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What’s New in the Database – January 2014
We’ve added some great new resources to the Reading With Pictures database, including a great introduction to comics by Jessica Abel, several science comics perfectly suited for use in classrooms, and a long-form comic on copyright law. We hope these resources will help you bring the power of comics to your students. “What is a Graphic Novel?” by Jessica Abel “What is a ‘Graphic Novel?’” is a condensed introduction to what comics are, how they work, and how to read them. Originally drawn by Jessica in 2002 for the site artbomb.net, it serves as great introduction for newcomers into the world […] Read More
Marek Bennett on the Comics Exchange Program in Nicaragua
Marek Bennett’s COMICS WORKSHOPS have provided discovery-based hands-on comics education for schools, libraries, and community organizations since 2002. Bennett’s teaching and travel work has resulted in several graphic novels, including NICARAGUA COMICS TRAVEL JOURNAL (2009), SLOVAKIA: FALL IN THE HEART OF EUROPE (2011), and his current project with coffee-producing communities in Central America. [ www.MarekBennett.com ] In this post, Bennett describes a single session in COMICS WORKSHOP’s ongoing international “Comics Exchange” program between sister towns in New England and Nicaragua. Using the medium of comics to make his case, Bennett presents a glimpse of some of the challenges and advantages of the comics […] Read More
2015 - an exciting year ahead!
We’re very excited about what has happened in 2014 and look forward to sharing all the great news and programs with you as we move into 2015. Reading With Pictures is about to launch the largest collection of comic book literacy materials the world has seen. Our organization has big plans and we need your help! With your support, our organization plans on: Spread the word on “Reading With Pictures: Comics That Make Kids Smarter” Help teachers with awesome lesson plans, like this free one from Andrews McMeel Launching a comic book recommendations and reviews section to our searchable database Continue […] Read More
Comics in the Classroom — A Chilean Adventure
by Josh Elder, President and Founder, Reading With Pictures, December 11, 2013 It began with a single email. I thought at first that it had to be some kind of elaborate scam. Why would the US embassy in Chile want to enlist me as a comics ambassador? I didn’t even know what a comics ambassador was, much less think I would be qualified for it. But Marco Castillo, the embassy’s IRC Director, assured me that they had the right guy. And who was I to argue with credentials like that? Four months later, my plane touched down in Santiago. The embassy […] Read More
Magazines Deliver Holiday Gift of Literacy to Arctic Children and Families
While Santa’s helpers ready good cheer for the globe, “Team Duffy” – Beth, Dan, and their two children Rachel and Eddie in Ontario, Canada have marshalled a continental response to airlift over 3,000 magazines and comics to Inuit children and families north of the Arctic Circle in Nunavut, Canada for literacy. Answering a request received by MagazineLiteracy.org from Nunavut schools, the Duffy family and their school – Villanova College of King City, Ontario – joined forces with Dan’s firm, Mid-Range Computer Group, and Owlkids, publishers of Owl, Chirp, and Chickadee magazines – to send magazines this week to readers in the Kugluktuk, Taloyoak, Gjoa […] Read More
RWP Board Member coordinates her own local holiday comic book drive!
Even though we have a national drive going on, we have folks interested in creating their own local comic book drives. One of our board members is coordinating donations for Children’s Hospital Orange County. They only want NEW comic books due to their infectious disease controls. You can drop donations off for her local drive at: Comics Toons and Toys (13542 Newport Ave, Tustin, CA 92780 - map) You may also coordinate a mailing to her local drive at: CHOC Comic Drive 2110 N. Olive St. Santa Ana, CA 92706 Interested in setting up your own local drive? Let us know so […] Read More
Seasons Greetings from Reading With Pictures
Reading With Pictures founder Josh Elder wants to thank all of you for your support and let you know what we have in store in the coming year. Without your support we wouldn’t be able to provide all the free resources, great events on comic literacy, and of course The Graphic Textbook without you! Happy holidays everyone.
Making Lesson Plans Work for All Ages
Reading with Pictures provides a place for educators and parents to share comic and graphic novel lesson plans and teaching ideas, but sometimes, you may find a great lesson plan that may not work for the age group you have in mind. I am of the mindset that you can customize just about anything when it comes to education, as long as you know your material and your audience. Educators know how to customize their materials – it’s one of the many things they do! — but homeschoolers and interested parents may need a helping hand. That’s where this article […] Read More
Racism, Critical Reading, and Comic Books: Teaching with Green Lantern #0
by Sean A. Guynes Religion, politics, sex. Don’t talk about these at work. If work happens to be school, certainly do not talk about these with your students. This cultural maxim both informs and makes sense of key issues facing American education as a national and cultural institution that prepares children for a (hopefully) bright future. How do we teach sex education-or do we at all? How do we teach evolution-should we, and if so, what about creationism? How do we teach the profound reality of race, class, and gender inequalities in classrooms that are increasingly diverse? What will our students’ […] Read More
Reading With Pictures launches comic book holiday drive for #GivingTuesday
Last year after the tragedy of Sandy Hook, Reading With Pictures launched an emergency comic book drive to family friendly comic books to the families of that community. We were able to coordinate over 500 unique donations toward this drive. This year, we will build upon that success while also joining in a national movement called #GivingTuesday. On December 3, 2013 we will officially begin accepting donations for our holiday comic book drive that will be d to the children at Comer Children’s Hospital in Chicago, IL. We are asking folks to comic books to this drive and […] Read More