Author: Marie P. Croall
Publisher: Graphic Universe
ISBN: 0822585162
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Recounts, in comic book format, Sinbad's adventurous sea voyages that made him wealthy and famous.
Graphic Myths and Legends Sinbad
Author: Marie P. Croall
Publisher: Graphic Universe
ISBN: 0822585162
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Recounts, in comic book format, Sinbad's adventurous sea voyages that made him wealthy and famous.
Publisher: Graphic Universe
ISBN: 0822585162
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Recounts, in comic book format, Sinbad's adventurous sea voyages that made him wealthy and famous.
Connecting Comics to Curriculum
Author: Karen W. Gavigan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598847694
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Here is the essential guide for librarians and teachers who want to develop a quality, curriculum-based graphic novel collection—and use its power to engage and inform middle and high school students. Connecting Comics to Curriculum: Strategies for Grades 6–12 provides an introduction to graphic novels and the research that supports their use in schools. The book examines best curriculum practices for using graphic novels with students in grades 6–12, showing teachers and school librarians how they can work together to incorporate these materials across the secondary curriculum. Designed to be an essential guide to harnessing the power of graphic novels in schools, the book covers every aspect of graphic novel use in libraries and classrooms. It illuminates the criteria for selecting titles, explores collection development strategies, and suggests graphic novel tie-ins for subjects taught in secondary schools. One of the first books to provide in-depth lesson plans for teaching a variety of middle and high school standards with graphic novels, the guide offers suggestions for differentiating instruction and includes resource lists of recommended titles and websites.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598847694
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Here is the essential guide for librarians and teachers who want to develop a quality, curriculum-based graphic novel collection—and use its power to engage and inform middle and high school students. Connecting Comics to Curriculum: Strategies for Grades 6–12 provides an introduction to graphic novels and the research that supports their use in schools. The book examines best curriculum practices for using graphic novels with students in grades 6–12, showing teachers and school librarians how they can work together to incorporate these materials across the secondary curriculum. Designed to be an essential guide to harnessing the power of graphic novels in schools, the book covers every aspect of graphic novel use in libraries and classrooms. It illuminates the criteria for selecting titles, explores collection development strategies, and suggests graphic novel tie-ins for subjects taught in secondary schools. One of the first books to provide in-depth lesson plans for teaching a variety of middle and high school standards with graphic novels, the guide offers suggestions for differentiating instruction and includes resource lists of recommended titles and websites.
Guan Yu
Author: Dan Jolley
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 0761339949
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
From one of China’s most famous epics comes a righteous hero and god of war. Guan Yu, an ancient Chinese warrior, fights side by side with his blood brothers Liu Bei and Zhang Fei to squash the menacing Yellow Scarves. He defends his country and his honor, but his troubles are just beginning. All over China, opponents pose grave challenges, each one more trying than the next. Will Guan Yu prevail against the forces that threaten him? Or will the obstacles prove too much for even the brave warrior to handle?
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 0761339949
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
From one of China’s most famous epics comes a righteous hero and god of war. Guan Yu, an ancient Chinese warrior, fights side by side with his blood brothers Liu Bei and Zhang Fei to squash the menacing Yellow Scarves. He defends his country and his honor, but his troubles are just beginning. All over China, opponents pose grave challenges, each one more trying than the next. Will Guan Yu prevail against the forces that threaten him? Or will the obstacles prove too much for even the brave warrior to handle?
Psyche and Eros
Author: Marie P. Croall
Publisher: Lerner Books [UK]
ISBN: 0761353941
Category : Eros (Greek deity)
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
This graphic novel tells the story of a Greek legend featuring Psyche and Eros.
Publisher: Lerner Books [UK]
ISBN: 0761353941
Category : Eros (Greek deity)
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
This graphic novel tells the story of a Greek legend featuring Psyche and Eros.
Thor and Loki
Author: Jeff Limke
Publisher: Graphic Universe
ISBN: 0822564815
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
n graphic novel format, tells how the Norse god of thunder, Thor, and his brother Loki travel to the land of giants to find out if brains always beat brawn, or if it is the other way around.
Publisher: Graphic Universe
ISBN: 0822564815
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
n graphic novel format, tells how the Norse god of thunder, Thor, and his brother Loki travel to the land of giants to find out if brains always beat brawn, or if it is the other way around.
Isis and Osiris
Author: Jeff Limke
Publisher: Graphic Universe
ISBN: 0822564823
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Presents the myth of how Osiris, a god and king of Egypt, is killed by his brother, Set, and how his wife, Isis, searches for his body.
Publisher: Graphic Universe
ISBN: 0822564823
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Presents the myth of how Osiris, a god and king of Egypt, is killed by his brother, Set, and how his wife, Isis, searches for his body.
Perseus
Author: Paul D. Storrie
Publisher: Graphic Universe
ISBN: 1580138888
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
In graphic novel format, retells the story of how King Polydectes planned to get rid of young Perseus so he could wed his mother, Danae, by tricking him into slaying Medusa--a snake-haired monster whose look turns humans into stone.
Publisher: Graphic Universe
ISBN: 1580138888
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
In graphic novel format, retells the story of how King Polydectes planned to get rid of young Perseus so he could wed his mother, Danae, by tricking him into slaying Medusa--a snake-haired monster whose look turns humans into stone.
Amaterasu
Author: Paul D. Storrie
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 0822587890
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
This graphic novel tells the story of Amaterasu, the Japanese Shinto goddess of the sun. Amaterasu’s parents create the first eight islands of Japan. Amaterasu’s father later puts his children in charge of parts of the natural world. Beautiful and kindly Amaterasu is made the goddess of the sun. But her brother, Susano, god of the sea and storms, is jealous of his sister’s position. In fear of Susano’s temper, Amaterasu hides in a cave, plunging the world into darkness. The other gods and goddesses must come up with a clever plan to lure Amaterasu from her hiding place and restore order to the world.
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 0822587890
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
This graphic novel tells the story of Amaterasu, the Japanese Shinto goddess of the sun. Amaterasu’s parents create the first eight islands of Japan. Amaterasu’s father later puts his children in charge of parts of the natural world. Beautiful and kindly Amaterasu is made the goddess of the sun. But her brother, Susano, god of the sea and storms, is jealous of his sister’s position. In fear of Susano’s temper, Amaterasu hides in a cave, plunging the world into darkness. The other gods and goddesses must come up with a clever plan to lure Amaterasu from her hiding place and restore order to the world.
The Trojan Horse
Author: Justine Fontes
Publisher: Graphic Universe
ISBN: 082256484X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
In graphic novel format, tells how Greek goddesses began the Trojan War, and how it was ended by the Greeks with an ingenious plan.
Publisher: Graphic Universe
ISBN: 082256484X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
In graphic novel format, tells how Greek goddesses began the Trojan War, and how it was ended by the Greeks with an ingenious plan.
Demeter and Persephone
Author: Justine Fontes
Publisher: Graphic Universe
ISBN: 0822565706
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
In graphic novel format, retells the Greek myth which offers an explanation for the Earth's seasons.
Publisher: Graphic Universe
ISBN: 0822565706
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
In graphic novel format, retells the Greek myth which offers an explanation for the Earth's seasons.