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From: Megan Schliesman <Schliesman>
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:36:58 -0600
We'll have our open announcement period on CCBC-Net the next few days, and begin the April discussion early next week.
Here are the topics for April, May and June on CCBC-Net!
April
First Two Weeks: Recent Poetry Picks. We'll spend the first half of April looking at recent poetry publishing for children and teenagers. What are the rising (or diminishing) trends over the past two to three years? Do you have favorite new poetry books? Are there welcome new voices? Share your perspectives on poetry publishing for youth.
Second Two Weeks: Politics and Purpose in Literature for Children and Teenagers. How does literature that addresses social and global issues--from racism to war, poverty to the environment--help children and teens make sense of the world? From an ever-growing body of literature about the holocaust and the civil rights movement to books that address homophobia, homelessness, environmental devastation and many other issues, we'll invite your thoughts on books (and authors) that offer readers insight into the past and the present state of the world in which they live.
May
What Are You Reading? During the month of May, let us know the children's and young adult books that are on your nightstand and on your mind. Whether you're reading a brand new book, rereading a beloved childhood title, or finally getting around to the book everyone was talking about in 1969, we invite you to discuss the books for children and young adults (or about literature for children and young adults) that you've been longing to talk about.
June
First Two Weeks: The Books of Francesca Lia Block. In 1989, Francesca Lia Block made an unforgettable entrance into young adult literature with the pubulication of her first novel, Weetzie Bat. Since that time, she has written over a dozen young adult novels. Her Weetzie Bat books in particular are courageous explorations of both form and content, using fresh and lyrical langague to illuminate the inner lives and inter-connectedness of characters who are at once archetypes and achingly real. For the first half of June, we'll look at the work of Francesca Lia Block, who is the recpient of the 2005 Margaret A. Edwards Award (of the American Library Association) for lifetime achievement in young adult literature.
Second Two Weeks: How Far Is Too Far? Every day, librarians and teachers are in the position of having to decide what to purchase, teach, or recommended to to young adults. And in these days when it seems just about any topic imaginable can be found in one young adult novel or another, it seems to many that those decisions are more complicated than ever before. Yet the boundaries of what we find acceptable are never static--they differ from individual to individual, and are ever-shifting when it comes to society as a whole. So how far is too far when it comes to literature for young adults? We'll explore this and related questions during the second half of June.
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
ph: 608&2?03 fax: 608&2I33 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
Received on Fri 01 Apr 2005 09:36:58 AM CST
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:36:58 -0600
We'll have our open announcement period on CCBC-Net the next few days, and begin the April discussion early next week.
Here are the topics for April, May and June on CCBC-Net!
April
First Two Weeks: Recent Poetry Picks. We'll spend the first half of April looking at recent poetry publishing for children and teenagers. What are the rising (or diminishing) trends over the past two to three years? Do you have favorite new poetry books? Are there welcome new voices? Share your perspectives on poetry publishing for youth.
Second Two Weeks: Politics and Purpose in Literature for Children and Teenagers. How does literature that addresses social and global issues--from racism to war, poverty to the environment--help children and teens make sense of the world? From an ever-growing body of literature about the holocaust and the civil rights movement to books that address homophobia, homelessness, environmental devastation and many other issues, we'll invite your thoughts on books (and authors) that offer readers insight into the past and the present state of the world in which they live.
May
What Are You Reading? During the month of May, let us know the children's and young adult books that are on your nightstand and on your mind. Whether you're reading a brand new book, rereading a beloved childhood title, or finally getting around to the book everyone was talking about in 1969, we invite you to discuss the books for children and young adults (or about literature for children and young adults) that you've been longing to talk about.
June
First Two Weeks: The Books of Francesca Lia Block. In 1989, Francesca Lia Block made an unforgettable entrance into young adult literature with the pubulication of her first novel, Weetzie Bat. Since that time, she has written over a dozen young adult novels. Her Weetzie Bat books in particular are courageous explorations of both form and content, using fresh and lyrical langague to illuminate the inner lives and inter-connectedness of characters who are at once archetypes and achingly real. For the first half of June, we'll look at the work of Francesca Lia Block, who is the recpient of the 2005 Margaret A. Edwards Award (of the American Library Association) for lifetime achievement in young adult literature.
Second Two Weeks: How Far Is Too Far? Every day, librarians and teachers are in the position of having to decide what to purchase, teach, or recommended to to young adults. And in these days when it seems just about any topic imaginable can be found in one young adult novel or another, it seems to many that those decisions are more complicated than ever before. Yet the boundaries of what we find acceptable are never static--they differ from individual to individual, and are ever-shifting when it comes to society as a whole. So how far is too far when it comes to literature for young adults? We'll explore this and related questions during the second half of June.
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
ph: 608&2?03 fax: 608&2I33 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
Received on Fri 01 Apr 2005 09:36:58 AM CST
