Classroom Connections – Engaging Curriculum with Comics and Graphic Novels

Classroom Connections – Engaging Curriculum with Comics and Graphic Novels

The Classroom Connections series helps educators seamlessly integrate comics, graphic novels, manga, and picture books into curriculum-aligned instruction. Each post pairs accessible, high-interest visual texts with academic standards to support literacy development, critical thinking, and genre exploration.
Our Classroom Connections are written by:

Vickie Blankenship and Stella Bromley are Engagement Specialists for LibraryPass, as well as school librarians and educators with extensive experience in librarianship at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Both bring expertise in professional development and educator training, working with school districts nationwide. They have presented locally, regionally, and nationally on best practices for collection development, library programming, and classroom pedagogy. Active members of their state library associations, they are dedicated to fostering a love of reading in students and educators alike. They share a passion for connecting readers with the “just-right” book and believe that reading takes many forms, whether it’s traditional print books, comics, graphic novels, or manga; as long as readers are engaged with a book, their love for reading will grow.