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Graphic Novels

September 12, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Books and Belonging: The Importance of Seeing Ourselves in Stories, a guest post by author Misty Wilson

Author MIsy Wilson discusses her graphic memoir Play Like a Girl and the power of story to remind us all that we belong

July 21, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

#FactsMatter: Nonfiction Graphic Novel Series for Tweens and Teens

Want to get more nonfiction into the hands of your tweens and teens? Here are 5 nonfiction series that focus on science and history

July 16, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

TLT Turns 10: Thing 2’s Top 10 Favorite Graphic Novels

Scout, an almost teen and regular contributor to TLT, celebrates 10 years of TLT by sharing 10 of her favorite graphic novels.

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A Tween’s Eye View on Graphic Novels: Click, Camp, The Breakaways, Snapdragon and Be Prepared

July 6, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

A tween reviews several recent graphic novels including Click, Camp, The Breakaways, Snapdragon and Be Prepared

Get Graphic: A Day at the North Texas Teen Book Festival, part 1

March 9, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Tweens and teens learned all about creating graphic novels at the North Texas Teen Book Festival.

A Sneak Peek at The Oracle Code, the new graphic novel by Marieke Nijkamp

March 2, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

This year, TLT is focusing on learning more about disability representation in middle grade and young adult literature. Each year we choose an area of focus to help us learn how to better serve our youth in our libraries. With this goal in mind, I was very excited to learn about the upcoming graphic novel by bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp.

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Crash Course: Graphic novels for younger readers

November 12, 2019 by Amanda MacGregor

Whether you're looking to learn a bit more yourself, searching for a new book or series to hand to a young person in your life, or hoping to do some collection development, let's dive in!

Collecting Comics: Middle Grade Novels that a Middle Grade Reader Really Loves

July 18, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS

A middle grade graphic novel reader shares some of their favorite graphic novels.

Collecting Comics: November and December 2018 Edition, featuring a Spider-man, a Squirrel Girl, fierce females and some polar bears, by Ally Watkins

November 28, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Here are comics titles your teens and tweens will be clamoring for in November and December! Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation by Gary Whitta, illustrated by Michael Welsh (Marvel, November 6). In this adaptation of the film, the Resistance has located Luke Skywalker, but the First Order isn’t going down without a fight. Collects […]

Collecting Comics: Comics take on addiction, STEM, space and more in October, by Ally Watkins

October 17, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Here are some great October comics your teens and tweens will be clamoring for! Secret Coders: Monsters and Modules by Gene Luen Yang and Mike Holmes (First Second, October 2). In this sixth and final volume of the wildly popular Secret Coders series, the coders must travel to another dimension to save humanity! They must […]

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