CCBC-Net Archives
December CCBC-Net Discussion: Favorites of Year
- Contemporary messages sorted: [ by date ] [ by subject ] [ by author ]
From: Megan Schliesman <Schliesman>
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 10:07:23 -0600
To everyone who is concerned that you haven't been getting CCBC-Net messages, don't worry! The list has been quiet since before Thanksgiving. Our apologies for not wrapping up the November discussion and posting the December discussion topic sooner.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the November discussion on picture books for older readers. Your ideas and insights into what children and young adults find appealing, and your thoughts on how book publishing has been changing with regard to the picture book genre, made for a wonderful discussion.
As we do each December, we now invite the members of the CCBC-Net community to share and talk about your favorite books of the year. What books published in 1997 stand out for you?
Martha Parravano has given us a graceful transition from the November to the December discussion by bringing up Paul Zelinsky's Rapunzel, a picture book for older readers published in 1997 that she wonders about in terms of its appeal--is it really for older readers, or is it for adults? This is a book that is receiving quite a bit of attention this year--what do you think about its audience and its merit as a picture book for young people? Is it one of your favorites of 1997?
Pat Chase has commented that she likes Wringer by Jerry Spinelli as a Newbery contender.
What are your favorite books of 1997 published for children and young adults? Please share your opinions with others on CCBC-Net, and don't feel you need to limit yourself to books that are contenders for national awards, such as the Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King or Batchelder Awards, though we welcome your ideas on all of these!
Before closing, I want to say that one of my favorites of the year that isn't a "major" award contender is a book of poetry that was edited by Myra Cohn Livingston titled I Am Writing a POem About...A Game of Poetry. It features poems by students in a master poetry workshop Livingston taught. The students included Janet Wong, Alice Schertle, Alice Whitford Paul and Tony Johnston, among others. Language arts and English teachers in middle and high schools will love this book for the delightful, challenging way it presents poetry, and children who already enjoy writing will love it for the very same reason.
Megan Schliesman Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education UW-Madison schliesman at mail.soemadison.wisc.edu
Received on Sat 06 Dec 1997 10:07:23 AM CST
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 10:07:23 -0600
To everyone who is concerned that you haven't been getting CCBC-Net messages, don't worry! The list has been quiet since before Thanksgiving. Our apologies for not wrapping up the November discussion and posting the December discussion topic sooner.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the November discussion on picture books for older readers. Your ideas and insights into what children and young adults find appealing, and your thoughts on how book publishing has been changing with regard to the picture book genre, made for a wonderful discussion.
As we do each December, we now invite the members of the CCBC-Net community to share and talk about your favorite books of the year. What books published in 1997 stand out for you?
Martha Parravano has given us a graceful transition from the November to the December discussion by bringing up Paul Zelinsky's Rapunzel, a picture book for older readers published in 1997 that she wonders about in terms of its appeal--is it really for older readers, or is it for adults? This is a book that is receiving quite a bit of attention this year--what do you think about its audience and its merit as a picture book for young people? Is it one of your favorites of 1997?
Pat Chase has commented that she likes Wringer by Jerry Spinelli as a Newbery contender.
What are your favorite books of 1997 published for children and young adults? Please share your opinions with others on CCBC-Net, and don't feel you need to limit yourself to books that are contenders for national awards, such as the Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King or Batchelder Awards, though we welcome your ideas on all of these!
Before closing, I want to say that one of my favorites of the year that isn't a "major" award contender is a book of poetry that was edited by Myra Cohn Livingston titled I Am Writing a POem About...A Game of Poetry. It features poems by students in a master poetry workshop Livingston taught. The students included Janet Wong, Alice Schertle, Alice Whitford Paul and Tony Johnston, among others. Language arts and English teachers in middle and high schools will love this book for the delightful, challenging way it presents poetry, and children who already enjoy writing will love it for the very same reason.
Megan Schliesman Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education UW-Madison schliesman at mail.soemadison.wisc.edu
Received on Sat 06 Dec 1997 10:07:23 AM CST
