorporate graphic novels into content area instruction as a tool for meeting the needs of diverse learners and achieving the goals of the CCSS. Professional.
 * Brozo, W.G., Moorman, G. & Meyer, C.K. (2014). //Wham! Teaching with graphic novels across the curriculum.// New York: Teachers College Press.**

ERC PROF BK Z692.G7 b G73 2009 Check Availability This study of the graphic novel and its growth in the library helps librarians utilize and develop this extraordinarily popular format in their library collections. Professional.
 * Cornorg, M., & Perper, T. (Eds). (2009). //Graphic Novels Beyond the Basics: Insights and Issues for Libraries.// Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited/ABC-CLIO.**

ERC PROF BK NC1764 .D38 2004 Check Availability Use Davila's techniques to teach your students write the storyline and draw characters for their their own graphic novels. Gr. 3-up.
 * Davila, V. (2004). //How to draw graphic novels.// New York: Tangerine Press/Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK Z688 .C64 F34 2011 Check Availability This will help librarians extend literary graphic novel collections to attract a large, untapped group of comic book readers with a sure-to-be-popular comic book collection. Professional.
 * Fagan, B.D. (2011). //Comic book collections for libraries.// Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.**

ERC PROF BK LB1044.9 .C59 G38 2011 Check Availability The essential guide for librarians and teachers who want to develop a quality, curriculum-based graphic novel collection -- and use its power to engage and inform middle and high school students. Professional.
 * Gavigan, K.W. (2011). //Connecting comics to curriculum: strategies for grades 6-12.// Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.**

ERC PROF BK PN6710.G738 2005 Check Availability A tour of one hundred definitive graphic novels documents their growing role in the literary world. Professional.
 * Gravett, P. (2005). //Graphic Novels: Everything You Need to Know.// New York: Collins Designs.**

ERC PROF BK Check Availability Hatfield establishes the parameters of alternative comics by closely examining long-form comics, in particular the "graphic novel". He argues that comics are fundamentally a literary form and offers an extensive critical study of alternative comics as both a literary form a cultural phenomenon. Professional.
 * Hatfield, Charles. (2005). //Alternative comics: An emerging literature.// Jackson: University of Mississippi Press.**

ERC PROF BK PN6710 .H47 2011 Check Availability Identifies and described the growing number of graphic novels that are suitable for and popular with readers 6-14, with approximately 400 titles listed according to genre, subgenre and theme. Professional.
 * Herald, N. (2011). //Graphic novels for young readers: A genre guide for ages 4-14 (Genreflecting Advisory series).// Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.**

ERC PROF BK Z692.G7 L94 2004 Check Availability Shows teachers and librarians how they can use graphic novels to encourage reading and support the curriculum. Professional.
 * Lyga, A. (2004). //Graphic Novels in Your Media Center: A Definitive Guide.// Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.**

ERC PROF BK PN6714 .C662 2016 Check Availability Interviews include Harry Bliss, Geoffrey hayes, Matt Phelan, Mark Siegel, James Sturm, and Gen Luen Yang.
 * Marcus, L.S. (2016). //Comics confidential: thirteen graphic novelists talk story, craft, and life outside the box.// Somerville, MA: Candlewick.**

ERC PROF BK PN6710 .M32 1994 Check Availability Traces the 3,000 year history of storytelling through pictures, discussing the language and images used. Professional.
 * McCloud, S. (1995). //Understanding comics: the invisible art.// New York: HarperPerennial.**

ERC PROF BK PN6710.P38 2007 Check Availability An annotated bibliographic guide to graphic novels contains approximately 2,400 titles listed by genre and sub-genre. Professional.
 * Pawuk, M. (2007). //Graphic Novels: A Genre Guide to Comic Books, Manga, and More.// Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.**

ERC PROF BK Z692.G7 S47 2008 Check Availability A guide to graphic novels for children and pre-teens offers historical and genre information, provides collection building tips, and discusses how to manage, promote, and maintain the collection. Professional.
 * Serchay, D. (2008). //The Librarian's Guide to Graphic Novels for Children and Tweens.// New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers.**

ERC PROF BK Z5956 .C6 W45 2015 [|Check Availability] This fourth edition of Weiner's work lists recommended graphic novels currently available in the United States includes a black-and-white illustration of the cover and a brief review. Professional.
 * Weiner, S. (2015). //101 Outstanding Graphic Novels.// New York: NBM.**