How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Manga!

The Wood River Middle School (WRMS) serves approximately 600 students a year. The school is diverse, with roughly half Latinx students and a large English language learner population. The library collection boasts almost 16,000 books. The most popular section? If you combine the manga and graphic novel sections, they win the top prize, with 38% of library circulation. Reading graphic novels and manga increases learners' literacy and provides them a scaffold into more complex texts. Having books in different formats encourages people to gain an understanding of a variety of topics. Graphic novels and manga are essential formats that belong in every library.