From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 13:02:55 -0500

Thanks for sharing the wonderful anecdote, Judy. It's a great reminder of what an original writer Virginia was. It was nice to be reminded of her first book, Zeely, too, and the characters she created. The image of majestic six-and-a-half-foot-tall Zeely, walking down a country road with her prize razorbacks, is one that has stuck with me through the years.

I'm wondering what others feel are some of Virginia Hamilton's most memorable characters.

Kathleen Horning

Kathleen T. Horning, Acting Director Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706

horning at education.wisc.edu Voice: 608&3721 Fax: 608&2I33 www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Mon 09 Sep 2002 01:02:55 PM CDT