In Graphic Detail connects the enthusiasm of young adults for graphic novels with one of education's central goals - promoting literacy by encouraging extensive reading and reflective response.  By harnessing the literacy power of the graphic novel, teachers can motivate readers, especially reluctant readers or students at risk, to become successfully engaged with an accessible and entertaining form of narrative.

Teachers and librarians who want to use graphic novels with their students will find In Graphic Detail a very useful resource.  It offers background information about this word/graphic mode of storytelling, along with a brief overview of the components that writers and artists incorporate in creating this narrative genre.  Explanations of the different terms and techniques inherent in graphic novels are supported by lavish illustrations.

To help teachers incorporate graphic novels into the school program, the authors provide strategies using different dynamics - independent reading, literature circles, guided reading, whole class shared reading, and curriculum and media links.

In addition, the book offers 40 response activities to support instruction in both reading and writing graphic novels.  Students explore the content and style of the graphic novel by sharing critical responses to the storyline, characters, and setting; dramatizing sections and giving readers theatre presentations; introducing and extending the story frames; writing their own graphic novels; and making cultural and social connections.  Where necessary, reproducible pages are included to support the students as they work through activities.

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