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Making Literacy Connections: Comic Books and the Role of Youth Media by Michael Bitz — February 10, 2005The concept of using comic books—nowadays referred to as “graphic novels”—to help children become better readers is not new. In 1941, the Gilberton Company launched Classic Comics, a series of literature-based comic books in which novels such as Moby Dick were transformed into boxed art with the typical dialogue balloons.To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Michael Bitz
Teachers College, Columbia University
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MICHAEL BITZ, Ed.D is a Senior Research Associate at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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