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Gene Luen Yang: National Library Week Honorary Chair

Posted on April 11th, 2016

 

Author Gene Luen Yang will serve as Honorary Chair of National Library Week (April 10-16).  GeneYangGene is a graphic novelist who was recognized by the Library of Congress as the 2016-2017 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.  His books often look at themes such as acceptance and culture from a young person’s perspective. His first graphic novel, American Born Chinese, about a boy struggling to fit into a new school, was the first graphic novel to be a finalist for the national book award.

Many of Gene’s books, and other graphic novels and books about comics are on display at Booth in the 3000 corridor. Check them out below!

Booth Library has events planned to help celebrate National Library Week:

April 11th: Edible Book Festival 4pm, Marvin Foyer (see entries from past years!)
April 13th: Book Sale, 9am-4pm, Library South Entrance

 

  • Class, Please Open Your Comics: Essays on Teaching with Graphic Narratives
  • LB1044.9.C59 C53 2015
  • summary | details
  • Eternal Smile: Three Stories
  • Yang, Gene Luen.
  • 741.5973 Y163et
  • summary | details
  • Graphic Subjects: Critical Essays on Autobiography and Graphic Novels
  • PN6710 .G7375 2011
  • summary | details
  • Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle
  • PN6714 .M85 2010
  • summary | details
  • Out Of Sequence: Underrepresented Voices in American Comics
  • PN6725 .D77 2008
  • summary | details
  • Oxford Handbook Of Children’s Literature
  • PR990 .O94 2011
  • summary | details
  • Teaching Comics and Graphic Narratives: Essays on Theory, Strategy and Practice
  • LB1044.9.C59 T43 2012
  • summary | details
  • Up All Night: A Short Story Collection
  • 813.0108 Up11
  • summary | details

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