A Gold Mine for All: New Educational Graphic Novel from Gossamer Books LLC
Educational Graphic Novel on the California Gold Rush to be launched in March 2005.
(PRWEB) December 18, 2004 -- Gossamer Books LLC announces the release of
their educational graphic novel, “Gold Mine! The California Gold Rush Story”
(ISBN: 0-9742502-3-6) in March 2005. The novel follows Charlie and Alice, two
idealistic young ‘49ers, and their faithful mule Nugget who journey west to the
new land of opportunity and discover that striking gold may not be as easy as
they thought. With a vast majority of librarians acknowledging the role of
graphic novel genre in inspiring a love of reading in grade-schoolers and adults
alike, this novel is a step forward in that direction.
“Gold Mine! The
California Gold Rush Story”, written by critically acclaimed author Ginger
Turner, illustrates Charlie and Alice’s journey to the west in search of a gold
mine and their encounters with some of the most colorful and inspiring figures
in California history who come together in a sequence of humorous and surprising
twists. Meanwhile, as the California wilderness is transformed, so is Charlie,
when he discovers that the greatest secret to success might be sitting right
under his nose.
Based on real personal accounts and diaries, Gold Mine's
beautifully hand-drawn frames show the history of Gold Rush-from the first
discovery of gold, to the state constitutional convention, to the boisterous
life of the vigilant mining towns-through the eyes of the men and women who
lived it.
The educational graphic novel is carefully
mapped to the U.S. Department of Education’s national standards for teaching
U.S. History. It is painstakingly researched to create an accurate account of
the events and incidents as they occurred in history to generate interest of
grade-schoolers in key historical themes specified by national and state
educational guidelines. It can be a useful resource for librarians and K-12
educational levels.
Gossamer Books has also released highly interactive
and educative lesson plans based on “Gold Mine! The California Gold Rush Story”
that can be downloaded free of cost from their official website http://www.gossamerbooks.com
Angel Oberoi, President,
and founder of Gossamer Books LLC commented, "This is a serious endeavor on the
part of Gossamer Books to provide grade schoolers with US history through
beautifully drawn illustrations in the graphic novel format. It will inspire
kids to be creative and interested in reading. The librarians and the teachers
will find the graphic novel to be a very useful addition to their collection. We
also provide highly interactive lesson plans based on this educational graphic
novel that can be used in the classrooms.”
Publishers Weekly in its
review of this graphic novel recognized this effort for taking “historical
events and facts and turns them into entertaining tales.”
The novel can
be ordered from Baker & Taylor, and Brodart. For further information, send
an email at e-mail protected from spam bots.
About Gossamer Books
LLC
A small privately-held publisher of high quality graphic novels, Gossamer
Books is passionate about the importance of history. Founded in 2003, in
Belmont, CA, Gossamer Books LLC promotes an entertaining approach towards
teaching US history to upper elementary and middle school students. Each book is
carefully mapped to local and US Department of Education’s national standards
for teaching American history, and is painstakingly researched to create an
accurate account of the hardships and triumphs of the era.
http://www.gossamerbooks.com
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