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From: Eliza T. Dresang <edresang>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:47:50 -0500
Hello:
To the mix of favorites of the year, I'm adding two picture books and three non-fiction favorites -- each very different from the other.
(1) And If the Moon Could Talk by Kate Banks. For years I've given Goodnight Moon to all new babies in my acquaintance. Now they will get two moon books (I've already started this new tradition) -- one that keeps them safe at home creating their story in the spaces (GNM) and the other that melds the exciting bigger world and home into one.
(2) Dance by Bill T. Jones, photographs by Susan Kuklin. Incredible amazing photographs of an incredible amazing dancer.
(3) The Disappearing Alphabet by Richard Wilbur, illustrated by David Diaz. A fun-to-play-with idea and fanciful, imaginative computer-generated images that look handheld.
(4) I See the Rhythm. By Toyomi Igus; paintings by Michele Wood -- a history of music from the black heritage -- done in "nonlinear style" with the words "designed" to make the music on each page sing. Lots of info in the sidebars. A little girl to search for in each picture and all kinds of interactivity.
(5) Iqbal Masih and the Crusaders Against Child Slavery. By Susan Kuklin
(this time as author). Iqbal (from Pakistan) was killed when he was 12 after helping free more than 3000 other children from enslaved labor in carpet factories -- in the same situation Iqbal was for many years. In turn, children in a MA middle school raised money to build and continue to support a school in his memory in Pakistan. A sobering, but fine portrait of what young people can do to make the world better and protect each other.
And I still have all the favorites mentioned previously: Abelove, Go and Come Back; Browne. Voices in the Park; Fleischman, Whirligig; Raschka, Simple Gifts; Sachar, Holes; Walter, Megaboy; Wolff Bat 6.
Eliza Dresang Florida State University School of Information Studies
Received on Wed 16 Dec 1998 04:47:50 PM CST
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:47:50 -0500
Hello:
To the mix of favorites of the year, I'm adding two picture books and three non-fiction favorites -- each very different from the other.
(1) And If the Moon Could Talk by Kate Banks. For years I've given Goodnight Moon to all new babies in my acquaintance. Now they will get two moon books (I've already started this new tradition) -- one that keeps them safe at home creating their story in the spaces (GNM) and the other that melds the exciting bigger world and home into one.
(2) Dance by Bill T. Jones, photographs by Susan Kuklin. Incredible amazing photographs of an incredible amazing dancer.
(3) The Disappearing Alphabet by Richard Wilbur, illustrated by David Diaz. A fun-to-play-with idea and fanciful, imaginative computer-generated images that look handheld.
(4) I See the Rhythm. By Toyomi Igus; paintings by Michele Wood -- a history of music from the black heritage -- done in "nonlinear style" with the words "designed" to make the music on each page sing. Lots of info in the sidebars. A little girl to search for in each picture and all kinds of interactivity.
(5) Iqbal Masih and the Crusaders Against Child Slavery. By Susan Kuklin
(this time as author). Iqbal (from Pakistan) was killed when he was 12 after helping free more than 3000 other children from enslaved labor in carpet factories -- in the same situation Iqbal was for many years. In turn, children in a MA middle school raised money to build and continue to support a school in his memory in Pakistan. A sobering, but fine portrait of what young people can do to make the world better and protect each other.
And I still have all the favorites mentioned previously: Abelove, Go and Come Back; Browne. Voices in the Park; Fleischman, Whirligig; Raschka, Simple Gifts; Sachar, Holes; Walter, Megaboy; Wolff Bat 6.
Eliza Dresang Florida State University School of Information Studies
Received on Wed 16 Dec 1998 04:47:50 PM CST
