Texas Library Associaton Maverick

The Texas Library Association has inaugurated their first Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List.

“Together with YALSA’s annual Great Graphic Novels for Teens list, the Maverick list should serve as a valuable resource for all librarians seeking graphic novels that are both age-appropriate and high quality.”

The list is for grades from 6 – 8, 6 – 12,  9 – 12 and adult titles for young adults. Fiction, non-fiction and manga titles are included. Titles on the list must be published within 2 years prior to the list. The Maverick Reading List is meant to explore the variety of books currently available and encourage reading for pleasure. The books on the list can be published outside of the US but must be widely available.

NewsOK has two Oklahoma Department of Libraries staff writing blogs for them. Kitty Pittman, division manager of the Library Information, Interlibrary Loan and Technical Services has Okie Reads. Kitty reads what she wants and tells you about it. Kitty reads just about any genre book that’s out there so her reading background is very wide. She is also a very fast reader.

I’ve mentioned her before, Sadie Mattox, reference librarian at ODL writes the Extremely Graphic blog. She talks about manga/comic books for kids and adults.