Graphic Novel Primer

YOUNGER READERS
Babymouse (series) by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (Random House)
Bird and Squirrel by James Burks (Graphix)
Comic Squad: Recess! by Various (Random House)
Guinea Pig, Pet Shop Private Eye (series) by Colleen AF Venable & Stephanie Yue (Graphic Universe)
Lunch Lady (series) by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Knopf)
Nursery Rhyme Comics edited by Chris Duffy (First Second)
Odd Duck by Cecil Castellucci, Sara Varon (First Second)
Zoe and Robot by Ryan Sias (Balloon Toons)
The Zoo Box by Ariel Cohn and Aron Nels Steinke (First Second)

ELEMENTARY+
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster by Matt Phelan (Candlewick Press)
El Deafo by Cece Bell (Amulet)
Explorer (series) edited by Kazu Kibuishi, various (Abrams)
Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists by Chris Duffy, various (First Second)
Fang Bone (series) by Michael Rex (Putnam)
Giants Beware by Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado (First Second)
Olympians (series) by George O’Connor (First Second)
Mermin (series) by Joey Weiser (Oni Press)
Robot Dreams by Sara Varon (First Second)
Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma (Yen Press)
Zita the Spacegirl (series) by Ben Hatke (First Second)

MIDDLE GRADE+
Amelia Rules (series) by Jimmy Gownley (Antheneum)
Amulet (series) by Kazu Kibuishi (Graphix)
Astronaut Academy (series) by Dave Roman (First Second)
Bone (series) by Jeff Smith (Graphix)
Chiggers by Hope Larson (Antheneum)
Courtney Crumrin (series) by Ted Naifeh (Oni)
Drama by Raina Telgemeier (Graphix)
Friends With Boys by Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
G-Man #3: Coming Home by Chris Giarrusso (Image Comics)
Hilda and the Midnight Giant by Luke Pearson (Nobrow Press)
Jellaby by Kean Soo (Capstone)
Meanwhile by Jason Shiga (Abrams)
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales (series) by Nathan Hale (Amulet)
Sidekicks by Dan Santat (Arthur Levine)
Smile by Raina Telgemeier (Graphix)
Teen Boat! by Dave Roman and John Green (Clarion)
Will & Whit by Laura Lee Gulledge (Amulet)

HIGH SCHOOL
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol (First Second)
Broxo by Zack Giallongo (First Second)
Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff (First Second)
Hark a Vagrant! by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen, Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon)
Scott Pilgrim (series) by Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
Squee by Jhonen Vasquez (SLG)
Tomboy by Liz Price (Zest)

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