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From: Megan Schliesman <mjschlie>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:45:51 -0500
Kimberly King wrote:
How do others "promote" historical fiction to young readers? Do some books
"sell" themselves by virtue of being a topic children are already interested in? My sense is that World War II fiction, especially about the Holocaust, is a topic that , once discovered, generates its own momentum, at least among some readers. Do you have this sense as well?
What about other historical fiction books? As we continue to share some of our favorites, also continue commenting if you can on how you make connections between the books and young readers to generate interest. Are some books especially effective for reluctant readers?
As for some of my favorites, I love the Logan family books by Mildred L. Taylor, and I realized as I thought about them that they are, indeed, historical, even though I don't necessarily think of them as such on first consideration because they are so resonant to today's times in so many ways, and yet so important for their historical perspective as well.
An engrossing World War II book for young adult readers is The Boys from St. Petri by Bjarne Reuter, about a group of teenage boys in a Denmark city whose frustration and anger with the German occupation leads to them fighting back with bold and dangerous actions that can only--if ever-? justified in time of war. This is a translated book, like many detailing the eventsin Europe during World War II--how rich the experience we can offer young readers in this country is because of these books from other nations!
Megan Schliesman Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education UW-Madison schliesman at mail.soemadison.wisc.edu
Received on Thu 23 Oct 1997 09:45:51 AM CDT
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:45:51 -0500
Kimberly King wrote:
How do others "promote" historical fiction to young readers? Do some books
"sell" themselves by virtue of being a topic children are already interested in? My sense is that World War II fiction, especially about the Holocaust, is a topic that , once discovered, generates its own momentum, at least among some readers. Do you have this sense as well?
What about other historical fiction books? As we continue to share some of our favorites, also continue commenting if you can on how you make connections between the books and young readers to generate interest. Are some books especially effective for reluctant readers?
As for some of my favorites, I love the Logan family books by Mildred L. Taylor, and I realized as I thought about them that they are, indeed, historical, even though I don't necessarily think of them as such on first consideration because they are so resonant to today's times in so many ways, and yet so important for their historical perspective as well.
An engrossing World War II book for young adult readers is The Boys from St. Petri by Bjarne Reuter, about a group of teenage boys in a Denmark city whose frustration and anger with the German occupation leads to them fighting back with bold and dangerous actions that can only--if ever-? justified in time of war. This is a translated book, like many detailing the eventsin Europe during World War II--how rich the experience we can offer young readers in this country is because of these books from other nations!
Megan Schliesman Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education UW-Madison schliesman at mail.soemadison.wisc.edu
Received on Thu 23 Oct 1997 09:45:51 AM CDT
