Two-Fisted Science, by Jim Ottaviani (GT Labs, 2001).ġ4. Dignifying Science, by Jim Ottaviani (GT Labs, 2000).ġ3. The Basics of Cell Life With Max Axiom, Super Scientist, by Amber Keyser, illustrated by Cynthia Martin and Barbara Jo Schulz (Graphic Library, 2009).ġ2. They can check with their library media specialist for the details.ġ. Do note that teacher’s educational wholesaler can rebind books for the classroom as well. Here is a sample listing of science-based graphic novels from a group of publishers who represent some of the best books teachers can get for their classrooms. There are some key elements that are making this possible and we can thank teachers who see the connection between the comics medium and the discovery of a love of reading storytellers and artists who also have a passion for subjects like science, history, and classic literature and publishers who are now creating quality books. From memoirs to physics and from historical fiction to poetry there are hundreds of new, and very good, works arriving with each new publishing season. I think what surprises so many folks I meet in the school’s market is that they don’t realize how many graphic novels there are and how many genres are available. With the explosion of graphic content in the education market it’s really not surprising to find a lot of great science-based graphic titles. I asked him if he had a list kicking around of good science-based graphic novels and he was kind enough to pull together 15 titles that, he says, represent the best the K-12 publishing industry has to offer. I met John a few months back at the Baltimore ComicCon, and I knew that he was interested in the intersection of science and graphic novels. After Amy Wickner’s post earlier this week on a new paper that appeared in the New England Reading Association Journal exploring the use of graphic novels in conversation with science text books, I dropped an email to John Shableski, a publishing consultant and industry expert who has clocked some 400 hours leading graphic novel professional-development programs related to K-12 education.
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