Jones, H; (2019) 'It is awesome and you get to swap fun, funny and fantasy!' How a comic lending library impacted on the reading habits of Y3 pupils. Presented at: UKLA 55th International Conference, Sheffield, UK. (In press).

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Abstract

This short research project was set up to investigate how one underused medium, comics, would impact on Y3 children's reading habits inside and outside of school, through the establishment of a comic lending library. Would children engage, and read the texts for pleasure? Would the children, their teachers, and parents see the value of reading comics? How do children read comics? This research builds on the work of Millard and Marsh (2001) who studied the reaction to a home-school lending library, and examines whether comics are still relevant reading material almost 20 years later. A key theme to emerge from the evidence collected during the project is the collaborative and playful nature of reading comics. The research will demonstrate that, while reading comics, children engage in informal talk and are able to switch voice regularly from peer, to teacher, to clowning around, to character in the text. It examines how children tackle taboo through playing with language and text. Finally, the pedagogical possibilities of comics will be explored.

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