About Brodart's Kat Kan
Katharine "Kat" Kan, Brodart's Selector/Graphic Novel Specialist, has her eye on all graphic materials, from popular series, classics, and mainstream, to unique titles. Kat has been writing about graphic novels in libraries since 1994, mostly for Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA). She edited the book Graphic Novels and Comic Books: The Reference Shelf, published by H.W. Wilson. In 2012, Kat joined the Board of Directors for Reading With Pictures, a nonprofit organization that "advocates for the use of comics in the classroom to promote literacy and improve educational outcomes for all students."
In her "spare" time, she cosplays (mostly Doctor Who and Star Trek), presents workshops about graphic novels for libraries, and continues her quest to indoctrinate all of her students in the joys of reading graphic novels.
Kat is a firm believer that graphic novels belong in libraries and schools because they should always be part of the whole reading mix, just like any other kind of book. She says, "When you read a graphic novel, you need to read the art as well as the text, so your brain gets a total workout!"
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