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From: Elliott BatTzedek <ebattzedek>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 12:37:58 -0400
As I watched the BBC early this morning, turning on the TV in the middle of the unfolding story of the bombings while my coffee was brewing, all I could first think was, "oh my god, it's beginning." I knew immediately that the "it" was the war that would leave Daisy and her cousins stranded in the British country side, a war began by bombings in the London subway. My early-morning confusion of the news with the continuing strong emotional effect of "how i live now" so reminded me of what great literature, YA and otherwise, does for us, perhaps most especially literature that pushes boundaries.
Still feeling haunted by that connection, switching to thinking about simple science books is not so easy, but I do recommend all of the titles by Nicola Davies, who writes great nonfiction prose with tremendous clarity and grace.
Elliott batTzedek Curriculum and Collections Development Children's Literacy Initiative
Message----From: Emmaattic at aol.com [mailto:Emmaattic at aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:28 PM To: laura.kemp at att.net; CFisher at rif.org; ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] Finding the Life in Science
A few more:
Also, Lola Schaefer's books: www.lolaschaefer.com THIS IS THE RAIN, THIS IS THE SUNFLOWER, among others.
J. Patrick Lewis has a great book of riddle poetry: SCIEN-TRICKERY.
Lee Bennett Hopkins has collected science poems in his anthology, SPECTACULAR SCIENCE.
Emma
Received on Thu 07 Jul 2005 11:37:58 AM CDT
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 12:37:58 -0400
As I watched the BBC early this morning, turning on the TV in the middle of the unfolding story of the bombings while my coffee was brewing, all I could first think was, "oh my god, it's beginning." I knew immediately that the "it" was the war that would leave Daisy and her cousins stranded in the British country side, a war began by bombings in the London subway. My early-morning confusion of the news with the continuing strong emotional effect of "how i live now" so reminded me of what great literature, YA and otherwise, does for us, perhaps most especially literature that pushes boundaries.
Still feeling haunted by that connection, switching to thinking about simple science books is not so easy, but I do recommend all of the titles by Nicola Davies, who writes great nonfiction prose with tremendous clarity and grace.
Elliott batTzedek Curriculum and Collections Development Children's Literacy Initiative
Message----From: Emmaattic at aol.com [mailto:Emmaattic at aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:28 PM To: laura.kemp at att.net; CFisher at rif.org; ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] Finding the Life in Science
A few more:
Also, Lola Schaefer's books: www.lolaschaefer.com THIS IS THE RAIN, THIS IS THE SUNFLOWER, among others.
J. Patrick Lewis has a great book of riddle poetry: SCIEN-TRICKERY.
Lee Bennett Hopkins has collected science poems in his anthology, SPECTACULAR SCIENCE.
Emma
Received on Thu 07 Jul 2005 11:37:58 AM CDT
