Who Do You Think You Are, Charlie Brown?

Title: Who Do You Think You Are, Charlie Brown?
Author: Charles M. Schulz
Genre: Realistic Fiction (Graphic Novel)

Who Do You Think You Are, Charlie Brown? details the life and times of Charlie Brown and his friends with illustrations and text. This graphic novel details the comical yet thoughtful interactions between Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, Sally, Peppermint Patty, Snoopy, and Woodstock. Though Lucy tends to give Charlie Brown a hard time, his friend Linus always manages to stick up for him while his dog snoopy comforts him in times of need.

I think that a graphic novel is an interesting format for students to be exposed to as it differs from the traditional style of children's picture books. Who Do You Think You Are, Charlie Brown? Looks more like a comic strip, though it reads like a novel. Introducing children to graphic novels would provide a unique opportunity to have students convey or retell stories in a different format by constructing a "comic strip" type of story line. There is a website called makebeliefscomix.com where students can do just that. Below is a link to my very own short comic to tell my own story!

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=48357049C234726