Graphic+Novels

[|Graphic Novel (GN)] Generally, any self-contained story in a single binding that uses a comic book-like page layout. In the comic book industry, the term is sometimes used to refer only to self-contained stories of 48 or more pages that has not been previously published serially. (The minimum page count varies; 64, 72, and 96 pages are other popular cut-off points.)

[|Graphic Novel VoiceThread]

[|Article on Graphic Novels]

[|Article on a Graphic Novel Club]

[|The Horn book primer on Graphic Novels: includes definintions, articles, and websites.]

[|Graphic Novels 101: FAQ from Horn Book]

[|A parent’s guide to Graphic Novels for teens from the Duluth Public Library.]

[|No Flying No Tights] This graphic novel review site is wonderful. You can find thoughtful and complete reviews that consider age appropriateness. My only caveats are that it is not updated often enough and the formating is white text on a black background which can be hard to read. Ann **This site is in the process of a redesign and update as of April 2008 **

Manga
[|The librarians guide to Manga]

[|Toykopop] This is the leading (according to their site) publisher in America of Manga. Their site is full of helpful information, including reviews from major reviewing journals. There are also great lists by age. Of course, they are lists of their books.

[|That Anime Project]. The University of Michigan Japanese Animation Group. (2001). This site is extremely helpful in explaining the different types of anime/manga. The site itself was created as part of a class in 2001.

**Graphic Novel Awards Links** : [|YA Professionals Page]: Graphic Novel Awards Links [|ALA/YALSA] : Great Graphic Novels for Teens [|Great Graphic Novels for Teens Nominations] list update May 2008 [|Cyblis Graphic Novel Awards] What is Cyblis?? "We wanted a literary competition that combined the freewheeling democracy of the Internet with the thoughtfulness of a book club. Cybils lets the public nominate books here on our Cybils blog, but then bloggers team up to pick the finalists and winners. The winning books must combine quality and 'kid appeal.'"