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.

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