Purpose statement

Access thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga for all ages from popular publishers like ABDO, Andrews McMeel, Capstone, Dark Horse, Dynamite, Europe Comics, Graphic Mundi, Humanoids, IDW, Kodansha, Lerner, Manga Classics, Papercutz, Tokyopop, Valiant, Yen Press, and dozens more.

We have access to three versions of Comics Plus: Children's Library, Teen Library and Full Collection.To use Comics Plus log in through the library website or through the free Comics Plus app from the App Store or Google Play store, using your library card and PIN.

For schools the“Classroom Connections” align Classroom Standards with comics, graphic novels, manga, and picture books that students will want to read. All titles are available in Comics Plus.

Knowledge

The facts, concepts, principles, and theories to teach.

• The ability to communicate meaning through a text and to understand meaning in texts others have created.
• Literacy knowledge and skills underpin and contribute to developing the complex language needed for advanced interpretation and expression of meaning across an increasingly diverse range of oral, visual, written, and digital texts.
• There are literacy skills and knowledge necessary for each curriculum learning area. This includes the technical and specialist language of those areas, as well as the different approaches and ways of using language across learning areas.
• Literacy skills include the ability to critically interpret, manage and create meaning through a range of digital communication channels.

Practices

The skills, strategies, and applications to teach.

• Identifying and comparing how effectively different texts use structure, language, and visual features to suit their purpose and audience
• Explaining how features such as images, sound, and layout are used in media texts to inform, entertain, or influence the audience
• Making connections within and between texts, explaining how the ideas in texts connect with their own knowledge, lived experiences, cultural knowledge, and practices, considering the interpretations and ideas of others
• Examining different text forms, focusing on how characterisation, setting, and plot help communicate meaning
• Examining visual features and considering their impact on the audience and their effectiveness in achieving the text’s purpose
• Examining how digital and media texts integrate structural, visual, and interactive features to shape meaning, engage audiences, and achieve specific communicative purposes

For more support with reading recommendations and free to use resources go to: Comics in the Classroom resources These resources are designed to help librarians and educators align comics and manga with curricular subject needs, while Classroom Connections has recommendations.

Access our Curriculum Connection Reading Recommendations here.