Bibliography for Teachers
McCloud, Scott. Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Magma, and Graphic Novels. New York: Harper Collins, 2006.
This book is easy to understand and is broke down into small sections that discribes everything you need to know to make a comic book or graphic novel.
McCloud, Scott. The Creator's Bill of Rights. http://www.scottmccloud.com/4-inventions/bill/ (accessed July 18, 2016).
This resource describes in detail the Bill of Right's that was created to help prevent comic book author's art from being used without their consent.
McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. New York: Harper Collins, 1994.
This book explains everything you could possibly need to know about reading, writing, or understanding comic books and graphic novels.
Oklahoma Department of Education. Oklahoma Academic Standards. July 13, 2016. http://sde.ok.gov/sde/oklahoma-academic-standards (accessed July 31, 2016).
I included this website to help other teachers understand about the Oklahoma Education Standards.
Talks, Ted. The Visual Magic of Comics. 2005.
This is an interview that I found very interesting because it talks about his family and why he became a comic book writer.
Vartanian, Oshin. "Review of Your Creative Brain; Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in Your Life." Phychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 2011: 389-390.
I included this article because it explains about how creativity and the brain are connected and it gave some ideas of how to use that to your advantage to help students build imagination.
Zingher, Gary. Exciting Young Imaginations. Westport: Libraries Unlimited, 2006.
This book includes some great ideas of how to help students acquire and use their imaginations.
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