The mission of the UNLV Teacher Development & Resources Library is to contribute to the success of the UNLV College of Education students, faculty, and staff as well as Las Vegas P12 educators by providing effective academic, scholarly, and professional research support and access to quality curriculum material collections.
We are also a community resource for UNLV students, faculty, and staff and are happy to help you find your family's next great read.
Welcome to the Children's and Young Adult Literature Guide
This guide is a starting place for exploring children's and young adult literature. For additional support, please contact Amanda Melilli (amanda.melilli@unlv.edu), Head of the UNLV Teacher Development & Resources Library.
The TDRL defines our graphic novel collection as any bound volume written primarily in the sequential art format. Sequential art is considered a series of sequential images used together for graphic story telling. The TDRL graphic novel collection contains materials with varying age level appropriateness. Due to the mature content of some of these titles, it is always recommended that titles are evaluated thoroughly before bringing them into a K12 classroom or recommending to students. It should not be assumed that because these titles contain "cartoons" that they are appropriate for all students in all settings.
The libraries also offers students, faculty, and staff access to a collection of comics, graphic novels, and manga from over 100 independent publishers through the Comics Plus database. (In order to use this resource, users are required to create an account using their university email address.)