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When it comes to working with children from low income families or broken homes, the hardest step is to get them started on reading. If you hand them a chapter book, they just shut down because the book is too hard. If you hand them a picture book, they feel insulted to belittled and refuse to read it because they don't want to be treated like a little kid. This is where graphic novels come in. They are at a low enough reading level that almost any elementary age child can read them, they have low word counts per page so they are more appealing for readers that struggle and the set up makes them so much fun for kids to read. They read them and don't even realize they are learning. The kids I work with read and re read them and come back for more.

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When it comes to working with children from low income families or broken homes, the hardest step is to get them started on reading. If you hand them a chapter book, they just shut down because the book is too hard. If you hand them a picture book, they feel insulted to belittled and refuse to read it because they don't want to be treated like a little kid. This is where graphic novels come in. They are at a low enough reading level that almost any elementary age child can read them, they have low word counts per page so they are more appealing for readers that struggle and the set up makes them so much fun for kids to read. They read them and don't even realize they are learning. The kids I work with read and re read them and come back for more.

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