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From: Sharron L. McElmeel <mcelmeels>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:44:22 -0600
Certainly there has not been a book so wonderfully expressive in terms of this form of expression as Nelson's but I am wondering how this discussion all stacks up with the two books by Chris Crowe about Emmett Till -- one non-fiction and one fiction. If one could guess from his web page Crowe is Caucasian and I suspect has not encountered too many close encounters with the situation Emmett Till confronted. Crowe grew up in Arizona and played football at Brigham Young University. So what is the take on his books and how might they have been different if he had been African American?
If you are unfamiliar with Crowe's books he has written a biography of a Newbery Medal-winning author, Presenting Mildred D. Taylor
(Twayne 1999), a historical novel for teenagers, Mississippi Trial, 1955 (Penguin Putnam 2002), and the non-fiction title on the same topic -- Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case (Penguin Putnam 2003).
Sharron McElmeel
At 4:42 PM 00 03/09/05, park/dobbin wrote:
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:44:22 -0600
Certainly there has not been a book so wonderfully expressive in terms of this form of expression as Nelson's but I am wondering how this discussion all stacks up with the two books by Chris Crowe about Emmett Till -- one non-fiction and one fiction. If one could guess from his web page Crowe is Caucasian and I suspect has not encountered too many close encounters with the situation Emmett Till confronted. Crowe grew up in Arizona and played football at Brigham Young University. So what is the take on his books and how might they have been different if he had been African American?
If you are unfamiliar with Crowe's books he has written a biography of a Newbery Medal-winning author, Presenting Mildred D. Taylor
(Twayne 1999), a historical novel for teenagers, Mississippi Trial, 1955 (Penguin Putnam 2002), and the non-fiction title on the same topic -- Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case (Penguin Putnam 2003).
Sharron McElmeel
At 4:42 PM 00 03/09/05, park/dobbin wrote:
-- ==================================Sharron L. McElmeel University of Wisconsin - Stout School of Education Teaching Children's Literature in the Classroom http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/childrenslit/ Teaching Young Adult Literature in the Classroom http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/yalit/ 3000 N Center Point Rd Cedar Rapids, IA 52411?48 ph. (319) 393%62 FAX (319) 393G49 (if line is busy make a voice call to 319.393%62 and ask that the line be cleared). mcelmeel at mcelmeel.com http://www.mcelmeel.com Author of ABCs of an Author/Illustrator Visit (Linworth); Children's Authors and Illustrators Too Good to Miss (Libraries Unlimited); 100 Most Popular Children's Authors (Libraries Unlimited), 100 Most Popular Picture Book Authors and Illustrators (Libraries Unlimited), Character Education: A Book Guide for Teachers, Librarians, and Parents (Libraries Unlimited) and other titles (http://www.mcelmeel.com/writing). =================================Received on Wed 09 Mar 2005 10:44:22 PM CST
