For improving early literacy, reading comics is no child's play
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 13:21
in Psychology & Sociology
Although comics have been published in newspapers since the 1890s, they still get no respect from some teachers and librarians, despite their current popularity among adults. But according to a University of Illinois expert in children's literature, critics should stop tugging on Superman's cape and start giving him and his superhero friends their due.