Transcript Graphic Nonfiction for Children

Graphic Nonfiction for Children
Showing Context and Connection
FRANCISCA GOLDSMITH
LIBRARY RONIN
PORTLAND, ME
[email protected]
Differentiation
 Picture books/illustrated texts deploy images to repeat or
expand text details; sequential art requires interpreting
image and word together to grasp complete meaning,
with the interpretation unifying the two elements into a
single concept.
 Animated and other film narratives include inherent
motion; sequential art’s communication of movement
occurs within the mind’s eye and off the page.
Visual Representation as Communication
 Grounding perspective
 Identifying relationships
 Delivering data points simultaneously
 Engaging critical thinking
 Inviting creative response
Context and Perspective: Critical
Inquiry Building Blocks
 Graphic communication
contextualizes information
 Graphic communication
presents clear perspective and
viewpoint
 Graphic communication
highlights who, what, where,
when, how
 Graphic communication requires
responsive synthesis by the
reader
Randall Monroe
Words and Images United
=Transmedia Literacy
 Significant content delivered through both
verbal and visual components for unified
communication
 Reader must engage with synthesizing
presented information
 Symbolism and metaphor presented as
essential to information gathering
Ages and Stages in Information
Gathering Development
 Concrete  symbolic
 Symbolic  abstract
 Abstract  analytic
 Analytic  critical
Zest, 2016
The Lion of Rora
By Ruth Fletcher Gage and Christos Gage, with Jackie Lewis
Oni Press, 2015
Federico Bertolucci
Love: The Fox, Magnetic Press, 2015
HowToons, 2015
Macbeth
Gareth Hinds
Candlewick, 2015
Gecko Press, 2016
Transit Maps of the World
Diabetes and Me, by Kim Chaloner and Nick Bertozzi
Macmillan, 2013
Wonderful Life with Elements, by Bunpei Yorifuji 2012
Thank you!
Francisca Goldsmith
[email protected]
@fgoldsmith