Collection Analysis Report
for Graphic Novels for Younger Readers
This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.
This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.
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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas
For the 16 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.
We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.
(16 of 16 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (15 books)
- Graphic Novel (14 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (7 books)
- Adventure (6 books)
- Picture Book (4 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (3 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 4 of 16 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Lexile® Average: 462 (Range: 360 - 660)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2-3 | 420-820 | 2.75-5.14 | 42-54 | 1.98-5.34 | I-P | 3.53-613 | 0.05-2.48 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
There are currently no items on this list with qualitative measurements.
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Instructional Materials Summary
Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.
- 4 Videos
- 1 Book Readings
- 6 Lesson Plans
- Total of 85 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Booklist's "Graphic Novels for Younger Readers". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://school.teachingbooks.net/QLHR6VT
Alison Dare, Little Miss Adventures
- Genres: Adventure, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2010
Amelia Earhart Free in the Skies
by Robert Burleigh and Bill Wylie
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2003
Astro Boy
by Tracey West
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Astro BoyThe Courageous Princess
by Rod Espinosa
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2007
The Hunt
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1997
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The HuntIt Was a Dark and Silly Night...
by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly
Book 3 of the Little Lit Series
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Graphic Novel, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
The Last Knight: An Introduction to Don Quixote
by Will Eisner
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
Magic Pickle
by Scott Morse and Jose Garibaldi
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 410
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Magic PickleMoby-Dick (Young Readers Edition)
by Herman Melville, Kathleen Olmstead, and Eric Freeberg
- Genres: Adventure
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2010
Out from Boneville
by Jeff Smith and Steve Hamaker Jeff Smith and Steve Hamaker
Book 1 of the Bone Series
- Genres: Adventure, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 360
- Year Published: 2002
Reluctant Heroes
by Todd Dezago and Mike Wieringo
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Scary Godmother
- Genres: Holiday, Graphic Novel, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1997
Shrek (Graphic Novel)
by Mark Evanier and Ramon F. Bachs
- Genres: Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Spirited Away
by Hayao Miyazaki and Yuji Oniki
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2002
The Whole World's Crazy
by Jimmy Gownley Jimmy Gownley
Part of the Amelia Rules Series
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
WJHC on the Air!
- Genres: Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 420
- Year Published: 2003
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