Manga Goes to School: Cultivating Engagement and Inclusion in K–12 Settings

A multi-author title on bringing manga to school libraries, this book addresses problems of specific concern to school librarians: limited budgets, restrictive collection development policies, spatial constraints, and the need for collections that support colleagues and curricular standards. It is arranged logically, beginning with basics of the format, proceeding into increasingly specific advice regarding collections and readers, and concluding with a number of ready-made lesson plans. The authors provide useful guidelines for selecting and organizing a manga collection that will attract readers and improve circulation. They also offer a variety of reading lists and workable suggestions for confidently providing high-quality readers’ advisory without a massive time investment. The lesson plans support specific AASL standards and should engage and validate learners, advertise the collections, and invite productive collaboration with colleagues. This book presupposes no familiarity with the manga format yet will still be useful even to longtime manga readers.