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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 14:44:44 -0600
Marc, your account of how the joint authors of "Breaking Ground Breaking Silence" became involved in a collaborative effort is so interesting. It's a tribute to you and to other editors who realize "there's a book in there" as they happen upon a person or some otherwise unrealized information and then seek ways to locate the individuals who can bring the information to life for young readers, to break that particular silence. Thanks so much for letting us know about the backgound of this mavelous book, one about which Linnea also took the time to offer appreciation for the "emotionally powerful opportunity to learn about the lives of people who were not able to speak for themselves." Marc and Linnea each reminded us of, as Linnea put it, "the excitement and significance of research and archeology and history." We look forward to the next book-in-progress, Marc!
Dean referred to Jazmin as a "smart, strong-willed girl" in his brief appreciation of "Jazmin's Notebook," a novel with a prose narrative very naturally incorporating poety. Marsha expressed appreciation for Jazmin's "authentic voice," calling her a "girl of talent, a product of her decade but also universal." Last year Megan Schliesman reviewed
"Jazmin's Notebook" for the CCBC website's Book of the Week feature. Megan wrote, "Jazmin is a bright, introspective 14-year-old growing up in Harlem in the early 1960s who faces the harsh realities of her world with a poet's heart and soul. Living with her competent sister who's little more than a teenager herself, Jazmin looks at the world with an endearing mixture of realism and optimism, which she expresses in a poem at the opening of each first-person chapter... Anyone who knew only the superficial details of Jazmin's life would see her as an impoverished, neglected child; those of us who share her deepest thoughts and feelings, revealed in this slender volume, will see her as a fighter, a survivor and, above all, a gifted poet ready to make her mark on the world."
These and other comments about "Breaking Ground Breaking Silence" and
"Jazmin's Notebook" can encourage many who haven't had the chance to see these two books to locate them. Each is quite different from the other, and both hold great potential for readers of middle and high school ages. ...Ginny
*************************************** Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/) A Library of the School of Education at the 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 9:00-7:00 and Friday-Saturday 9:00-4:00 (CST)
Received on Mon 15 Mar 1999 02:44:44 PM CST
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 14:44:44 -0600
Marc, your account of how the joint authors of "Breaking Ground Breaking Silence" became involved in a collaborative effort is so interesting. It's a tribute to you and to other editors who realize "there's a book in there" as they happen upon a person or some otherwise unrealized information and then seek ways to locate the individuals who can bring the information to life for young readers, to break that particular silence. Thanks so much for letting us know about the backgound of this mavelous book, one about which Linnea also took the time to offer appreciation for the "emotionally powerful opportunity to learn about the lives of people who were not able to speak for themselves." Marc and Linnea each reminded us of, as Linnea put it, "the excitement and significance of research and archeology and history." We look forward to the next book-in-progress, Marc!
Dean referred to Jazmin as a "smart, strong-willed girl" in his brief appreciation of "Jazmin's Notebook," a novel with a prose narrative very naturally incorporating poety. Marsha expressed appreciation for Jazmin's "authentic voice," calling her a "girl of talent, a product of her decade but also universal." Last year Megan Schliesman reviewed
"Jazmin's Notebook" for the CCBC website's Book of the Week feature. Megan wrote, "Jazmin is a bright, introspective 14-year-old growing up in Harlem in the early 1960s who faces the harsh realities of her world with a poet's heart and soul. Living with her competent sister who's little more than a teenager herself, Jazmin looks at the world with an endearing mixture of realism and optimism, which she expresses in a poem at the opening of each first-person chapter... Anyone who knew only the superficial details of Jazmin's life would see her as an impoverished, neglected child; those of us who share her deepest thoughts and feelings, revealed in this slender volume, will see her as a fighter, a survivor and, above all, a gifted poet ready to make her mark on the world."
These and other comments about "Breaking Ground Breaking Silence" and
"Jazmin's Notebook" can encourage many who haven't had the chance to see these two books to locate them. Each is quite different from the other, and both hold great potential for readers of middle and high school ages. ...Ginny
*************************************** Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/) A Library of the School of Education at the 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 9:00-7:00 and Friday-Saturday 9:00-4:00 (CST)
Received on Mon 15 Mar 1999 02:44:44 PM CST
