Bone #2: The Great Cow Race

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After visiting the village of Barrelhaven, Fone Bone and his cousins plan to return home. But then Phoney decides to go after one more get-rich-quick opportunity during the town's annual Great Cow Race and, of course, fails disastrously. Just when it seems they'll finally make it home, ominous signs appear that a war is brewing. Can Fone help his friends defend their territory? Volume 2 in the Bone series.

Page Turners
Comic book lovers and fantasy enthusiasts alike will be drawn to this series.

Learning Curve
"Graphic novel" is a term used by librarians, educators, and booksellers to indicate a publishing format--books written and illustrated in the style of a comic book, consisting of "sequential art"--a series of illustrations which, when viewed in order, tell a story. Although today's graphic novels are a recent phenomenon, this basic way of storytelling has been used in various forms for centuries--early cave drawings, hieroglyphics, and medieval tapestries like the famous Bayeux Tapestry can be thought of as stories told in pictures. The term graphic novel is now generally used to describe any book in a comic format that resembles a novel in length and narrative development.

School librarians and educators have reported outstanding success getting kids to read with graphic novels, citing particularly their popularity with reluctant readers, especially boys--a group traditionally difficult to reach. At the same time, graphic novels with rich, complex plots and narrative structures can also be satisfying to advanced readers.

Want to learn more about graphic novels? Check out our discussion guide here .