American comics or graphic novels have plenty of action. Some are even award winners. The graphic novel cover shown at the beginning of this post Bone: Out From Boneville is a good example. This is the first of a series of 8 by Jeff Smith most appropriate for 4th and 5th graders, but a high reading 3rd grader might enjoy it too. Those reluctant reader boys with a show me attitude enjoy it. The graphics are a little dark and scary. Reading a scary book is a way to show they are tough. The text is not easy, but it's funny too. There are many inferences in both in the text and graphics. For the older reluctant reader it is not identified as baby book as they call easy readers or picture books, so the student feels cool and part of the group when he or she leaves the library. Bone books are in paperback and hardcover and published by Scholastic.Last year when I introduced graphic novels the girls said, "Only the boys read those." So I introduced our girls to some wonderful comics/graphic novels for girls, for example: To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel by Siena Cherson Siegal and Amelia Rules: Superheros by Jimmy Gownley. To Dance is a Sibert Honor Book. Baby Mouse: Our Hero by Jennifer and Mathew Holm is the first of a series of 8. The reluctant girl readers loved the series and asked for more. A favorite was also the Yotsuba@! series (manga) for the 4th and 5th graders. If you are seriously looking for titles for your collection checkout the Graphic Novel Titles links on the sidebar.
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