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I SEE THE PROMISED LAND
By Kevin HodgsonStaff WriterSTORY SUMMARYI SEE THE PROMISED LAND is a creative graphic novel mash-up that is put together like a comic, picture book, poetry and rap in a way that tells the life story...
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HOW DO WE STAY ON EARTH?
By Kevin HodgsonStaff WriterSTORY SUMMARYGravity is one of those unseen things that can truly perplex young people. Maybe older people, too. Why don’t we just drift off into space? My sons have all...
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LEWIS & CLARK
By Adrian NeibauerStaff WriterSTORY REVIEWCan you really teach any topic or subject using graphic novels? Absolutely! LEWIS & CLARK is a perfect example of a high-quality graphic novel that is a...
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DC COMICS IN REINFORCED LIBRARY BINDING
Some super comics titles are coming to libraries with a reinforced library binding or paper-over-board editions. Thanks to a licensing agreement between Capstone Press (an educational publisher) and DC...
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VALENTINE'S DAY PRINTABLES
Our friends from MakeBeliefsComix have another holiday printable for students. Celebrate the day of love and compassion with their printable. You can do it two ways: old school or new school. OLD...
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LEONARDO DA VINCI: THE RENAISSANCE MAN
By Kevin HodgsonStaff Writer“There may not be in the world an example of another genius so universal, so full of yearning for the infinite, so far ahead of his own century and the following centuries...
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GOVERNMENT ISSUE: COMICS FOR THE PEOPLE, 1940s-2000s
By Kevin HodgsonStaff WriterSTORY SUMMARYIn this extensive and intriguing collection of comics through the years, you suddenly realize how often comics were used to educate and influence the American...
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WIN A CHANCE TO MEET TONY HAWK, APPEAR IN NEXT BOOK
(EDITOR'S NOTE: I have this series available for any teachers or students who might want to read it.)Capstone, a leading publisher of children’s books and digital products and services, is sponsoring a...
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COMIC CHARACTERS WITH DISABILITIES ADDED TO MAKEBELIEFSCOMIX
MakeBeliefsComix, the free on-line comic strip generator, introduced new comic characters with physical disabilities to reflect the diversity of users, including those with special needs. Among the 128...
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FABLES: LEGENDS IN EXILE, VOL. 1
By Catharina EvansStaff WriterSTORY REVIEWThe premise of this oft-touted series places “exiled” fables in contemporary New York City to live among the “mundanes” (i.e., real people). In FABLES: LEGENDS...
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JAY-Z: HIP HOP ICON
By Kevin HodgsonStaff WriterSTORY SUMMARYIt’s no secret to anyone who knows music that Jay-Z (aka, Shawn Carter) remains one of the most powerful icons of pop culture today. His influences are...
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EARTHLING
By NoahStudent ReviewerAge 10, Grade 4Nixa, MOGreat book! It starts out when a kid and his father move to a new house, a telescope lab. Someone surprisingly was sneaking in the house, kind of like...
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KILL SHAKESPEARE
By Chris WilsonEditor-in-GeekREVIEWIn the middle of a moss-cobbled stone room sits an iron cauldron bubbling with the sweat and suffering of souls. Around it stands the witches three, each with a bone...
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JRR TOLKIEN: TRUE LORD OF THE RINGS
By Chris WilsonEditor-in-GeekWhy did it take so long? I have no idea, but thank goodness we have a comics publisher who had the foresight to publish a biography about the grandfather of fantasy, J.R.R....
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COMICS BAN SPARKS SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT
Sam's first place ribbon at the Alaska State Science Fair for comics-in-education science fair project. By Chris WilsonEditor-in-GeekWARNING: If you tell Alaskan third grader, Sam, that he cannot do...
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HOW THE LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS
By Kevin HodgsonStaff WriterSTORY SUMMARYRudyard Kipling’s Just So stories have long held a hallowed place in literature in lower elementary classrooms. The stories of how animals came to be often give...
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V FOR VENDETTA
By Ellen MaStaff WriterREVIEWV FOR VENDETTA takes place in a dystopian England when everything has collapsed from war. The government has become “Big Brother” and the entire system is corrupt. However,...
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AMERICUS
By Adrian NeibauerStaff WriterSTORY REVIEWNeil Barton is your typical thirteen-year-old: he’s unsure of himself, awkward, shy, and spends most of his time alone with his nose in a book. AMERICUS,...
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TEACHERS USING COMICS NEEDED FOR PANEL DISCUSSION
The Denver Comic Con is June 15-17. The Graphic Classroom Staff Writer Adrien Neibauer is presenting. He is looking for educators in the Denver metro area who use comic literature to participate.
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THE SIGN OF FOUR
By Adrian NeibauerStaff WriterSTORY REVIEWThe SIGN OF FOUR is a graphic adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic mystery featuring Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. John H. Watson. Part of...
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