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From: Gwenyth Swain <gswain>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 22:01:58 -0500
Some of my favorite recent picture books are works of historical fiction, I think...
Fannie in the Kitchen by Deborah Hopkinson takes me back to a past in which the illustrations, at least, show a world slightly askew. Something to Tell the Grandcows by Eileen Spinelli gives a cow's-eye-view of a historic Antarctic expedition. And D.B. Johnson's Henry Climbs a Mountain seems to combine historical fiction, fantasy, and biography.
All this blurring of lines is fascinating to me, but I wonder if others see it as being good or bad for the genre of historical fiction. Any comments?
Gwenyth Swain Author/Teacher
Received on Tue 04 May 2004 10:01:58 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 22:01:58 -0500
Some of my favorite recent picture books are works of historical fiction, I think...
Fannie in the Kitchen by Deborah Hopkinson takes me back to a past in which the illustrations, at least, show a world slightly askew. Something to Tell the Grandcows by Eileen Spinelli gives a cow's-eye-view of a historic Antarctic expedition. And D.B. Johnson's Henry Climbs a Mountain seems to combine historical fiction, fantasy, and biography.
All this blurring of lines is fascinating to me, but I wonder if others see it as being good or bad for the genre of historical fiction. Any comments?
Gwenyth Swain Author/Teacher
Received on Tue 04 May 2004 10:01:58 PM CDT
