Welcome to Using Graphic Novels in Education, an ongoing feature from CBLDF that is designed to allay confusion around the content of banned books and to help parents and teachers raise readers. In this column, we examine books that have…
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Using Graphic Novels in Education: American Born Chinese
Welcome to Using Graphic Novels in Education, an ongoing feature from CBLDF that is designed to allay confusion around the content of banned books and to help parents and teachers raise readers. In this column, we examine books that have been…
Using Graphic Novels in Education: Persepolis
Welcome to Using Graphic Novels in Education, an ongoing feature from CBLDF that is designed to allay confusion around the content of banned books and to help parents and teachers raise readers. In our first column, we’ll take a closer look at Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.
All the Graphic Novels Texas Rep. Matt Krause Doesn’t Want Students to Read!
Late last year, Texas State Representative Matt Krause sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency and superintendents across the state; included with the letter was a list of almost 850 books. Krause requested that each district list which of…
All the Graphic Novels Challenged in 2020
The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has released its 2020 Banned & Challenged Books list and 2020 Field Report. Each year, since 1990, the ALA has documented the attempts across the United States to remove books…
Persepolis Removed from Required Reading List for “Graphic Nature”
It has appeared on numerous “Best of” lists, including The Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, it has won multiple awards and weathered numerous challenges. Despite all that, Persepolis is still causing controversy twenty years after its publication date. Long Island’s…
Anti-Racism Graphic Novels Reading & Resources List
As the demonstrations occurring across the country prove, free expression makes an important difference in affecting positive social change. We’ve created this reading list of comics addressing themes of anti-racism and the African American experience as a starting point to…
League of Graphic Novel Educators Book Club Begins Next Week! — Ms. Marvel: No Normal
Interested in introducing more Graphic Novels into your curriculum and libraries? Excited to join a wider network of educators, librarians, and graphic novel readers using comics as an education tool? Next week is the inaugural meeting of the League of…
Meet & Greet for League of Graphic Novel Educators
Meet fellow educators, librarians, and graphic novel readers for our first League Meet & Greet via Zoom on Thursday, May 14 @ 4:30 PDT. Let’s get to know one another, talk graphically (about graphic novels), and have some fun! Want…
May Meetups, Ms. Marvel, and More with the League of Graphic Novel Educators!
This month CBLDF is excited to be adding fresh resources for educators, librarians, and parents: May 6: great reads in honor of Mental Health Awareness month May 12: a discussion guide for using Gene Luen Yang’s latest graphic novel Superman…