In this deep dive episode, Chrissie shares her journey to falling in love with middle grade graphic novels and gives six reasons why graphics are great.

Graphic novels build…

1. Robust vocabulary.
2. Empathy.
3. Reading stamina.
4. Comprehension.
5. A sense of accomplishment.
6. FUN!

Resources  mentioned in the show:

• Jarrett Lerner poster about vocabulary in graphic novels
• “Let Your Child Read Graphic Novels” by Nidhi Chanani in Parents
• "How does just ten minutes of free choice reading help readers?" by Pernille Rip on Instagram

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