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From: Eliza T. Dresang <edresang>
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 19:54:27 -0400
At 05:54 PM 10/3/98 EDT, PortolaDJ at aol.com wrote: and heard--or
Dick's message has moved me to share with CCBC-Net members some of the rest of what the twelve-year-old I quoted in my last message said, because she is one of those who immediately saw profundity in Making Up Megaboy -- and it is in line with what Dick said about the "sad cultural fact that many kids can't be heard-or aren't listened to before it's too late." So, here it is, verbatim:
I would also like to add a word about the synergy that I find between the words and the illustrations. Every word (for me) in Megaboy counts. Not one is wasted or rings untrue. Katrina Roeckelein's illustrations are illuminating--the carefully chosen type, symbols, colors ( for example, the principal speaks in black and white) show how insular and into his/her own role each person in that community is. The book couldn't be (and I do mean be, not have) the riveting message it is without the intertwined words and pictures. The combination in a book for older readers lets these events enter our senses in the same manner that they do through the media day after day -- but with a huge difference. Here in Making Up Megaboy we have the opportunity to experience the community "in their own words" from their many different points of view, allowing us to weave together a more complete understanding of the whole.
And, I do agree, that when Megaboy speaks (or the silence of Robbie through him) -- the message becomes crystal clear to those who are listening carefully.
Eliza Dresang School of Information Studies Florida State University
*********************************************************************** Eliza T. Dresang, Associate Professor
School of Information Studies Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306!00 e-mail: edresang at mailer.fsu.edu Phone: 850 644 5877 (w) Phone: 850 224 1637 (h) FAX: 850 644 6253 (w) FAX: 850 224 1637 (h)
Received on Sat 03 Oct 1998 06:54:27 PM CDT
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 19:54:27 -0400
At 05:54 PM 10/3/98 EDT, PortolaDJ at aol.com wrote: and heard--or
Dick's message has moved me to share with CCBC-Net members some of the rest of what the twelve-year-old I quoted in my last message said, because she is one of those who immediately saw profundity in Making Up Megaboy -- and it is in line with what Dick said about the "sad cultural fact that many kids can't be heard-or aren't listened to before it's too late." So, here it is, verbatim:
I would also like to add a word about the synergy that I find between the words and the illustrations. Every word (for me) in Megaboy counts. Not one is wasted or rings untrue. Katrina Roeckelein's illustrations are illuminating--the carefully chosen type, symbols, colors ( for example, the principal speaks in black and white) show how insular and into his/her own role each person in that community is. The book couldn't be (and I do mean be, not have) the riveting message it is without the intertwined words and pictures. The combination in a book for older readers lets these events enter our senses in the same manner that they do through the media day after day -- but with a huge difference. Here in Making Up Megaboy we have the opportunity to experience the community "in their own words" from their many different points of view, allowing us to weave together a more complete understanding of the whole.
And, I do agree, that when Megaboy speaks (or the silence of Robbie through him) -- the message becomes crystal clear to those who are listening carefully.
Eliza Dresang School of Information Studies Florida State University
*********************************************************************** Eliza T. Dresang, Associate Professor
School of Information Studies Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306!00 e-mail: edresang at mailer.fsu.edu Phone: 850 644 5877 (w) Phone: 850 224 1637 (h) FAX: 850 644 6253 (w) FAX: 850 224 1637 (h)
Received on Sat 03 Oct 1998 06:54:27 PM CDT
