Meister, Cari. (2010). Airplane adventure: My first graphic novel. New York: Capstone Press.

This book is a great introduction to graphic novels for young readers (Kindergarten to Second grade). The story is about Anna and Juan who are traveling to Mexico to visit their grandma. They are very excited to fly on a plane and to be in the clouds. This graphic novel is great because at the very beginning it has instructions on how to read a graphic novel for new readers. In addition, the end of the book has discussion questions and writing prompts.
I thought this book would be neat to do as a unit on graphic novels for young children. I thought each child could choose their own graphic novel from the "My First Graphic Novel" series, and then they could choose a writing prompt to do based on their story. Learning how to read graphic novels is not essential, but it is a form of literacy, so to help a child become flexibly literate I think they should be able to read such forms.
Students could also write a sequel to this graphic novel imitating the same form.
The language in this book is comic style, and it uses language that students use.

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Inside the Cover