Presents articles that describe how teachers and literacy specialists can use visual media, including graphic novels, cartoons, and picture books, to motivate reading. This book gives teachers an understanding of the research behind visual literacy, and ideas for putting it into practice in their classrooms. It is ideal for any teacher wanting to incorporate film, comics, internet, or any other visual media into their teaching. Acknowledgments vii About the Editors ix About the Contributors xi Introduction 1(4) Nancy Frey Douglas Fisher Visual Literacy: What You Get Is What You See 5(22) Lynell Burmark Graphic Novels: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 27(20) Jacquelyn McTaggart Comics, the Canon, and the Classroom 47(14) James Bucky Carter Seeing the World Through a Stranger's Eyes: Exploring the Potential of Anime in Literacy Classrooms 61(30) Kelly Chandler-Olcott ``Literary Literacy'' and the Role of the Comic Book: Or, ``You Teach a Class on What?'' 91(22) Rocco Versaci That's Funny: Political Cartoons in the Classroom 113(18) Thomas DeVere Wolsey Learning From Illustrations in Picturebooks 131(18) Lawrence R. Sipe An Irrecusable Offer: Film in the K-12 Classroom 149(20) Lawrence Baines ``It Was Always the Pictures'': Creating Visual Literacy Supports for Students With Disabilities 169(20) Paula Kluth Index 189