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From: Steward, Celeste <csteward>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 09:26:32 -0700
Oh, I'm sure if my 9-year old were asked about life-changing books, she'd shriek "Junie B. Jones!" And recently, I heard my 12-year old chanting, "I think I can, I think I can," while pushing her bike up a large hill so all those readings of The Little Engine That Could definitely made an impression on her.
Come to think of it, The Little Engine that Could made a great impression on me too as a child. I begged my older sister to read it over and over again!
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Maia Cheli-Colando Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 5:46 PM To: CCBC Net Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Life-changing books
Kathleen asked for feedback from children. I'm uncertain how much life-change assessment a seven-year old can offer (!), but my daughter replied to my inquiry with two titles: A Life Like Mine (DK/Unicef) and
Acting for Nature, What Young People Around the World Have Done to Protect the Environment by Sneed Collard III. Without prodding, she expounded on the lessons of class structure, how and what people live on, and where, etc. that she gained from A Like Like Mine. (She also used this opportunity to solicit that we find a copy of A Faith Like Mine! <g>)
I asked her if there was a fiction title that she felt had changed her.
She has read Island of the Aunts and Journey to the River Sea, Jane Eyre, the first three Oz books, two Anne of Green Gables books, Ballet Shoes and Dancing Shoes, etc., and is reading Little Women currently... but though she loves these books and has read them again and again, no, she answered, it was the two titles above that she felt had altered her understanding of life, not the novels.
So much for girls not being non-fiction readers, I guess. :)
Maia
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 09:26:32 -0700
Oh, I'm sure if my 9-year old were asked about life-changing books, she'd shriek "Junie B. Jones!" And recently, I heard my 12-year old chanting, "I think I can, I think I can," while pushing her bike up a large hill so all those readings of The Little Engine That Could definitely made an impression on her.
Come to think of it, The Little Engine that Could made a great impression on me too as a child. I begged my older sister to read it over and over again!
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Maia Cheli-Colando Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 5:46 PM To: CCBC Net Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Life-changing books
Kathleen asked for feedback from children. I'm uncertain how much life-change assessment a seven-year old can offer (!), but my daughter replied to my inquiry with two titles: A Life Like Mine (DK/Unicef) and
Acting for Nature, What Young People Around the World Have Done to Protect the Environment by Sneed Collard III. Without prodding, she expounded on the lessons of class structure, how and what people live on, and where, etc. that she gained from A Like Like Mine. (She also used this opportunity to solicit that we find a copy of A Faith Like Mine! <g>)
I asked her if there was a fiction title that she felt had changed her.
She has read Island of the Aunts and Journey to the River Sea, Jane Eyre, the first three Oz books, two Anne of Green Gables books, Ballet Shoes and Dancing Shoes, etc., and is reading Little Women currently... but though she loves these books and has read them again and again, no, she answered, it was the two titles above that she felt had altered her understanding of life, not the novels.
So much for girls not being non-fiction readers, I guess. :)
Maia
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