Graphic Novels: Lesson Plan & Graphic Organizer Graphic novel outline
GRAPHIC NOVELS/MANGA
(Please support your local bookseller, but the Amazon link was the quickest search for the following titles . . . )
- Maus by Art Spiegelman
- Wonderful Life with the Elements by Bunpei Yorifuji
- Cells at Work by Akane Shimizu
- Sapiens: A Graphic History by Yuval Noah Harari
- A Chinese Life by P.Otie
- Nanjing: The Burning City by Ethan Young
- Tiananmen 1989; Our Shattered Hopes by Lun Zhang
- Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang
- Korea Unmasked: In Search of the Country, the Society, and the People by Won-bok Rhie
- The Great Successor Kim Jong Un: a Political Cartoon, an Epic Comic of the Dark Kingdom and the Passing of Power to a Third Kim by Tae Keung Ha
- Barefoot Gen (there is an entire series; only the first book is linked) by Keiji Nakazawa
- In This Corner of the World by Fumiyo Kouno
- Showa (there is an entire series; only the first book is linked) by Shigeru Mizuki
- Onward Toward Our Noble Death by Shigeru Mizuki
- Japan, Inc. by Shotaro Ishinomori
- Ichi-F: A Worker’s Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant by Kazuto Tatsuta
- The Four Immigrants Manga by Henry Kima
- Vietnamerica: A Family’s Journey by GB Tran
- The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui
- The Art of Charlie Chan by Hock Chye
- More on Betty Boop’s historical connections to manga and anime can be found in Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater by Eric Nash
VIDEOS/FILMS
- To Live (1994): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110081/
- The Blue Kite (1993): https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Kite-Tian-Yi/dp/B00007JZVS
- Korea, The Never Ending War (PBS, 2019): https://www.pbs.org/show/korea-never-ending-war/
- Spirited Away (Miyazaki, 2001): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/
- Barefoot Gen (1983): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085218/
- Grave of the Fireflies (Studio Ghibli, 1988): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/
- Kimba the White Lion Series (1965-1967): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058817/
OTHER RESOURCES
- EAGLE: Book suggestions, reviews, teaching resources https://www.eagle.pitt.edu/
- Storytelling Through Asian Art: The Detroit Institute of Arts https://www.dia.org/education/resources/storytelling-through-asian-art
- A to Z: The First Alphabet https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/a-to-z-the-first-alphabet/
- Basic Buddhism Through Comics, Furuya, Mitsutoshi.
- Zen Shorts, Muth, Jon J.
- Tao of Pooh and Te of Piglet, Hoff, Benjamin.
- Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics, Hart, Christopher.
- Brooklyn Museum, Chinese Artist Xu Bing’s calligraphic take on Walt Whitman: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/xu_bing
- The Met Japanese Book Collection:
- Tale of Genji: The world’s first psychological novel http://www.taleofgenji.org/
- Korean Literature Now: Book reviews, author interviews: https://koreanliteraturenow.com/
- Introduction to Chinese Literature: http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/china_1900_literature.htm
- Freeman Book Awards: Excellent books along with background information for each book https://nctasia.org/freeman-book-awards/
- Podcast: New Books Network: East Asian Studies (great way to hear about the historical, art, environmental, and other research going on without reading entire books)
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
- Basho and the River Stones, Meyers, Tim, and Oki S. Han. Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books
- Bee-bim Bop!, Park, Linda Sue. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Floating Lanterns and Golden Shrines, Krasno, Rena. Pacific View PR
- Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth, Schoettler, Joan, and Jessica Lanan. Shen’s Books
- Grass Sandals: The Travels of Basho, Spivak, Dawnine, and Demi
- Long Long Time Ago: Korean Folk Tales, (Illustrator), Dong-Sung Kim. New Jersey; Seoul: Hollym International Corp.
- Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean, Schmalzer, Sigrid.
- The Empress and the Silkworm, Hong, Lily Toy. Morton Grove: Albert Whitman & Company.
- The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden, Smith, Heather. Victoria, British Columbia: Orca Book Publishers.