From: Megan Schliesman <Schliesman>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 14:24:18 -0600

We've heard from some people about Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo, one of the National Book Award nominees. We invite you to continue sharing comments about this book, NBA winner True Beliver by Virginia Euwer Wolff, or any of the other nominees:

"Carver: A Life in Poems" by Marilyn Nelson (Front Street);
 "A Step from Heaven" by An Na, (Front Street);
"We Were There Too! Young People in U.S. History" by Phillip Hoose (A

    Melanie Kroupa Book / Farrar Straus
     Giroux)

For me, the experiences of reading both Carver and A Step from Heaven were powerful. I found A Step from Heaven a haunting and beautifully written story. As for Carver, it was an absolutely transcendent reading experience--I felt as if I were being taken someplace wholly new. My understanding both of Carver as a person and of what poetry can accomplish deepened and then soared.

Megan

Megan

Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education UW-Madison 608&2?03 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
Received on Tue 15 Jan 2002 02:24:18 PM CST