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Comics and Graphic Novels

This guide provides helpful information about comic books and graphic novels as subjects of academic research.

Websites

ALSC - Graphic Novels Reading List
The Association of Library Services to Children publishes an annual reading list of graphic novels for kids grades K-8.
YALSA - Great Graphic Novels
Each year the Young Adult Library Services Association publishes a recommended reading list of graphic novels for young adults. View the current and past lists.

Children

Akissi by Marguerite Abouet; Mathieu Sapin (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.7 .A26 AK 2013
Bluffton by Matt Phelan (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ4.P51 BL 2013
El Deafo by Cece Bell; David Lasky (Illustrator)
Call Number: HV2534.B44 A3 2014
The End Zone by Lori Mortensen; Mary Sullivan (Illustrator); Christianne C. Jones (General Editor); Hilary Wacholz (Designed by)
Call Number: PZ7.7 .M67 EN 2009
Explorer by Kazu Kibuishi (Editor)
Call Number: PZ7.7 .E97 2012
The Legend of Hong Kil Dong by Anne Sibley O'Brien
Call Number: PN6727 .O27 T36 2006
Night of the Homework Zombies by Scott Nickel; Steve Harpster (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN6727 .N544 N54 2006
The Only Child by Guojing
Call Number: PZ7.7 .G9 ON 2015
The Secret of the Stone Frog by David Nytra (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.7 .N98 SE 2012
The Shark King by Trade Loeffler (Illustrator); R. Kikuo Johnson (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.7 .J642 SH 2012
Written and Drawn by Henrietta by Liniers
Call Number: PZ7.7 .L56 WR 2015

Middle Grade

Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Call Number: PZ7.7 .T45 DR 2012
Drawing from Memory by Allen Say (Illustrator)
Call Number: NC975.5 .S39 A2 2011
Gaijin: American Prisoner of War by Matt Faulkner
Call Number: PZ7.7 .F39 GAI 2014
A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached (Illustrator); Edward Gauvin (Translator)
Call Number: PN6790 .L43 A2513 2012
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.7 .T45 GH 2016
The Little Prince Graphic Novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; Joann Sfar (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ8.S49 LI 2010
Low Riders in Space by Cathy Camper; Raúl (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.7 .C363 LO 2014
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Call Number: PZ7.7 .J36 RO 2015
The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang; Sonny Liew (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.7 .Y35 SH 2014
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
Call Number: RK55 .Y68 T45 2010
Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN6790 .J34 O65 2002 [V.] 1
The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ4.P51 ST 2009
Trickster by Matt Dembicki (Editor)
Call Number: E98 .F6 T73 2010

Young Adult

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang; Lark Pien (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.Y1926 AM 2006
Drowned City by Don Brown
Call Number: HV636 2005.N4 B75 2015
Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan
Call Number: PN6790 .I73 M63 2007
Jane, the Fox and Me by Isabelle Arsenault (Illustrator); Fanny Britt; Susan Ouriou (Translator); Christelle Morelli
Call Number: PZ7.7 .B76 JA 2013
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN6747 .S245 P4713 2003
Stitches by David Small
Call Number: PN6727 .S54465 S75 2009
The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot
Call Number: PN6727 .T35 T35 1995
Tales from the Farm by Jeff Lemire (Illustrator, Artist)
Call Number: PN6733 .L46 T35 2007
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki; Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.7 .T355 THI 2014

Youth Graphic Novel Quick Search

Use these subjects to find even more graphic novels for kids and teens using the
Children's Literature Quick Search Box below:

graphic novels
comics
comic books
cartoons

Last Updated: Dec 18, 2020 10:32 AM
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