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From: Megan Schliesman <Schliesman>
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 08:59:11 -0600
We know that people are still taking advantage of the start-of-the-month announcement period, but let's also turn our attention to the 2004 Sibert Award. Next week, we'll start our discusison on graphic novels.
The 2004 Sibert Award went to An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy
(Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Company). There was one Sibert Honor Book: I Face the Wind written by Vicki Cobb, illustrated by Julia Gorton
(HarperCollins).
Last December when we talked about favorites of the year, An American Plague was mentioned a number of times. And it came up again as we talked about the Newbery Award in February as it was one of the Newbery Honor Books.
On the Sibert Award page on ther American Library Association web site, Murphy's use of myriad primary source materials is lauded, as is his
"compelling narrative [that] pulls readers into the crisis, illuminates the community's responses, and shows the best and worst of humanity."
I Face the Wind is a highly visual book for children, with a dynamic layout of the informative text that suggests the force of the wind. The description of the book on the Sibert web page particularly comments on the interactive nature of work: " 'I Face the Wind' " asks the young to think like scientists as it leads them through experiments and observations about wind. Cobb's simple text and Gorton's dynamic illustrations invite participation."
I hope many of you have now had the chance to read one or both of these books, and to share them with children and young teens. What are your thoughts about "An American Plague" and "I Face the Wind"?
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, Wi 53706 608&2?03 schliesman at education.wisc.edu 608&2?03 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
Received on Thu 01 Apr 2004 08:59:11 AM CST
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 08:59:11 -0600
We know that people are still taking advantage of the start-of-the-month announcement period, but let's also turn our attention to the 2004 Sibert Award. Next week, we'll start our discusison on graphic novels.
The 2004 Sibert Award went to An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy
(Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Company). There was one Sibert Honor Book: I Face the Wind written by Vicki Cobb, illustrated by Julia Gorton
(HarperCollins).
Last December when we talked about favorites of the year, An American Plague was mentioned a number of times. And it came up again as we talked about the Newbery Award in February as it was one of the Newbery Honor Books.
On the Sibert Award page on ther American Library Association web site, Murphy's use of myriad primary source materials is lauded, as is his
"compelling narrative [that] pulls readers into the crisis, illuminates the community's responses, and shows the best and worst of humanity."
I Face the Wind is a highly visual book for children, with a dynamic layout of the informative text that suggests the force of the wind. The description of the book on the Sibert web page particularly comments on the interactive nature of work: " 'I Face the Wind' " asks the young to think like scientists as it leads them through experiments and observations about wind. Cobb's simple text and Gorton's dynamic illustrations invite participation."
I hope many of you have now had the chance to read one or both of these books, and to share them with children and young teens. What are your thoughts about "An American Plague" and "I Face the Wind"?
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, Wi 53706 608&2?03 schliesman at education.wisc.edu 608&2?03 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
Received on Thu 01 Apr 2004 08:59:11 AM CST
