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From: Connie Rockman <connie.rock>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 09:31:21 -0400
Ed Sullivan has brought up an important point about making teachers aware of the value of YA literature. All of us who care about YA books and authors have a mission to share what we know with as many teachers as we can . . . The Printz Award will certainly add credibility to that mission, and I applaud the committee and task force for focusing the award on books written specifically for YA's.
Another important book that helps the cause is _From Hinton to Hamlet: Building Bridges Between Young Adult Literature and the Classics_ by Sarah K. Herz with Donald R. Gallo (Greenwood, 1996). Herz taught English in grades 7 for over 20 years and makes her point with provocative chapter titles like: "Letting go: how I stopped forcing books down students' throats and found out what they really needed" and
"Directing vs. Exploring: how to get to where you're going without a literary map." Her suggestions for using YA novels to provide a bridge to books that are generally taught in the English curriculum are right on target.
Connie Rockman Children's Literature Consultant Adjunct Professor, University of Bridgeport, School of Education
Received on Sun 27 Feb 2000 07:31:21 AM CST
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 09:31:21 -0400
Ed Sullivan has brought up an important point about making teachers aware of the value of YA literature. All of us who care about YA books and authors have a mission to share what we know with as many teachers as we can . . . The Printz Award will certainly add credibility to that mission, and I applaud the committee and task force for focusing the award on books written specifically for YA's.
Another important book that helps the cause is _From Hinton to Hamlet: Building Bridges Between Young Adult Literature and the Classics_ by Sarah K. Herz with Donald R. Gallo (Greenwood, 1996). Herz taught English in grades 7 for over 20 years and makes her point with provocative chapter titles like: "Letting go: how I stopped forcing books down students' throats and found out what they really needed" and
"Directing vs. Exploring: how to get to where you're going without a literary map." Her suggestions for using YA novels to provide a bridge to books that are generally taught in the English curriculum are right on target.
Connie Rockman Children's Literature Consultant Adjunct Professor, University of Bridgeport, School of Education
Received on Sun 27 Feb 2000 07:31:21 AM CST
