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From: Leda Schubert <bobr>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 13:11:03 -0400
Connie, how thoughtful of you to mention this. I am still amazed.
On topic: interesting how many of us remember those classic middle-grade books (that many think are in short supply these days). I'll add my voice to Alice in Wonderland as life-changing.
I'm still exercising my memory for early childhood and came up with one more oft re-read title. The Tailor of Gloucester introduced me to a whole world of ineffable sadness, of something I cannot explain, and of a life of poverty (even though we ourselves were at the lower end of the income scale in the America of the time), but also a life full of the most gorgeous words!
And yes to FREEDOM ROAD, which was thrown out of many houses in the McCarthy 1950s.
This discussion is too much fun. Must get back to work. leda
At 10:27 AM 5/24/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Message: 5
>Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 10:46:06 -0400
>From: Connie Rockman <connie.rock at snet.net>
>Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] A little off-topic
>To: CCBC-NET ccbc-net <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
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>Did anyone else notice that our own Leda Schubert's wonderful new
>picture book - Ballet of the Elephants - was mentioned in the "Editor's
>Choice" section of the NYT Bestseller List last Sunday? - Not the
>Children's Bestseller list, but the august adult list, the same list
>that banished the Harry Potter books when they took too many slots away
>from "adult" writers.
>Way to go, Leda - and Robert Andrew Parker - and Roaring Brook Press!!!
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 13:11:03 -0400
Connie, how thoughtful of you to mention this. I am still amazed.
On topic: interesting how many of us remember those classic middle-grade books (that many think are in short supply these days). I'll add my voice to Alice in Wonderland as life-changing.
I'm still exercising my memory for early childhood and came up with one more oft re-read title. The Tailor of Gloucester introduced me to a whole world of ineffable sadness, of something I cannot explain, and of a life of poverty (even though we ourselves were at the lower end of the income scale in the America of the time), but also a life full of the most gorgeous words!
And yes to FREEDOM ROAD, which was thrown out of many houses in the McCarthy 1950s.
This discussion is too much fun. Must get back to work. leda
At 10:27 AM 5/24/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Message: 5
>Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 10:46:06 -0400
>From: Connie Rockman <connie.rock at snet.net>
>Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] A little off-topic
>To: CCBC-NET ccbc-net <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
>Message-ID: <8ddd2723762f0b4478827979a67eaa25 at snet.net>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>
>Did anyone else notice that our own Leda Schubert's wonderful new
>picture book - Ballet of the Elephants - was mentioned in the "Editor's
>Choice" section of the NYT Bestseller List last Sunday? - Not the
>Children's Bestseller list, but the august adult list, the same list
>that banished the Harry Potter books when they took too many slots away
>from "adult" writers.
>Way to go, Leda - and Robert Andrew Parker - and Roaring Brook Press!!!
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