[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the tags to find books about topics you might be interested in.] _______ What do you think of when you hear the words “ghost story”? A ghost attacking people? Murder and blood? How about humor? The Canterville Ghost is a famous and enjoyable story because it is not what you expect. The first part …
Tag: comic book
Jul 19
EL本棚紹介(93) Dracula: The Graphic Novel, by Bram Stoker and Jason Cobley
[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the tags to find books about topics you might be interested in.] _______ Like all of the titles in the “Classical Comics” series, Dracula is based on a very famous piece of literature. There have been countless film versions of Dracula, and the title character is an important cultural figure in the English-speaking world. …
Jul 01
EL本棚紹介(92) A Christmas Carol: The Graphic Novel, by Charles Dickens, adapted by Sean Michael Wilson
[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the tags to find books about topics you might be interested in.] _______ “Classical Comics” is a series of comic books made by the English textbook company, Heinle. The comics are adaptations of famous classic stories, and the English Lounge has a whole collection of them. Because these books are meant for English learners, …
Jul 01
EL本棚紹介(91) A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel, by Madeleine L’Engle and Hope Larson
[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the tags to find books about topics you might be interested in.] _______ This is another comic book based on a young-adult novel that has been turned into a movie (https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1357101081/?ref_=tt_vi_i_2). A Wrinkle in Time is a story about a young girl who goes on an adventure through space to find her missing father. …
Jun 21
EL本棚紹介(89) The Giver: The Graphic Novel, by Lois Lowry and P. Craig Russel
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May 31
EL本棚紹介(88) The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel, adapted by Mariah Marsden and Hanna Luechtefeld
[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the tags to find books about topics you might be interested in.] _______ A young girl whose family died of disease…a farm boy who can talk to animals…a sick boy who is not allowed to go outside…these characters form a friendship in The Secret Garden (Jp. himitsu no hanazono), a famous book that was …
Jul 27
EL本棚紹介(79) Stitches: A Memoir, by David Small
[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the tags to find books about topics you might be interested in.] _______ One of the reasons why comic books and graphic novels have become popular in the United States recently is that they are a creative “medium.” Instead of writing only with words, artists combine words and pictures to show how they feel. …
Jul 21
EL本棚紹介(78) The Tempest: The Graphic Novel, by William Shakespeare, adapted by John McDonald
[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the tags to find books about topics you might be interested in.] _______ The Tempest is the last play that Shakespeare wrote by himself. If you have never read Shakespeare or never seen a movie or play by him, you will probably be surprised by this book. The story is full of magic, fairies, …
May 30
EL本棚紹介(77) Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel, by Mary Shelley, adapted by Brigit Viney
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Apr 28
EL本棚紹介(75) Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, illustrated by Sonia Leong, and Prince of Cats, by Ronald Wimberly
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