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Just like any other book, students rely on recommendations from librarians, friends, and teachers.

Librarians can recommend graphic novels to teachers to support a theme or area of content that is being taught in the classroom

Librarians can recommend graphic novels to students

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I need to visit the ALSC website's graphic novel reading list which is organized by grade levels to preview and learn the books on the list.

I need to become more aware of the 4 major types of graphic novels

I need to read more graphic novels to become familiar with the recommended books by the ALSC.

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they are more complex than a picture book or comic book

they contain all the elements of literature

There are different types:
1. Manga-Japanese style comics that is read in a traditional Japanese reading pattern
2. Superhero Story-popular comics turned into longer stories
3. Personal Narratives
4. Non fiction

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highly motivating

written for a variety of ages and reading levels

written in a variety of  genres in both fiction and nonfiction

written with a combination of speech bubbles, thinking bubbles, other text, and pictures in panels like a comic book

read in a certain order