Bat City Schools & Library Programs

Expand your curriculum with our Educator and Student Workshops!

Our Educator workshops help teachers learn how they can incorporate comics into their lesson plans. From English to History and beyond, comics have been proven to help students improve their mastery of topics such as inference and evidence, social justice issues, historical context, literary analysis, and mastery of new words and literary terms. Participating teachers will receive their own resource guide to keep in their classroom or share with administrators and parents.

Student workshops teach the basics of writing and art for ages five to college! Participating students learn how to take an idea from concept to completion all while mastering the elements of writing in the process. Reading workshops are also available and be custom designed using pop culture texts and media to help your students master difficult concepts.

Other school-wide activities are also available, including: reading enthusiasm rallies, booktalks, school book fairs, art fairs, comic trivia bowls, superhero academy, and comic cons.

Reach out to Shannon at contact@batcity.org on information on how you can schedule your school programming today. 

Get creative in the classroom with our comic-based curriculums! 

Whether you're teaching reading, writing, history, etc., we can help you develop the perfect curriculum for your classroom needs! 

From individual topics or texts to full-semester long curriculum, we provide the tools you need to supplement your classroom lesson plans.  

Topics include anything from:

- inference and evidence 

-anti-bullying 

-making friends 

- being a hero for the community 

- critical approaches to literature

-history and cultures through comic books 

- elements of writing 

- media literacy

- and so much more!

 If you have a need for it, we can help!

Our team of educators and comic professionals can help you create the exact resource you need, or you can request an already existing lesson plan for use. 

Digital resources are on their way, but until then you can reach out to Shannon at contact@batcity.org for details on how you can bring comics into your classroom.

Let us help stock your classroom or library with single-issue comics and graphic novels.

We'll hand-select books that are age-appropriate for your students and send them to your classroom. In the Bradenton area and want a superhero to deliver them? Let us know, and we can arrange for a special delivery to your classroom or library. 

Have a specific book you're looking for? Let us know and we'll do our best to find it for you! 

Reach out to Shannon at contact@batcity.org for more information.

Need help gathering the supplies for your classroom? We can help! 

Each year we select an educator who demonstrates a love for literacy and learning to their students and donate items needed for their classroom. We know it's hard to ensure all the supplies you need are readily available at the beginning of the year, so we want to help you kick of the year right. 

Educators are selected during the summer. Parents and faculty can nominate teachers throughout the year by emailing Shannon: contact@batcity.org