George Washington: action president / Fred Van Lente & Ryan Dunlavey. Foreword: comics & education / Gene Luen Yang -- How to read a comic / Tracy Edmunds -- Language arts. G-Man: reign of the robo-teachers / Chris Giarrusso -- Power of print / Katie Cook -- Albert the alien in "It's a figure of speech" / Trevor Mueller & Gabriel Bautista -- Special delivery to Shangri-La / Mike Lee & Janet Lee -- Science. Adventures of Doctor Sputnik: man of science! in "Force and motion" / Roger Langridge -- Like Galileo / James Peaty & Tintin Pantoja -- Mail Order Ninja and the silverback horde / Josh Elder, Tim Smith, Chris Beckett, Steve Wallace, & Jim McClain -- Mathematics. Finding Ivy / Michael Bramley & Alice Meichi Li -- Probamon! "Gotta chance 'em all!" / Geoffrey Golden & Nate Pride -- Solution squad / Jim McClain & Rose McClain -- Lumina: celebrity super-heroine in "Menace of the mathemagician" / Josh Elder & Jen Brazas -- Squirrels vs. birds "Prime-composite showdown" / Jason Allen & Heidi Arnhold -- Social studies. Black brigade / Chris Schweizer -- Field trip / Russell Lissau & MP Mann -- George Washington: action president / Fred Van Lente & Ryan Dunlavey.
Summary:
Featuring more than a dozen short comic stories, this volume addresses specific learning concepts in Social Studies, Math, Language Arts, and Science while offering an immersive textual and visual experience that kids will enjoy even as it helps them learn.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.