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From: Ruth I Gordon <druthgo>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 10:09:20 -0800
I'll just list these favs without lengthy annotations and suggest that they be read by others. However, there is a common feature of each: in nf--good scholarly paraphrenalia, explanatory notes, and strong writing. In fic and hist fic, strong writing including good varietal verb choice, and in hist fic an explanation of what is known, sources, and what is not known about the subject.
Illustrated: Cole: "Buttons" (I can just see Fezziwig dancing and happily recall the fairly modern wood engravings of Reed.)
Shulevitz:
"What is a Wise Bird Like You......? Silly--lively story, endlessly fascinating art
Fict: Rennison: "Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging" Language creation, fun, fun, fun, and thank you, Mr. A. Mole
Clarke: "Night Train". Wants to be read more than once--strong development
Evans: "The Elevator Family" We need more pure nonsense (not more nonsensical purity)
Pullman: "I was a rat". I understood this, unlike the Pullman trilogy and could also see the creative underpinning of story
Appelt: "Kissing Tennessee" Junior high caught in a concise, lively, human text
Conly: "What happened on Planet Kid"--everything is not as it may seem.
Clements: "Tha Janitor's Boy" complex in the growth of the character, simple to understand because of lucid development
Burgess: "The Copper Treasure"--more Dickensian situations and characters. Gripping and setting is so clear that the reader can be there.
*****Hesse: "Stowaway"--every quality wanted and needed in hist. fict--characterization, clean description, author's explanation of background--and glossary. Gripping--and we have the pleasure and honor of meeting that remarkable man, James Cook.
NF
walking hand-in-hand with the Hesse,
Dash: "The Longitude Prize"--as exciting and informative as good biography/history can be--and accurate.
Gorrell: "Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale"--an interesting, important character--one with several faults--brought to life as is her period of history. Illustrations tend to kill the book at various points, but text is holding.
See-I limited myself because there are other books I truly appreciated (and one or two....)
Happy Holidays and good reading--Big Grandma
"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty." Jessica Mitford (191796)
Received on Fri 08 Dec 2000 12:09:20 PM CST
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 10:09:20 -0800
I'll just list these favs without lengthy annotations and suggest that they be read by others. However, there is a common feature of each: in nf--good scholarly paraphrenalia, explanatory notes, and strong writing. In fic and hist fic, strong writing including good varietal verb choice, and in hist fic an explanation of what is known, sources, and what is not known about the subject.
Illustrated: Cole: "Buttons" (I can just see Fezziwig dancing and happily recall the fairly modern wood engravings of Reed.)
Shulevitz:
"What is a Wise Bird Like You......? Silly--lively story, endlessly fascinating art
Fict: Rennison: "Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging" Language creation, fun, fun, fun, and thank you, Mr. A. Mole
Clarke: "Night Train". Wants to be read more than once--strong development
Evans: "The Elevator Family" We need more pure nonsense (not more nonsensical purity)
Pullman: "I was a rat". I understood this, unlike the Pullman trilogy and could also see the creative underpinning of story
Appelt: "Kissing Tennessee" Junior high caught in a concise, lively, human text
Conly: "What happened on Planet Kid"--everything is not as it may seem.
Clements: "Tha Janitor's Boy" complex in the growth of the character, simple to understand because of lucid development
Burgess: "The Copper Treasure"--more Dickensian situations and characters. Gripping and setting is so clear that the reader can be there.
*****Hesse: "Stowaway"--every quality wanted and needed in hist. fict--characterization, clean description, author's explanation of background--and glossary. Gripping--and we have the pleasure and honor of meeting that remarkable man, James Cook.
NF
walking hand-in-hand with the Hesse,
Dash: "The Longitude Prize"--as exciting and informative as good biography/history can be--and accurate.
Gorrell: "Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale"--an interesting, important character--one with several faults--brought to life as is her period of history. Illustrations tend to kill the book at various points, but text is holding.
See-I limited myself because there are other books I truly appreciated (and one or two....)
Happy Holidays and good reading--Big Grandma
"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty." Jessica Mitford (191796)
Received on Fri 08 Dec 2000 12:09:20 PM CST
