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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 16:40:20 -0500
The 2005 ALA/ALSC Notable Books Committee selected quite a few books of Poetry and several books of verse. By sheer chance these books seem to me to span many of the preferences and opinions expressed this month within the CCBC-Net community. These Notable books certainly don't represent every terrific book of poetry published for young readers/listeners during 2004. Instead, they demonstrate the consensus of the 11-member committee of which I'm honored to say I was a member. If asked, each of us on that particular Notables committee would draw up a different personal list of "Poetry Bests" published in 2004. However, our final Notables Committee selections do suggest something of the wide range poetry one could discover within the year's books.
Hats off to each of these poets, compilers, editors and publishers! These books offer a starting place for anyone wanting to experience a poem a day, or to share poetry with a very young preschooler, a school-aged child in school, or a young teenager. Something for almost everyone? Perhaps, perhaps not... Take a look:
1. "Baby Danced the Polka," by Karen Beaumont, artwork by Jennifer Plecas (Dial)
2. "C?sar: ?S?, Se Puede! = Yes, We Can!" by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, artwork by David Diaz (Marshall Cavendish)
3. "ellington was not a street," by Ntozake Shange, artwork by Kadir Nelson (Simon & Schuster)
4. "Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem," by Marilyn Nelson (Front Street)
5. "Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices," by Walter Dean Myers
(Holiday House)
6. "If Not for the Cat," by Jack Prelutsky, artwork by Ted Rand
(Greenwillow)
7. "Is This Forever, or What? Poems & Paintings from Texas," edited by Naomi Shihab Nye, (Greenwillow)
8. "The Neighborhood Mother Goose," artwork by Nina Crews
(Greenwillow)
9. "Science Verse," by Jon Scieszka, artwork by Lane Smith (Viking)
10. "Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems" by John Grandits
(Clarion)
11. "Tiger on a Tree," by Anushka Ravishankar, artwork by Pulak Biswas
(U.S. ed: Farrar) 12. "What Is Goodbye?" by Nikki Grimes, artwork by Ra?l Col?n
(Hyperion)
To add to a somewhat provocative note at the last minute at the last minute, I'll also mention two other books, one I consider to be Poetry, and the other containing poems and rhymes from many of the world's nations.
13. "A Child's Christmas in Wales," by Dylan Thomas, artwork by Chris Raschka (Candlewick)
14. "Under the Spell of the Moon: Art for Children from the World's Great Illustrators," edited by Patricia Aldana, translated by Stan Dragland (Douglas & McIntyre/Groundwood)
And if none of these books suit you, I suggest checking the Poetry Section of the newly published "CCBC Choices 2005" where you'll find a few of the same books - and some others, too http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/choices.asp
Cheers, Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu
Received on Sat 16 Apr 2005 04:40:20 PM CDT
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 16:40:20 -0500
The 2005 ALA/ALSC Notable Books Committee selected quite a few books of Poetry and several books of verse. By sheer chance these books seem to me to span many of the preferences and opinions expressed this month within the CCBC-Net community. These Notable books certainly don't represent every terrific book of poetry published for young readers/listeners during 2004. Instead, they demonstrate the consensus of the 11-member committee of which I'm honored to say I was a member. If asked, each of us on that particular Notables committee would draw up a different personal list of "Poetry Bests" published in 2004. However, our final Notables Committee selections do suggest something of the wide range poetry one could discover within the year's books.
Hats off to each of these poets, compilers, editors and publishers! These books offer a starting place for anyone wanting to experience a poem a day, or to share poetry with a very young preschooler, a school-aged child in school, or a young teenager. Something for almost everyone? Perhaps, perhaps not... Take a look:
1. "Baby Danced the Polka," by Karen Beaumont, artwork by Jennifer Plecas (Dial)
2. "C?sar: ?S?, Se Puede! = Yes, We Can!" by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, artwork by David Diaz (Marshall Cavendish)
3. "ellington was not a street," by Ntozake Shange, artwork by Kadir Nelson (Simon & Schuster)
4. "Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem," by Marilyn Nelson (Front Street)
5. "Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices," by Walter Dean Myers
(Holiday House)
6. "If Not for the Cat," by Jack Prelutsky, artwork by Ted Rand
(Greenwillow)
7. "Is This Forever, or What? Poems & Paintings from Texas," edited by Naomi Shihab Nye, (Greenwillow)
8. "The Neighborhood Mother Goose," artwork by Nina Crews
(Greenwillow)
9. "Science Verse," by Jon Scieszka, artwork by Lane Smith (Viking)
10. "Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems" by John Grandits
(Clarion)
11. "Tiger on a Tree," by Anushka Ravishankar, artwork by Pulak Biswas
(U.S. ed: Farrar) 12. "What Is Goodbye?" by Nikki Grimes, artwork by Ra?l Col?n
(Hyperion)
To add to a somewhat provocative note at the last minute at the last minute, I'll also mention two other books, one I consider to be Poetry, and the other containing poems and rhymes from many of the world's nations.
13. "A Child's Christmas in Wales," by Dylan Thomas, artwork by Chris Raschka (Candlewick)
14. "Under the Spell of the Moon: Art for Children from the World's Great Illustrators," edited by Patricia Aldana, translated by Stan Dragland (Douglas & McIntyre/Groundwood)
And if none of these books suit you, I suggest checking the Poetry Section of the newly published "CCBC Choices 2005" where you'll find a few of the same books - and some others, too http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/choices.asp
Cheers, Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu
Received on Sat 16 Apr 2005 04:40:20 PM CDT
