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An article detailing graphic novels and comic books that appeal to the younger reader without talking down to him, while providing educational value and keeping away from adult-only themes.

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The ever-evolving maturity of comics as literature often leads the overenthusiastic journalist to proclaim "comics-no longer kid stuff!", or something equally effusive that may miss the point. Words and pictures together remain a great way to get young readers to practice their skills of synthesizing representations into narratives and facts, whether the text is written words or drawn images.
A sophisticated graphic novel allows a heady textual challenge for the reader without the imposing threat and heft of a large ´serious´ book, demands the same intelligence and rewards the smart reader. And some of them are as appropriate for the young and the old. Here are five graphic novels the young reader can enjoy and learn from.

(1) "Bone" by Jeff Smith

The epic saga of Fone Bone and his brothers in a mysterious valley proves itself more than a meager kid´s comic by its sheer size alone; even adult readers may find themselves daunted by the task of thirteen hundred pages of increasingly challenging storytelling. "Bone" starts small and simple and gets bigger and bigger as it goes on, drawing readers into a less playful and more serious story as the chapters fly. For the child too young to tackle "Lord of the Rings", this sprawling comic tale will make for a delightful summer read.

(2) "It´s a Bird" by Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen

A Superman story for readers who are moving beyond simple adventures, "It´s a Bird" is the semi-autobiographical story of a comics writer asked to pen a tale of the Man of Steel, but finds the hero too lightweight for his increasingly darkening taste. Haunting images of the victims of Huntington´s Disease may prove too much for the kiddies. But a reader who´s read enough Superman to question the "why?" behind the idealistic hero, who´s ready to ask the big questions about fiction, this will prove an intriguing peek into the world of fiction and mythology. Similarly, the author and artist´s use of changing styles to mean different things provide a simple lesson in analyzing the tools of writing to provide different emotional tones.

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