Build empathy by reading personal narrative examples in children's books, including picture books and middle grade books. In other words, read someone's authentic memoir based on their life ...

Today’s graphic novels look back to this early lineage. They create a dialogue between text and image; in the best examples, the mediums cooperate and overlap to create a fuller, richer work.

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