The “Bane of the Bassinet”? Graphic Novels as Informational Texts

Authors

  • Soline Holmes
  • Alicia Schwarzenbach

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.18.4.16

Abstract

Originally, the authors were accepted to present this topic at the 2020 ALA Annual Conference as an Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Hot Topic. As the conference was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, information from the presentation was adapted for this article.

Author Biographies

Soline Holmes

Soline Holmes is the Head Librarian for the Academy of the Sacred Heart Elementary School Library in Louisiana. She serves on the Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award committee and has given presentations on graphic novels and on Mother Goose and STEM. She is an Executive Board Member of the New Orleans Information Literacy Collective.

Alicia Schwarzenbach

Alicia Schwarzenbach is a Librarian Instructor at Delgado Community College in New Orleans, who has more than twenty years of experience in public, school, academic, government, and corporate libraries and has served as a Social Media Coordinator for the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival.

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Published

2021-01-12

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 4 (2020): Winter

Section

Features

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