5 Reasons To Let Your Kids Read Graphic Novels.

1. They are fun to read
Why does reading have to be miserable? It doesn’t. With colorful and catchy artwork, graphic novels makes for the fun read.

2. Graphic novels contain the same story elements and literary devices as narrative stories 

Graphic novels have characters, conflict, resolution, setting, symbolism, theme, point of view, and so forth which are same as the ones in narrative stories.
This is important to consider because good readers need to understand literary devices and narrative elements and use those to comprehend what they read.

3. The visual format provides built-in context clues.
Because graphic novels are visual, even if the text is difficult, the visuals give the reader support in comprehending the story. Just like good readers use the picture clues in a picture book to support their understanding of the story, good readers reading graphic novels do the same thing.

4. Readers need variety in their reading list.
We can’t read one thing all the time or we’ll get bored and stop growing as readers. 

5. Reading graphic books may lead to drawing and writing comics.
Linking reading and writing is important. Graphic book creation is particularly enticing for kids who prefer drawing to writing normally but make exceptions for dialogue bubbles.