Recommendations for Summer Reading Fun: Comics and Graphic Novels for Early Readers

Ruth Shagoury was the Mary Stuart Rogers Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education at Lewis & Clark College. She works with students of all ages, from preschool through adult learners. Ruth has written over a dozen books on topics ranging from early writing development to teacher research. She hosts the Lit for Kids blog with her daughter Meghan Rose.

A mom/writer/activist/ferocious and voracious reader, Meghan Rose is (in her spare moments) also the Los Angeles Editor of Red Tricycle. Meghan is the mother of five-year-old twins Jacob and Molly, and provides a parent’s perspective on reading and writing to Choice Literacy readers.