From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 07:47:40 -0500

Julie, thanks for the insightful introduction to Ana Maria Machado and her books.

You asked for impressions of her or her work. I was pleased to have an opportunity to meet her when she was in Wisconsin for the Madison Children's Museum a few years ago, and one of the things I remember so clearly about her was her quick wit and playful sense of humor. I'm wondering if that comes out a lot in her books for children: are her books funny? Is she considered a humorist?

The other thing that stood out to me about her was her activism within the Brazilian children's literature community and her efforts to get good books to all children. I learned so much about the Brazilian children's book publishing industry from her, just from an hour's conversation.

Since this is an area you know well, can you give us a bit of a context for Ana Maria Machado's work? As I recall, Brazil has one of the strongest children's book industries in Latin America. Am I remembering that correctly?


Kathleen T. Horning (horning at education.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706 608&3930 FAX: 608&2I33
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