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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 13:09:06 -0600
In response to your first question, Florence, traditional texts such as the "folk poem" from which Simms Taback's work developed the recent edition of *There Once Was an Old Lady* are usually in the public domain. These texts are readily available for development with new visual elements and slightly altered words. In the best editions there is attribution of the folk source(s) from which the reteller derived the material. Others want to chime in here regarding public domain for folk material, especially since Rapunzel & The Hunterman and the Crocodile are also from traditional sources?
As for your second question or comment, "publishing" doesn't have a single plan for creating books. As a matter of fact, publishers finding themselves with similar books within the same or recent time frame are usually disappointed - to put it mildly. They already know that astute, informed book selectors and book consumers will make comparisons between their new edition and earlier ones - but who needs competition between editions appearing within the same year or two? This is not part of an overall publishing plan, it's more like a publishing nightmare. Any of the publishers and editors in the CCBC-NET community want to respond to this, as well? 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 Corner of N. Park and Observatory Drive Open Monday-Thursday 9-7, Friday & Saturday 9-4
I saw the book at a meeting and thought it was quite clever, but held off on purchase for my k-5 school because I had purchased some newly illustrated versions of the song in the past few years and wondered if I needed 5 versions. There is one by Glen Rounds that was done not too long ago. By the way, Orvis has the lady with all the animals that can be place in her mouth.
It seems to me that publishing does this frequently - puts out several versions of the same story in a two year period, or all of a sudden we get a rash of books about the same theme. How does this happen? I don't think it is my imagination.
Florence McElligott, media specialist Rosendale Elementary Niskayuna NY fmce at aol.com
Received on Sat 24 Jan 1998 01:09:06 PM CST
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 13:09:06 -0600
In response to your first question, Florence, traditional texts such as the "folk poem" from which Simms Taback's work developed the recent edition of *There Once Was an Old Lady* are usually in the public domain. These texts are readily available for development with new visual elements and slightly altered words. In the best editions there is attribution of the folk source(s) from which the reteller derived the material. Others want to chime in here regarding public domain for folk material, especially since Rapunzel & The Hunterman and the Crocodile are also from traditional sources?
As for your second question or comment, "publishing" doesn't have a single plan for creating books. As a matter of fact, publishers finding themselves with similar books within the same or recent time frame are usually disappointed - to put it mildly. They already know that astute, informed book selectors and book consumers will make comparisons between their new edition and earlier ones - but who needs competition between editions appearing within the same year or two? This is not part of an overall publishing plan, it's more like a publishing nightmare. Any of the publishers and editors in the CCBC-NET community want to respond to this, as well? 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 Corner of N. Park and Observatory Drive Open Monday-Thursday 9-7, Friday & Saturday 9-4
I saw the book at a meeting and thought it was quite clever, but held off on purchase for my k-5 school because I had purchased some newly illustrated versions of the song in the past few years and wondered if I needed 5 versions. There is one by Glen Rounds that was done not too long ago. By the way, Orvis has the lady with all the animals that can be place in her mouth.
It seems to me that publishing does this frequently - puts out several versions of the same story in a two year period, or all of a sudden we get a rash of books about the same theme. How does this happen? I don't think it is my imagination.
Florence McElligott, media specialist Rosendale Elementary Niskayuna NY fmce at aol.com
Received on Sat 24 Jan 1998 01:09:06 PM CST
