Graphic Novels Build Kids’ Literacy Skills, and More News For Library Workers

All Things Comics

• Does your child only read graphic novels? Don’t worry: it’s helping them build literacy skills! Use this as a resource for the next time you have a library parent tell you how hard they’re trying to get their kid to read “real” books. All books, and all forms of reading, are excellent!
• The best comic books of the century, so far.
• The best queer graphic novels and comics of the century (so far).
• AANHPI graphic novels inspired by mythology and folklore.
• 5 children’s books getting graphic novel adaptations.
• The best YA novels-turned-comics.
• Middle grade graphic novels featuring global mythology.

Audiophilia

• Spotify expands its audiobook features.
• Patton Oswalt is narrating the audio version of Stephen King and Peter Straub’s final Talisman novel, Other Worlds Than These.
• Audible’s Manhattan pop-up turns audiobooks into a social experience.
• More readers are trying “immersive reading,” where they listen to an audiobook and read the text version at the same time.
• Engrossing audiobooks to fill your summer hours.
• “The Association of American Publishers has announced a partnership with Vermillio, a Chicago-based AI licensing and protection platform, to identify and remove infringing copies of literary works from online platforms.“
• 5 must-listen audiobooks by Latine authors.