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Learning Science Through Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels are a great way to learn about science, healthcare and mental health, whether they are fiction or nonfiction.

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  • This entertaining graphic novel from award winner Dan Brown will get kids talking, since it's all about the history of dealing with poop, pee, and dirty hands.
    Graphic Novel, 2025New York : Fanfare Books, 2025. — J 628.3 BROWN
  • Stella was looking forward to 5th grade, but there's so much reading she struggles to keep up. When she is diagnosed with dyslexia, her parents and teacher help her find ways to adjust to her learning style.
    Graphic Novel, 2025New York, NY : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership, 2025. — J GARCIA
  • In Science Comics: Electricity, you'll discover where electricity comes from, why lightning suddenly strikes, and how we've harnessed it all to turn the lights on in your room. Ready for action? Get energized with electricity!
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York : First Second Books, 2023. — J 537 HIRSCH
  • Meet the deadliest flowering plants on Earth. Whose toxin is the most potent? Is it the beautiful belladonna? The eye-catching angel's trumpet? The infamous wolfsbane? Or someone else?
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, [2025] — J 581.659 SPICER
  • My Brain Is Different

    Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders

    Monzūsū (Comic book writer),
    In this manga essay anthology, follow the true stories of nine people (including the illustrator) navigating life with developmental disorders and disabilities.
    Graphic Novel, 2022[Los Angeles, California] : Seven Seas Entertainment, [2022] — TEEN 616.8589 MONZUSU
  • Raina is dealing with school problems, but also tummy issues that just won't go away.
    Graphic Novel, 2019New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2019. — J TELGEME
  • Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers!
    Graphic Novel, 2014New York : Amulet Books, 2014. — J BIO BELL BELL
  • Puzzled

    a Memoir of Growing Up With OCD

    Cooke, Pan,
    Pan Cooke is ten years old when anxious thoughts begin to take over his brain like pieces of an impossible puzzle. This is his story of living with and eventually learning about OCD.
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York : Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024. — J 618.9285 COOKE
  • Joining the Baby-sitter's Club after moving to a new town, Stacey helps her new friends outmaneuver a rival sitter group while coming to terms with her diabetes.
    Graphic Novel, 2015New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, [2015] — J MARTIN
  • Maggie thinks a new puppy is the answer to her problems, but when she goes to select one on her birthday, she breaks out in hives and rashes. She's severely allergic to anything with fur! Can Maggie outsmart her allergies and find the perfect pet?
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, [2021] — J LLOYD
  • Beginning with smallpox-perhaps humankind's greatest affliction to date-and concluding with an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown traces the evolution of vaccines and examines deadly diseases such as measles, polio, anthrax, rabies, cholera,…
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York : Amulet Books, 2021. — J 615.372 BROWN
  • A heartwarming middle grade graphic novel following two nonbinary kids who navigate anxiety and identity all while having fun and forming friendships at their summer orchestra camp.
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2024] — J PALMER
  • The Brain

    the Ultimate Thinking Machine

    Woollcott, Tory,
    In this volume, Fahama has been kidnapped by a mad scientist and his zombie assistant, and they are intent on stealing her brain! She'll need to learn about the brain as fast as possible in order to plan her escape!
    Graphic Novel, 2018New York : First Second, 2018. — J 612.82 WOOLLCO
  • The Digestive System

    a Tour Through Your Guts

    Viola, Jason,
    An engaging graphic-novel introduction to the human gastrointestinal tract discusses the science that underlies digestion, counseling students on subjects ranging from saliva and nutrient processing to illness and friendly bacteria.
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York, NY : First Second Books, 2021. — J 612.3 VIOLA
  • Plagues

    the Microscopic Battlefield

    Koch, Falynn, 1985-
    In gloriously gross detail, you'll meet dangerous microscopic invaders like protozoa, fungi, viruses, and foreign bacteria - then see how our bodies work to fight back and defend us against future infections.
    Graphic Novel, 2017New York, NY : First Second, 2017. — J 579 KOCH
  • Shannon is in eighth grade, and life is more complicated than ever. Everything keeps changing, and no matter how hard she tries, Shannon can never seem to just be happy.
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York, NY : First Second, 2021. — J HALE
  • Find out more than you ever thought possible about creatures both cute and weird, large and small, while discovering new stories about human history from the perspective of our animal companions.
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. — J 590 WARNER
  • Welcome to the Human Body Theater, where your master of ceremonies is going to lead you through a theatrical revue of each and every biological system of the human body!
    Graphic Novel, 2015New York : :01 First Second, 2015. — J 612 WICKS