Jim Trelease, Cindy Georgis. Guide to Reading Aloud: A reference book for loving parents, caring grandparents and smart educators. (№ 463859)

According to Jacqueline McTaggart, the term “comic book” applies “to any combination of frames, words, and pictures as long as the combination tells a coherent story. So all graphic novels are comics, but not all comics are graphic novels.” The volume of comics is usually 28 pages; such publications resemble magazines in appearance. Graphic novels are much larger. They come in soft covers or hard covers.