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- Graphic Novels: Selected Titles for Children and TeensThis list recommends a range of graphic novels for children and teenagers, from superhero stories to stand-alone literary titles to informational texts exploring history, science, and more. Compiled by Merri V. Lindgren and Megan Schliesman. © 2013 Cooperative Children's Book Center; updated annually by CCBC staff.
Graphic Novels
American Born Chinese by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .Y1926 Am 2006
The Amulet of Samarkand by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .S92475 Am 2003
Anya's Ghost by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .B77 Any 2011
Battling Boy by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.P665 Bat 2013
Boxers by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6727.Y36 B68 2013
Chicagoland Detective Agency - Drained Brains Caper by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .R632 Aae 2010
Chicagoland Detective Agency - Maltese Mummy by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .R632 Mal 2011
Coraline by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .R8774 Co 2008
Galaxy - the Prettiest Star by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.A96 Gal 2022
Ghosts by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.T45 Gh 2016
The Hardy Boys, Undercover Brothers. #1, The Ocean of Osyria by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .L63 Har no.1
The Hardy Boys, Undercover Brothers. #2, Identity Theft by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .L63 Har no.2
Hereville by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6727 .D48 H47 2010
Invisible: a Graphic Novel by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.G65486 In 2022
Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .V48 Li 2010
Little White Duck: a childhood in China by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .M373 Whi 2012
Messy Roots: a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E184.C5 G365 2022
Monster on the Hill by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6728.M66 H377 2013
My Brother's Husband by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6790.J33 T255613 2017
Nancy Drew, Girl Detective. #1, The Demon of River Heights by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .P48 Nan no.1
Nancy Drew, Girl Detective. #2, Writ in Stone by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .P48 Nan no.2
Nubia: Real One by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.M44226 Nu 2021
Pashmina by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.C415 Pas 2017
The Road to Revolution! by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .M33 Ro 2009
Saints by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6727.Y36 S25 2013
The Stonekeeper (Amulet book 1) by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6727.K48 S76 2008
Sunny Side Up by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.H65 Su 2015
Superman Smashes the Klan by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.Y35 Su 2020
Tomboy: a graphic memoir by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6727.P757 Z46 2014
Non-fiction/Informational Graphic Novels
Abina and the Important Men by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) KRX46 .M36 G48 2012
Amazing Story of the Combustion Engine by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) TJ785 .B63 2014
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) DS135.N6 F731865 2018
Bill the Boy Wonder: the secret co-creator of Batman by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6727 .F495 Z75 2012
Child Soldier: when boys and girls are used in war by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) HQ784.W3 H86 2015
Drawing from Memory by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) NC975.5 .S39 A2 2011
Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.D37 Hi 20142015 Honor Book
Honor Girl: a graphic memoir by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) HQ75.4.T57 A3 2015
Human Body Theater: a nonfiction revue by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QP37 .W478 2015
Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) BP223 .Z8 L5745 2006
March (books one through three) by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E840.8.L43 A3 2013
Maus I : a survivor's tale : my father bleeds history by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) D810 .J4 S643 1991
Maus II: a survivor's tale : and here my troubles began by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) D804.3 .S66 1991
Older Than Dirt: a kinda-sort biography of Earth by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QE28.3 .B76 2017ISBN: 9780544805033
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6747 .S245 P4713 2003
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6747 .S245 P4713 2004b
Robert Fulton by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) VM140.F9 R63 2013Series: Jr. graphic American inventors
Rocks and the People Who Love Them by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QE432.2 .Y66 2012
T-Minus: the race to the moon by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.O88 Tmi 2009
The Underground Abductor by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E444.T82 H33 2015
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) DS98.6 .B76 2018
Volcanoes! by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QE521.3 .G728 2012
Instructional Strategies
Comics Confidential: thirteen graphic novelists talk story, craft, and life outside the box by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) NC1305 .C657 2016
Connecting Comics to Curriculum: strategies for grades 6-12 by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor)LB1044.9 .C59 G38 2011
The Graphic Novel Classroom: Powerful teaching and learning with images by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) LB1044.9 .C59 B35 2012
The Librarian's Guide to Graphic Novels for Children and Tweens by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) Z692 .G7 S47 2008
Making Comics: storytelling secrets of comics, manga and graphic novels by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6710 .M332 2006
Marvel Comics' Civil War and the Age of Terror: critical essays on the comic saga by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6728.C585 M37 2015
Wham! Teaching with Graphic Novels Across the Curriculum by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) LB1044.9.C59 B76 2014
What Are Graphic Novels? by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6710 .B47 2015
Classic Graphic Novels
Anna Sewell's Black Beauty: The Graphic Novel by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PN6727 .B7525 A56 2005
Baba Yaga's Assistant by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.M417 Bab 2015
Beowulf by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PN6727 .H53 B46 2007
Calamity Jack by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .H35 Cal 2010
Jack London's the Call of the Wild: The Graphic Novel by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PN6727 .K596 J33 2006b
Lewis & Clark by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .B47 Lew 2011
The Little Prince: Graphic Novel by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6747.S48 P4413 2010
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PN6727 .R3833 M37 2005
The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .H56 Ody 2010
Outlaw: The Legend of Robin Hood: A Graphic Novel by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .L445 Out 2009
Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island: The Graphic Novel by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PN6727 .H366 R63 2005
Romeo and Juliet by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PN6737 .A66 R66 2007
Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage: The Graphic Novel by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PN6727 .V367 S74 2005- There's a Princess in the Palace byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .A38 Th 2010
Trickster: Native American tales: A Graphic Collection by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) E98 .F6 T73 2010
William Shakespeare's Macbeth: The Graphic Novel by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PN6727 .C684 W55 2005
The Wizard of Oz: The Graphic Novel by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PN6727 .C383 L47 2005
Manga
Boys Run the Riot by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6790.J33 G3513 2021
The Manga Guide to Calculus by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA300 .K57513 2009- The Manga Guide to Databases byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA76.9 .D3 T34 2009
- The Manga Guide to Electricity byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QC527 .F8513 2009
- The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QH506 .T3513 2009
- The Manga Guide to Physics byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QC24.5 .N5813 2009
The Manga Guide to Relativity by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QC173.57 .N5813 2010ISBN: 1593272723
The Manga Guide to Statistics by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA276 .T228 2009- Romeo and Juliet by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PN6737 .A66 R66 2007
Shuna's Journey by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6790.J33 M59513 2022
TOON Books
Ape and Armadillo Take over the World by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.S84 Ape 2016
Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas! by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.C68 Bd 2013
Benny and Penny in the Toy Breaker by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .H39 Bdm 2010
Flop to the Top! by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.D38 Fl 2015
Lost in NYC: a subway adventure by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.S65 Lo 2015
The Real Poop on Pigeons! by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) SF465 .M39 2016
Stinky by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7 .D38 St 2008
Written and Drawn by Henrietta by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.7.L56 Wr 2015
Comic Books
Civil War by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6728.C58 M55 2008
Civil War: Marvel Universe by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6728.C585 C585 2016
Marvel Black Panther: the Ultimate Guide by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6728.B519338 W53 2018- Marvel Comics' Civil War and the Age of Terror: critical essays on the comic saga by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6728.C585 M37 2015
Marvel's Black Panther Prelude by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN6728.B523 B5265 2017
