From: Ginny Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 16:56:22 -0500

Your remarks about Dateline: Troy is so interesting... For those who have not yet seen this book by Paul Fleischman, take a look and decide for yourself. One clarification about the assemblages facing each rewritten passage - these references span much of the 20th Century, not just the most recent news events. Be thinking of something you want to ask author Paul Fleischman about Dateline: Troy when he joins us on Thursday... Meanwhile, who has had a chance to read his newest book Seedfolk (HarperCollins, 1997)? This slim, 69-page collection of 13 narratives involves 13 individuals whose ages span the generations and backgrounds represent diverse urban dwellers. Although they don't plan to develop a community garden, one evolves from their singular and occasionally communal efforts. For each five-or-so-page passage, black and white line drawings by Judy Pederson suggest both the speaker and an object central to that person's "story." I've found myself thinking about Seedfolks many times since I read it. What's your response? Sincerely, Ginny Moore Kruse
*************************************** 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
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