I'm reading Manga Goes to School: Cultivating Engagement and Inclusion in K–12 Settings by Ashley Hawkins, Emily Ratica, Sara Smith, Julie Stivers, and Sybil “Mouna” Touré. [ 23% ] 📚
I suggested this title for a PD book club at work and they actually took me up on it!
I’m in kind of a weirdo role in my organization and so it is rare that PD offerings, book clubs, and similar activities align with my actual work and interests, so this was a refreshing change. And the other book we are reading - 5 Kinds of Nonfiction - to be logged here once I start reading it - is also of interest and applicable, not just for my work but maybe even for my secret personal goals of someday actually writing for young people.
So far this is really helpful. I’m learning some things but also getting reassurance that I have an understanding of this already and have made some good collection development decisions with manga (probably thanks to having already read around some of these authors' manga review websites.) In the past few months I’ve also been sampling a lot of manga that middle school students have requested for Sora or that I came across and think might be good to add to Sora. I should start writing reviews and sharing them on our reviews website (granitemedia.org) and/or here, because librarian and educator reviews of manga are sparse.