[ISLMA-Share] Manga Shakespear

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Putting classics  in graphic novels is ridiculous!  Shakespeare and other
classics were never made to be graphic novels. Making them into graphic
novels degrades
them. The classic novels put in graphic form don't circulate in the North
Chicago Public Library.Students want superheroes or books like the
Babysitters Club in graphic not classics.

Mr. Heideman ( Children's Librarian )

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 5:22 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> There is a series called Manga Classics (I own "The Scarlet Letter").
> There are 11 or so titles in the series, including the stories of Edgar
> Allan Poe, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "The Jungle Book" which
> might be appropriate for middle school aged students.  Crystal Chan is the
> adapter of both.
>
> Carrie Grieme
>
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 10:01 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> We have *MacBeth: The Graphic Novel* (manga) that says it is "A
>> science-fiction graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's
>> tragedy of brutal ambition, in which Macbeth, a dragon-riding nobleman in a
>> future world, kills his king with the help of his power-hungry wife and
>> finds himself battling rivals and vengeance seekers for his life and the
>> throne."
>>
>> Published New York : Puffin Books, 2005.
>> Format 176 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
>> ISBN 0-14-240409-8
>> Unrelated to that book, I did some more investigating on Titlewave and
>> there is an 8-book set of Manga Shakepeare.
>>
>> http://www.titlewave.com/search?crossnumber=N&recommend=
>> 27663X2.A078146&SID=87da9350ebed50d9bd2e20315d0af5b3
>>
>>
>>
>> *Mr. Tim Yoder*
>>
>> Librarian
>> Harvard Junior High School
>> 1301 North Garfield Street
>> Harvard, IL 60033
>> 815-943-6466 ext.2337 <(815)%20943-6466>
>> Fax 815-943-8521 <(815)%20943-8521>
>> Email: tyoder at cusd50.org
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 8:55 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear great collective brain,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I need some help. I am looking for middle school level manga that is
>>> based on the classics. For example, I have *Romeo and Juliet* (ISBN
>>> 978-0-8109-9325-9) which includes the car chases just like the original
>>> Shakespearian work. What’s going on is we are doing a *Genre Fair! *with
>>> our 8th grade honors classes. One of our groups really wants to do
>>> manga. Well, we compromised with the students and they will need to include
>>> some adaptations of classics. Anyone have some suggestions/recommendations.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Alan, Librarian serving Brooks Middle School
>>>
>>>
>>>
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