William Shakespeare

Penko Gelev

Jim Pipe

A graphic novel adaptation of the play in which two children from warring families fall in love, with a tragic result.

Romeo and Juliet

Kathy McEvoy

Retells in graphic novel format an adaptation of Shakespeare's story of the Danish prince whose father's ghost appeals to him to avenge his death.

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Charles Dickens

Jacqueline Morley

A graphic novel retelling of the life of David Copperfield, a young orphan who deals with hardship in his early life at a boarding school and while living with a controlling aunt.

David Copperfield

Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiona MacDonald

Uses the graphic novel format to introduce children to many of the world's greatest literary works while also including a brief biography summarizing the author's life, a list of his or her important works, a time line of historic events that helped inspire the story, general notes, and an index.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Charlotte Brontë

Fiona Macdonald

Retells in graphic novel format an adaptation of Brontèe's story about an orphaned young English woman who accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysterious and remote Mr. Rochester.

Jane Eyre

Oliver Twist

Sophie Furse

'Moby Dick' is the tale of Captain Ahab's obsessive hunt for the monstrous white whale that severed his leg. The story is narrated by Ishmael, a young man whose dreams of adventure become nightmares as he unwittingly joins a doomed whaling ship led by an insane captain seeking revenge.

Herman Melville's Moby Dick

Homer

Recounts, in graphic novel format, the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus, who helped defeat the Trojans and who, after encountering the Sirens, the cyclops Polyphemus, and Circe the enchantress, finally returns home to Ithaca.

The Odyssey

Jack London

Tom Ratliff

In graphic novel format, retells the adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with man.

White Fang

John Malam

A graphic novel version of the classic, set in Victorian England, in which a poor orphan is forced into the workhouse at age eight and runs away to become a thief and has a series of misadventures before discovering his true identity.

Penko Gelev

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