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From: Monica Edinger <monicaedinger>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:44:33 -0400
One dead author comes to mind --- Ursual Nordstrom whose THE SECRET LANGUAGE On 10/3/05, Kathleen Horning <horning at education.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
> Have you ever found a book by an author or illustrator you've never before
> heard of, and when you rush out to find more, you learn that there's
> nothing? Or have you ever read a great first novel that leaves you eager for
> the author's second one, and then you wait and wait and you're still
> waiting?
>
>
> The first part of this month we'll be discussing those authors and
> illustrators who seem to have dropped off the face of the earth after their
> initial success. When we were first discussing this idea for this topic
> among the CCBC librarians, we toyed with titles such as "Missing in Action,"
> "Whatever Happened to..." and, even, "One Hit Wonders." We ended with the
> title "Write Something More!"
>
> Some of the authors I'd like to see more from include:
>
> Sharon Bell Mathis, author of such groundbreaking novels in the mid-1970s,
> such as "Teacup Full of Roses," "Listen for the Fig Tree," and "Sidewalk
> Story," as well as the exquisitely crafted short story "Hundred Penny Box,"
> she seemed destined to emerge as one of the major African-American literary
> voices in children's literature, alongside Virginia Hamilton, Mildred D.
> Taylor and Walter Dean Myers. Since 1975, she's written only two books, both
> for younger children: a collection of football poems called "Red Dog, Blue
> Fly," (Viking, 1991) and a work of short fiction, "Running Girl: The Diary
> of Ebonee Rose" (Harcourt, 1997).
>
>
> Marian Calabro, author of a great nonfiction book, "The Perilous Journey
> of the Donner Party," which used 12-year-old Virginia Reed's 1847 letter to
> her cousin back in Springfield, Illinois, and the focal point for her
> retelling of events. If only the Sibert Award for nonfiction had been around
> in 1999 -- this book would have been a major contender. It remains one of
> the finest works of nonfiction in recent decades. I would love to see more
> from her.
>
> Suzanne Freeman, author of one novel "The Cuckoo's Child" published nearly
> 10 years ago. This novel appeared on just about every "best of the year"
> list and had many starred reviews. She showed such great promise with her
> first novel. What happened to her?
>
>
> Janni Howker, author of a terrific collection of short stories "Badger on
> the Barge" and two great novels "Isaac Campion" and "Nature of the Beast."
> These works were all published in the mid-1980s, then she seemed to
> disappear. She resurfaces -- briefly -- in the late 1990s with a picture
> book "Walk Like a Wolf." Janni has one of the most original voices in
> children's books, and I'd love to see a book at least every two years from
> her. If you haven't discovered her earlier works, go out and find them
> a.s.a.p.!
>
> If anyone out there knows anything about any of the above authors, and
> whatever became of them, let us know. If you, too, are a fan of their books,
> feel free to wax poetic and publically mourn their absence.
>
> And who are your own lost authors or illustrators?
>
>
>
>
> Kathleen T. Horning, Director
> Cooperative Children's Book Center
> University of Wisconsin-School of Education
> 4290 Helen C. White Hall
> 600 North Park St.
> Madison, WI 53706
>
> horning at education.wisc.edu
> Voice: 608-263-3721
> Fax: 608-262-4933
> www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ <http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/>
>
>
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Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:44:33 -0400
One dead author comes to mind --- Ursual Nordstrom whose THE SECRET LANGUAGE On 10/3/05, Kathleen Horning <horning at education.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
> Have you ever found a book by an author or illustrator you've never before
> heard of, and when you rush out to find more, you learn that there's
> nothing? Or have you ever read a great first novel that leaves you eager for
> the author's second one, and then you wait and wait and you're still
> waiting?
>
>
> The first part of this month we'll be discussing those authors and
> illustrators who seem to have dropped off the face of the earth after their
> initial success. When we were first discussing this idea for this topic
> among the CCBC librarians, we toyed with titles such as "Missing in Action,"
> "Whatever Happened to..." and, even, "One Hit Wonders." We ended with the
> title "Write Something More!"
>
> Some of the authors I'd like to see more from include:
>
> Sharon Bell Mathis, author of such groundbreaking novels in the mid-1970s,
> such as "Teacup Full of Roses," "Listen for the Fig Tree," and "Sidewalk
> Story," as well as the exquisitely crafted short story "Hundred Penny Box,"
> she seemed destined to emerge as one of the major African-American literary
> voices in children's literature, alongside Virginia Hamilton, Mildred D.
> Taylor and Walter Dean Myers. Since 1975, she's written only two books, both
> for younger children: a collection of football poems called "Red Dog, Blue
> Fly," (Viking, 1991) and a work of short fiction, "Running Girl: The Diary
> of Ebonee Rose" (Harcourt, 1997).
>
>
> Marian Calabro, author of a great nonfiction book, "The Perilous Journey
> of the Donner Party," which used 12-year-old Virginia Reed's 1847 letter to
> her cousin back in Springfield, Illinois, and the focal point for her
> retelling of events. If only the Sibert Award for nonfiction had been around
> in 1999 -- this book would have been a major contender. It remains one of
> the finest works of nonfiction in recent decades. I would love to see more
> from her.
>
> Suzanne Freeman, author of one novel "The Cuckoo's Child" published nearly
> 10 years ago. This novel appeared on just about every "best of the year"
> list and had many starred reviews. She showed such great promise with her
> first novel. What happened to her?
>
>
> Janni Howker, author of a terrific collection of short stories "Badger on
> the Barge" and two great novels "Isaac Campion" and "Nature of the Beast."
> These works were all published in the mid-1980s, then she seemed to
> disappear. She resurfaces -- briefly -- in the late 1990s with a picture
> book "Walk Like a Wolf." Janni has one of the most original voices in
> children's books, and I'd love to see a book at least every two years from
> her. If you haven't discovered her earlier works, go out and find them
> a.s.a.p.!
>
> If anyone out there knows anything about any of the above authors, and
> whatever became of them, let us know. If you, too, are a fan of their books,
> feel free to wax poetic and publically mourn their absence.
>
> And who are your own lost authors or illustrators?
>
>
>
>
> Kathleen T. Horning, Director
> Cooperative Children's Book Center
> University of Wisconsin-School of Education
> 4290 Helen C. White Hall
> 600 North Park St.
> Madison, WI 53706
>
> horning at education.wisc.edu
> Voice: 608-263-3721
> Fax: 608-262-4933
> www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ <http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/>
>
>
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-- Monica Edinger The Dalton School New York NY edinger at dalton.org monicaedinger at gmail.comReceived on Mon 03 Oct 2005 01:44:33 PM CDT
