Come December, The Discovery Channel will publish a new volume boasting “10 stories based on real events” surrounding everyone’s simultaneously favorite and most feared sea creature: sharks!
Published by Silver Dragon Books, this new product aims to capitalize on the popularity of Discovery Network’s cult favorite Shark Week, a common staple of many childhood shark fascinations as well as college students aiming to find an excuse to drink.
USAToday notes that “In addition to Sharks, upcoming titles in 2011 will include a dinosaurs-themed story, an Animal Planet-branded book and a few other topics based on Discovery shows that are still in development.” Additional preview pictures are also found at USAToday.
This is yet another indication that comics and popular culture are unmistakably linked and that your classroom – no matter what subject area or age group – will benefit from using graphic texts in any capacity.
It also means that JAWS may be on the loose again …
Graphic Texts in the Classroom 