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From: Ginny Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 07:36:14 -0500
Yesterday I discovered a starred, boxed review of Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks (HarperCollins, 1997) in the journal Booklist (Am. Lib. Assoc. - May 15, 1997). Reviewer Susan Dove Lempke wrote in part,
"... Each voice is distinct. Each character springs to life, complete with attitudes, prejudices, and opinions, and as the viewpoints shift, Fleischman shows how the different members of a multi-ethnic urban neighborhood overcome the barriers of language and background to enrich one another and forge new connections. The characters' vitality and the sharply delineated details of the neighborhood make this not merely an exercise in craftmanship or morality but an engaging, entertaining novel as well." Paul Fleischman, if you have joined CCBC-NET at this time, we welcome you! Please tell us with which character(s) you began writing Seedfolks was the book's origin with the idea of a person or the neighborhood in general, or in another way? Sincerely, Ginny
***************************************************** Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park St. Madison, WI 53706 USA
Received on Wed 21 May 1997 07:36:14 AM CDT
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 07:36:14 -0500
Yesterday I discovered a starred, boxed review of Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks (HarperCollins, 1997) in the journal Booklist (Am. Lib. Assoc. - May 15, 1997). Reviewer Susan Dove Lempke wrote in part,
"... Each voice is distinct. Each character springs to life, complete with attitudes, prejudices, and opinions, and as the viewpoints shift, Fleischman shows how the different members of a multi-ethnic urban neighborhood overcome the barriers of language and background to enrich one another and forge new connections. The characters' vitality and the sharply delineated details of the neighborhood make this not merely an exercise in craftmanship or morality but an engaging, entertaining novel as well." Paul Fleischman, if you have joined CCBC-NET at this time, we welcome you! Please tell us with which character(s) you began writing Seedfolks was the book's origin with the idea of a person or the neighborhood in general, or in another way? Sincerely, Ginny
***************************************************** Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park St. Madison, WI 53706 USA
Received on Wed 21 May 1997 07:36:14 AM CDT
