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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:43:53 -0600
The creators of the books "ellington was not a street" and "how I live now" will each receive awards during the Annual Conference of the American Library Association in Chicago in June. They share something else, too: the titles of their books are correctly written in lower?se.
Wendy Lamb, the U.S. editor of "how i live now," has asked me to forward the following message to the CCBC-Net community. We're so fortunate to have this background from Wendy about "how i live now," the book stimulating such interest on CCBC-Net between February 22 and March 1. - Best, Ginny
FROM WENDY LAMB (3/2/05): The title on the published book is lower?se. The use of lower case type was a design decision by our art director Isabel Warren-Lynch * it just seemed to work in juxtaposition with Istvan Banyai's rather hard?ged art, and also worked well with the element of decay in the letters, and, finally, suited the red against the black. Isabel says:
"It just looks good!" and that applies to the cool black circle chosen by Angela Carlino, who designed the interior. When they showed me these choices, I loved them because they looked the way Daisy felt, and sounded. Ironic, edgy, of the moment.
I think Isabel and Angela are brilliant and I trust their taste and feel lucky to work with them.
The UK cover has the title in caps and a more traditional interior design. No black circle!
Lower case type has become more acceptable in many formats for young readers because of instant messaging. THEY get it when grownups don't.
:>
I'm intrigued by the interest in this question, since Pictures of Hollis Woods by Pat Giff also had the jacket title type in lc, though the title has been printed as I have it above, and in full caps, and no one has ever asked what is the proper title.
I wonder if boys are reading this too--in the UK I heard that "guys" resisted the rather feminine jacket, and I hope that our cover look appeals to all readers.
feel free to post this on the listserv-- as always--wow--thanks for your interest, insight and curiosity!!!
Best, Wendy
[Wendy Lamb, editor of Wendy Lamb Books, Random House Children's Books]
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu
Received on Mon 14 Mar 2005 11:43:53 AM CST
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:43:53 -0600
The creators of the books "ellington was not a street" and "how I live now" will each receive awards during the Annual Conference of the American Library Association in Chicago in June. They share something else, too: the titles of their books are correctly written in lower?se.
Wendy Lamb, the U.S. editor of "how i live now," has asked me to forward the following message to the CCBC-Net community. We're so fortunate to have this background from Wendy about "how i live now," the book stimulating such interest on CCBC-Net between February 22 and March 1. - Best, Ginny
FROM WENDY LAMB (3/2/05): The title on the published book is lower?se. The use of lower case type was a design decision by our art director Isabel Warren-Lynch * it just seemed to work in juxtaposition with Istvan Banyai's rather hard?ged art, and also worked well with the element of decay in the letters, and, finally, suited the red against the black. Isabel says:
"It just looks good!" and that applies to the cool black circle chosen by Angela Carlino, who designed the interior. When they showed me these choices, I loved them because they looked the way Daisy felt, and sounded. Ironic, edgy, of the moment.
I think Isabel and Angela are brilliant and I trust their taste and feel lucky to work with them.
The UK cover has the title in caps and a more traditional interior design. No black circle!
Lower case type has become more acceptable in many formats for young readers because of instant messaging. THEY get it when grownups don't.
:>
I'm intrigued by the interest in this question, since Pictures of Hollis Woods by Pat Giff also had the jacket title type in lc, though the title has been printed as I have it above, and in full caps, and no one has ever asked what is the proper title.
I wonder if boys are reading this too--in the UK I heard that "guys" resisted the rather feminine jacket, and I hope that our cover look appeals to all readers.
feel free to post this on the listserv-- as always--wow--thanks for your interest, insight and curiosity!!!
Best, Wendy
[Wendy Lamb, editor of Wendy Lamb Books, Random House Children's Books]
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu
Received on Mon 14 Mar 2005 11:43:53 AM CST
