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CCBC-Net Discussions: Oct., Nov., & Dec. 1998

From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 17:30:29 -0500

A - October

Nonlinear Narratives in four books (not necessarily discussed in this order): 1) Whirligig - a novel by Paul Fleischman (Henry Holt, 1998); 2) Making Up Megaboy - a story written by Virginia Walter and illustrated by Katrina Roeckelein (Richard Jackson/DK Ink, 1998); 3) Bat 6 - a novel written by Virginia Euwer Wolff (Scholastic, 1998); and Who's Whose? - a picture book written and illustrated by Jan Ormerod (U.S. edition: Lothrop, 1998).

B - November

Point of View in four books (not necessarily discussed in this order): 1) Go and Come Back - a novel written by Joan Abelove (Richard Jackson/DK Ink, 1998); 2) The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child - autobiographical fiction written by Francisco Jimenez
(Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1997); 3) Oh, Freedom! Kids Talk about the Civil Rights Movement with the People That Made It Happen - excerpts from interviews by children with historical information written by Casey King and Linda Barrett Osborne (Knopf, 1997); and From Slave Ship to Freedom Road - an invitation to explore of historical experience written by Julius Lester to accompany paintings by Rod Brown (Dial, 1998).

December -

A CCBC-Net Annual Discussion of Favorites! What are your favorite books published during 1998, and why?

Ginny Moore Kruse, Director (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/ A Library of the School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park St. (corner N. Park & Observatory Drive) Madison, WI 53706 USA Public Service Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00am - 7:00pm, Friday & Saturday 9:00am - 4:00pm Phone: 608/263720
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