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From: Lbhcove_at_aol.com <Lbhcove>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:48:13 EDT
In CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the beloved, late-Charlotte S. Huck wrote:
[In the l970's}: Two new books about the uniqueness of girls marked a new awareness of feminist perspectives; GIRLS CAN, TOO! was selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins; AMELIA MIXED THE MUSTARD AND OTHER POEMS was selected and edited by Evaline Ness.
Both books were collections of poetry.
Interestingly enough, GIRLS... was illustrated by Emily McCully who then wanted to use COLOR but it was unheard of in l972 with the publisher Franklin Watts. Although they did give in and let Emily do a full-color jacket, the entire collection was done in black and white drawings.
Ness also illustrated AMELIA... In l975 she was able to use two colors eight years after winning the Caldecott Award for SAM, BANGS AND MOONSHINE!
(Evaline, by the way, was married to the Elliot Ness of THE UNTOUCHABLES fame!
(Quite a marriage! It didn't last long!)
It seems poetry has always been ahead of its time. A verse I wrote for the collection, "Girls Can, Too!" is still widely anthologized in collections and in textbooks.
It is incredible to me that I'm writing about these books that were published over THREE decades ago!
LBH
Received on Fri 22 Jul 2005 12:48:13 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:48:13 EDT
In CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the beloved, late-Charlotte S. Huck wrote:
[In the l970's}: Two new books about the uniqueness of girls marked a new awareness of feminist perspectives; GIRLS CAN, TOO! was selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins; AMELIA MIXED THE MUSTARD AND OTHER POEMS was selected and edited by Evaline Ness.
Both books were collections of poetry.
Interestingly enough, GIRLS... was illustrated by Emily McCully who then wanted to use COLOR but it was unheard of in l972 with the publisher Franklin Watts. Although they did give in and let Emily do a full-color jacket, the entire collection was done in black and white drawings.
Ness also illustrated AMELIA... In l975 she was able to use two colors eight years after winning the Caldecott Award for SAM, BANGS AND MOONSHINE!
(Evaline, by the way, was married to the Elliot Ness of THE UNTOUCHABLES fame!
(Quite a marriage! It didn't last long!)
It seems poetry has always been ahead of its time. A verse I wrote for the collection, "Girls Can, Too!" is still widely anthologized in collections and in textbooks.
It is incredible to me that I'm writing about these books that were published over THREE decades ago!
LBH
Received on Fri 22 Jul 2005 12:48:13 PM CDT
