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From: Melissa Henderson <mhenderson>
Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 14:07:01 -0500
Like Lolly, I have found that children are really drawn to Artemis Fowl and Keys to the Kingdom ... And I'll add Bartimaeus to that list.
Back to my earlier post about defining fantasy...Does the City of Ember trilogy fit into this list? This title has been very popular with children, but I don't recommend it for kids who need a fantasy title. Where does distopian literature like City of Ember or The Giver fit? Fantasy? SciFi? Something else?
Melissa Henderson Children's Librarian Warren-Newport Public Library Gurnee, IL
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of lgepson Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 1:58 PM To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: [CCBC-Net] Fantasy Series
The young people I work with are very fond of fantasy, and they do love it when there is a trilogy or a longer series, because they want to keep reading that story with those characters. They love the Philip Pullman books, the Artemis Fowl series by Colfer, the Gregor the Overlander series by Collins, DuPrau's "City of Ember" Trilogy,
"The Dark Portal" series by Jarvis, "Charlie Bone" by Nimmo, the
"Keys to the Kingdom" and the Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen (Daughter of the Clayr) series by Garth Nix. I loved The Ranger's Apprentice
("The Ruins of Gorland" Series--this is Book One, and the only one so far), and look forward to reading more. Although I love Susan Cooper's "Dark is Rising" sequence and Lloyd Alexander's "Chronicles of Prydain" and Ursula LeGuin's "Earthsea Cycle," the children don't seem to ask for these as much. We keep lists of the fantasy titles, and the dedicated readers will find them eventually when they've read the others! Certainly the genre will continue, as it's so popular.
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>Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 13:10:32 -0500
>From: "Kathleen Horning" <horning at education.wisc.edu>
>Subject: [CCBC-Net] Fantastic Fiction: New Fantasy Literature
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>It's time to begin our CCBC-Net discussion for the first two weeks
>of April: New Fantasy books for Children and Teens
>
>Are you feeling overwhelmed by new fantasy trilogies? Burdened by
>yet another book to read about an apprentice in some far-off or
>far-out land? It's hard not to notice the explosion in new fantasy
>offerings, which range from mundane to marvelous. Among the many new
>works of fantasy published in recent years for children and teens,
>what are the fantasy books*stand alone title, trilogy, or ongoing
>series*that really stand out to you and the young readers in your
lives?
>
>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/
>
>
>
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>------------------------------
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>Message: 2
>Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 12:46:07 -0400
>From: "Monica Edinger" <monicaedinger at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Fantastic Fiction: New Fantasy Literature
>To: "Kathleen Horning" <horning at education.wisc.edu>
>Cc: Subscribers of ccbc-net <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
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>I sometimes feel these days as if I'm in a fairy tale myself. Fantasy
>is my hands-down favorite genre and my wish PHP* was that it would get
>more respect in this country. Well, that is the case...sort of. That
>is, there's a whole lot more fantasy being published, but not a whole
>lot more being taught in classrooms. So I feel that I must have wished
>on that coin from Edgar Eager's Half Magic and be happy that I got half
>my wish in a way that didn't result in total mayhem.
>
>This year I've got a bunch of eager fantasy readers in my classroom,
>including three incredibly precocious girls who have all made their way
>through Philip Pullman's HIs Dark Materials trilogy. One haunts a
>couple of fans sites (and will no doubt, on Monday, want to talk about
>the latest news about the film). They are also big fans of Cornelia
>Funke's Inkheart and Inkspell and are after me about when the next will
>come up. Several kids have read Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy
>which, to my mind, gets better with each book. The final, Ptolemy's
>Gate, is one of my favorites of the year thus far; the ending is
>breathtaking.
>
>I haven't given these next books to my girls yet, but I absolutely
>adore Megan Whalen Turner's The Thief, The Queen of Attolia, and The
>King of Attolia. This last is an extraordinary work on its own ---
>another favorite of the year for me (and probably top on my list).
>Certainly, those who have read the others first will have a different
>experience from those who have not, but I think both readings would be
>wonderful. What a world Turner has created, what characters, what
>plot!
>
>Then there are Rick Riodan's entertaining Percy Jackson books, clever
>updates of the Greek myths. His newest, The Sea of Monsters, is to my
>mind even better than his first, The Lightning Thief. These are both
>making the rounds of my classroom; I've got one girl who keeps asking
>me for "more books like those." (She is very specific that she wants
>more updated stories about the Greek gods --- any recommendations?)
>
>What else? Rowling is still going strong, so's Nancy Farmer ('ve got a
>kid happily plowing her way through The Sea of Trolls right now), or
>how about Kenneth Oppel? The bat fantasies are great fun as are those
>grand Verne-like adventures, Airborn and Skybreaker. And then there is
>the wonderful Terry Pratchett with The Wee Free Men and A Hatful of
>Sky. Loads more, but I'll let others chime in.
>
>Monica
>* Pre Harry Potter
>
>
>
>--
>Monica Edinger
>The Dalton School
>New York NY
>edinger at dalton.org
>monicaedinger at gmail.com
>
>
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Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 14:07:01 -0500
Like Lolly, I have found that children are really drawn to Artemis Fowl and Keys to the Kingdom ... And I'll add Bartimaeus to that list.
Back to my earlier post about defining fantasy...Does the City of Ember trilogy fit into this list? This title has been very popular with children, but I don't recommend it for kids who need a fantasy title. Where does distopian literature like City of Ember or The Giver fit? Fantasy? SciFi? Something else?
Melissa Henderson Children's Librarian Warren-Newport Public Library Gurnee, IL
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of lgepson Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 1:58 PM To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: [CCBC-Net] Fantasy Series
The young people I work with are very fond of fantasy, and they do love it when there is a trilogy or a longer series, because they want to keep reading that story with those characters. They love the Philip Pullman books, the Artemis Fowl series by Colfer, the Gregor the Overlander series by Collins, DuPrau's "City of Ember" Trilogy,
"The Dark Portal" series by Jarvis, "Charlie Bone" by Nimmo, the
"Keys to the Kingdom" and the Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen (Daughter of the Clayr) series by Garth Nix. I loved The Ranger's Apprentice
("The Ruins of Gorland" Series--this is Book One, and the only one so far), and look forward to reading more. Although I love Susan Cooper's "Dark is Rising" sequence and Lloyd Alexander's "Chronicles of Prydain" and Ursula LeGuin's "Earthsea Cycle," the children don't seem to ask for these as much. We keep lists of the fantasy titles, and the dedicated readers will find them eventually when they've read the others! Certainly the genre will continue, as it's so popular.
At 12:00 PM 5/6/2006, you wrote:
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>Today's Topics:
>
> 1. Fantastic Fiction: New Fantasy Literature (Kathleen Horning)
> 2. Re: Fantastic Fiction: New Fantasy Literature (Monica Edinger)
>
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 13:10:32 -0500
>From: "Kathleen Horning" <horning at education.wisc.edu>
>Subject: [CCBC-Net] Fantastic Fiction: New Fantasy Literature
>To: "Subscribers of ccbc-net" <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
>Message-ID: <s45b4ee3.055 at pop.education.wisc.edu>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
>It's time to begin our CCBC-Net discussion for the first two weeks
>of April: New Fantasy books for Children and Teens
>
>Are you feeling overwhelmed by new fantasy trilogies? Burdened by
>yet another book to read about an apprentice in some far-off or
>far-out land? It's hard not to notice the explosion in new fantasy
>offerings, which range from mundane to marvelous. Among the many new
>works of fantasy published in recent years for children and teens,
>what are the fantasy books*stand alone title, trilogy, or ongoing
>series*that really stand out to you and the young readers in your
lives?
>
>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/
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 2
>Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 12:46:07 -0400
>From: "Monica Edinger" <monicaedinger at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Fantastic Fiction: New Fantasy Literature
>To: "Kathleen Horning" <horning at education.wisc.edu>
>Cc: Subscribers of ccbc-net <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
>Message-ID:
> <3985ae260605060946k53b47231qfc0664f5e2dc77f4 at mail.gmail.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
>I sometimes feel these days as if I'm in a fairy tale myself. Fantasy
>is my hands-down favorite genre and my wish PHP* was that it would get
>more respect in this country. Well, that is the case...sort of. That
>is, there's a whole lot more fantasy being published, but not a whole
>lot more being taught in classrooms. So I feel that I must have wished
>on that coin from Edgar Eager's Half Magic and be happy that I got half
>my wish in a way that didn't result in total mayhem.
>
>This year I've got a bunch of eager fantasy readers in my classroom,
>including three incredibly precocious girls who have all made their way
>through Philip Pullman's HIs Dark Materials trilogy. One haunts a
>couple of fans sites (and will no doubt, on Monday, want to talk about
>the latest news about the film). They are also big fans of Cornelia
>Funke's Inkheart and Inkspell and are after me about when the next will
>come up. Several kids have read Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy
>which, to my mind, gets better with each book. The final, Ptolemy's
>Gate, is one of my favorites of the year thus far; the ending is
>breathtaking.
>
>I haven't given these next books to my girls yet, but I absolutely
>adore Megan Whalen Turner's The Thief, The Queen of Attolia, and The
>King of Attolia. This last is an extraordinary work on its own ---
>another favorite of the year for me (and probably top on my list).
>Certainly, those who have read the others first will have a different
>experience from those who have not, but I think both readings would be
>wonderful. What a world Turner has created, what characters, what
>plot!
>
>Then there are Rick Riodan's entertaining Percy Jackson books, clever
>updates of the Greek myths. His newest, The Sea of Monsters, is to my
>mind even better than his first, The Lightning Thief. These are both
>making the rounds of my classroom; I've got one girl who keeps asking
>me for "more books like those." (She is very specific that she wants
>more updated stories about the Greek gods --- any recommendations?)
>
>What else? Rowling is still going strong, so's Nancy Farmer ('ve got a
>kid happily plowing her way through The Sea of Trolls right now), or
>how about Kenneth Oppel? The bat fantasies are great fun as are those
>grand Verne-like adventures, Airborn and Skybreaker. And then there is
>the wonderful Terry Pratchett with The Wee Free Men and A Hatful of
>Sky. Loads more, but I'll let others chime in.
>
>Monica
>* Pre Harry Potter
>
>
>
>--
>Monica Edinger
>The Dalton School
>New York NY
>edinger at dalton.org
>monicaedinger at gmail.com
>
>
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>***************************************
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