What’s the Big Deal with Graphic Novels?

For our 2024 Middle Read, we’ve enthusiastically chosen Mexikid by Pedro Martin and we encourage all of our Lakeshore readers to pick up a copy and enjoy this amazing story! After the wide-spread success of last year’s Middle Read book (New Kid by Jerry Craft), our Big Read team decided to choose another graphic novel …

“That’s Me” The Power of Visual Diversity in Graphic Novels and Comic Books

By Hannah Lever Getting students and people of all ages engaged in books is not simply about a mastery of the mechanics of letters, words, and sentences. Reading is a valuable skill and a fulfilling hobby because human beings are created to create, to understand the world around us, and tell stories. We don’t read …