{"id":8240,"date":"2014-03-28T12:01:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T16:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=8240"},"modified":"2014-03-07T22:22:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T03:22:00","slug":"your-departments-bffs-graphic-novels-non-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/your-departments-bffs-graphic-novels-non-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Department\u2019s BFFs: Graphic Novels & Non-Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may not realize it, but you are actually sitting on a treasure trove when it comes to Reader\u2019s Advisory and getting kids to explore other genres.\u00a0 Yes, I am talking to you- the person reading this blog. Why do graphic novels and the non-fiction collection go together so well?\u00a0 Together they allow readers of all ages to explore a topic from a new viewpoint and introduce them to different subject areas that they may not normally explore.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the combination of the two helps students reach the Common Core standards that are becoming integrated into school systems across the country.\u00a0\u00a0 Students will become accustomed to reading information text (Standard 10),\u00a0 be interested to diverse formats (Standard 7), begin to recognize themes in works (Standard 2), and explain how two different books address the same themes (Standard 9).<\/p>\n

I know that many of you rolled your eyes at the mention of Common Core, I get it, trust me. but it can help you build-and justify- your collection in a unique way. As a librarian, you have a variety of resources at hand: you just have to get creative with your thinking!<\/p>\n

To get your creative juices flowing, I\u2019ve provided a few GN and NF pairs of my own:<\/p>\n

For the kid who has read every dinosaur book in your collection:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\"Dinosaurs<\/a>
\nGraphic Novel:<\/b> Pranas Naujokaitis\u2019 Dinosaurs in Space <\/i>(Blue Apple)
\nNonfiction:<\/b> Since they\u2019ve read ALL the dinosaur books, maybe something about Space, try the J 520\u2019s!<\/p>\n

For the Super Spy Hero in Everyone:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Lunch<\/a>Graphic Novel: <\/i><\/b>Lunch Lady<\/i> Series by Jarrett J. Krosockza\u00a0 (Knopf )
\nNon-fiction:<\/b> All sorts of books about spies and the tools they use can be found in J 327.12.\u00a0 You may find some books about Spy Science may be in\u00a0 J 507.2.<\/p>\n

For the Fractured Fairytale Fiend:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Rapunzel's<\/a>Graphic Novel:<\/b>Rapunzel\u2019s Revenge<\/i> words by Shannon & Dean Hale; art by Nathan Hale (Bloomsbury)
\nNon-Fiction:<\/b>Start with Paul O. Zelinsky\u2019s classic Rapunzel<\/i> and then let them explore the rest of the J 398.2 Rapunzel area!<\/p>\n

For the History Nut:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Boxers<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Graphic Novel: <\/b>\u00a0Gene Yuen Lang\u2019s Boxers & Saints <\/i>(:01 Comics)
\nNon-Fiction:<\/b>There are so many places you can take this.\u00a0 Books on China can be found under a variety of places, but books on Buddhism can be found under J 294.3.\u00a0 If your children\u2019s department has anything on the Boxer Rebellion it will be under J 951.03.\u00a0 If not, you may need to help your reader find a book upstairs, or break out your online resources!<\/p>\n

I hope these recommendations have gotten you thinking of fun ways to team up these dynamic parts of your collection.\u00a0 I\u2019d like to thank Gene Luen Yang, Nathan Hale, Pranas Naujokaitis, and Jarret J. Krosockza for allowing me to use their beautiful artwork.<\/p>\n

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\"Aly\"<\/a>
Photo courtesy of guest blogger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our guest blogger today is Alyson Feldman-Piltch. Alyson is a die-hard Red Sox fan and an MLS\/MIS Student at Indiana University, planning to graduate in December 2014.\u00a0 She is a member of the Little E-Lit Thinktank, the ALSC Intellectual Freedom Committee, and the 2015 Stonewall Book Awards Committee.\u00a0 You can find her on Twitter at @aly_fp or email her at <\/i>Alyson.fp@gmail.com<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Please note that as a guest post, the views expressed here do not represent the official position of ALA or ALSC.<\/i><\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to write a guest post for the ALSC Blog, please contact Mary Voors, ALSC Blog manager, at\u00a0alscblog@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may not realize it, but you are actually sitting on a treasure trove when it comes to Reader\u2019s Advisory and getting kids to explore other genres.\u00a0 Yes, I am talking to you- the person reading this blog. Why do graphic novels and the non-fiction collection go together so well?\u00a0 Together they allow readers of all ages to explore a topic from a new viewpoint and introduce them to different subject areas that they may not normally explore. Additionally, the combination of the two helps students reach the Common Core standards that are becoming integrated into school systems across the country.\u00a0\u00a0 Students will become accustomed to reading information text (Standard 10),\u00a0 be interested to diverse formats (Standard 7), begin to recognize themes in works (Standard 2), and explain how two different books address the same themes (Standard 9). I know that many of you rolled your eyes at the mention…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[210,134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-2","category-guest-blogger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}