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From: Kbshepler at aol.com <Kbshepler>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 10:50:02 EDT
In a message dated 6/6/2006 6:20:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Schliesman at education.wisc.edu writes:
What books come to mind when you think of literature for youth about art and artists?
For me, two that I think of immediately are by the same author: E.L. Konigsburg: From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (which I believe was mentioned by at least one person in our last discussion), and The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place. I think Outcasts in particular offers a lot to think about the creative process, and of course the critical question (in that book) of what IS art?
When The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place came out there was another book that I felt went along with it nicely (loved Art Against The Odds, also, BTW): The Creative World of Grandma Prisbrey by Melissa Slaymaker and illus by Julie Paschkis. It is the story of the outsider art of (you guessed it!) a grandmother who made sculptures and dwellings from glass bottle bottle pieces. I made a
connection in my mind between the art of the uncles in Schuyler Place and the art of Grandma Prisbrey.
I enjoy making a pairing of chapter fiction and picture fiction books or non-fiction books for youth. It seems a perfect to extend the images and experience for young folks who are building their reservoirs of mental images.
Kathy
Kathy Shepler, Librarian Aurora School Oakland, CA
Received on Tue 06 Jun 2006 09:50:02 AM CDT
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 10:50:02 EDT
In a message dated 6/6/2006 6:20:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Schliesman at education.wisc.edu writes:
What books come to mind when you think of literature for youth about art and artists?
For me, two that I think of immediately are by the same author: E.L. Konigsburg: From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (which I believe was mentioned by at least one person in our last discussion), and The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place. I think Outcasts in particular offers a lot to think about the creative process, and of course the critical question (in that book) of what IS art?
When The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place came out there was another book that I felt went along with it nicely (loved Art Against The Odds, also, BTW): The Creative World of Grandma Prisbrey by Melissa Slaymaker and illus by Julie Paschkis. It is the story of the outsider art of (you guessed it!) a grandmother who made sculptures and dwellings from glass bottle bottle pieces. I made a
connection in my mind between the art of the uncles in Schuyler Place and the art of Grandma Prisbrey.
I enjoy making a pairing of chapter fiction and picture fiction books or non-fiction books for youth. It seems a perfect to extend the images and experience for young folks who are building their reservoirs of mental images.
Kathy
Kathy Shepler, Librarian Aurora School Oakland, CA
Received on Tue 06 Jun 2006 09:50:02 AM CDT
