Jane Malmberg from the Newton Free Library visited our 5th Grade book club yesterday to share some unusual graphic novels with us. Unusual because none of them were exactly fiction...
Shakespeare in Graphic Novel format:
The Tempest by John McDonalds or Romeo and Juliet by Gareth Hinds (2013)
Why read Shakespear in graphic format? Well, if you already like Shakespeare's plays you may enjoy reading them in this visual style since it is almost like seeing a dramatic interpretation of the play. Here's the interesting thing... if you really don't like reading Shakespeare - maybe because the language is difficult and so different from the English that we normally speak and read - then these graphic versions of the plays might be just the thing since the illustrations and images help make sense of the language.
Biography:
Houdini: The Handcuff King by Jason Lutes
Lily Renee, Escape Artist by Trina Robbins
Alia's Mission: Saving the books of Iraq by Mark Alan Stamaty
and finally, last but not least a book that is not truly a graphic novel, but has some GN elements:
Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves, & Other Female Villains
by Jane Yolen and her daughter Heidi Stemple
This book is not a typical graphic novel, but between each chapter about a different historical woman who was labeled (and often really was) a "bad girl" there are graphic pages showing the two authors discussing the individuals they wrote about.
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