278. Comics Make You Smart!
Brave Writer
Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley
4.8 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Many parents think comics and graphic novels are just a fun diversion, but they are actually a powerful tool for learning. In this episode, we explore how comics build literacy skills, introduce advanced vocabulary, and foster a love of reading. We also discuss how graphic novels bring history and literature to life while encouraging kids to create their own stories.
If you’ve ever doubted that comics are “real reading,” this episode will change your mind. Tune in now to discover why graphic novels belong in your child’s learning journey!
Resources:
- Check out Julie’s new author website: juliebogartwriter.com!
- Subscribe to Julie’s Substack newsletters: Brave Learning with Julie Bogart and Julie Off Topic
- Try out our Brave Writer Practice Pages
- Find our kids’ graphic novel & nonfiction recommendations in the Brave Writer Book Shop: https://bravewriter.com/book-shop/list/podcast-recommendations
- Learn more about the Brave Writer Literature & Mechanics programs
- Read all Brave Writer class descriptions
- Start a free trial of CTCmath.com to try the math program that’s sure to grab and keep your child’s attention
- Boomerangs mentioned in this episode:
- https://bravewriter.com/book-shop/book/american-born-chinese
- https://bravewriter.com/book-shop/book/dragon-hoops
- https://bravewriter.com/book-shop/book/march
- https://bravewriter.com/book-shop/book/the-odyssey-a-graphic-novel
- https://bravewriter.com/book-shop/book/romeo-and-juliet-graphic-novel
- https://bravewriter.com/book-shop/book/they-called-us-enemy
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- Instagram: @juliebravewriter
- Threads: @juliebravewriter
- Twitter: @bravewriter
- Facebook: facebook.com/bravewriter
Connect with Melissa:
- Website: melissawiley.com
- Substack: melissawiley.substack.com
- Instagram: @melissawileybooks
- Twitter: @melissawiley
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Looking for a great math program? |
| 0:04.0 | CTC Math provides online video tutorials that make learning math easy and effective by using |
| 0:11.0 | creative graphics and animation that are sure to grab and keep your child's attention. |
| 0:17.0 | Here's a great testimonial from Lori. |
| 0:20.0 | She said, one day, my 10-year-old was in tears over math. |
| 0:23.6 | I tried my best to help, but I ended up in tears as well. |
| 0:27.6 | That very night, I received an email offer for CTC Math. |
| 0:32.6 | The following Monday, we reviewed the curriculum together. |
| 0:35.6 | She was willing to give it a shot, and we have never |
| 0:39.3 | looked back. Start your free trial today by visiting ctcmath.com. |
| 0:51.8 | Hey, podcast family. Thanks for tuning in faithfully every week. It always blows my mind, and I'm so |
| 0:58.5 | grateful for all of your engagement and shares and comments that you send me. Today's episode's |
| 1:04.4 | amazing. Melissa's family, they are like comic book experts, so wait until you hear her take on this topic. You might even |
| 1:12.3 | want your kids to tune in with you. That's how good this episode is. Before we get started, |
| 1:17.6 | though, some of you might recall from last week's episode when I shared a little bit about |
| 1:22.9 | the misadventure of the audiobook recording for my new book, Help My Kid Hates Writing. I wanted to give |
| 1:29.8 | you a little update. You know, sometimes when we share stories that are humorous, it's because we're |
| 1:36.1 | exposing like ironies or mishaps or failures. And I wanted to circle back and just let you know |
| 1:43.5 | that I shared those frustrations |
| 1:45.8 | with the sound engineer. And by the next recording day, he had completely transformed my experience |
| 1:54.6 | of doing that recording. Like so much so, I would say by the end of our three days of recording, |
| 2:00.6 | it was my favorite recording |
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