As I see it graphic novels are a way of bring picture books for an older audience or bringing older stories to new light. For me graphic novels are a fun way to read a story that allows me to picture exactly what the other pictured. I have always enjoyed graphic novels since I was a kid and the fact that so many people are now making quality stories into graphic novels excites me. I feel that students can relate to the graphic novel a little easier because they are tended towards a younger audience.
To this day I will always remember the first graphic novels I ever read, and they were the X-Men. I remember sitting there and reading what happened next to my favorite characters while seeing the actions that they were doing. The graphic novel made my mind almost bring the pictures alive to where I could see the characters moving across the page and it made the story become more alive.
What my hope is for my students is to bring reading alive where they enjoy it and want to read more. I watch the kids on my school bus read books to entertain them while we go to and from school. Sometimes it is a book for school and sometimes it is a book they wanted to read. Often times I will talk to them about what they are reading and what they wished from the book. The most common thing that I hear is that they wish that they could see some of the points from the book in picture form so that they could follow it better or have their mind picture it better.
Graphic novels are a way for people to have more fun while reading and be able to interact with the story more.
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