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From: Linda Ward-Callaghan <lwcallaghan>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 10:46:01 -0500
Two titles I would suggest are (1) Peter H. Reynolds's THE DOT
(Candlewick, 2003) for it's celebration of self expression, and (2)Molly Bang's "PICTURE THIS: SHAPES ON A RECTANGLE" (Little, Brown, c1991) or
"PICTURE THIS: How Pictures Work" (SeaStar, 2000). Bang explains how shape, size, and color work in illustration using the folktale "Little Red Ridinghood." Her presentation is not only clear but elegant.
Linda Ward-Callaghan Youth Services Lead Professional Joliet Public Library 150 N. Ottawa Street Joliet, IL 60432 815-740-2662 FAX: 815-740-6161 http://www.joliet.lib.il.us
"Information cannot replace education." ~~ Earl Kiole
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Megan Schliesman Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 8:19 AM To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: [CCBC-Net] Art and Artists in Literature for Children and Teens
Today we start our discussion of books for children and young adults about art and artists.
>From fact to fiction, many books for children and teens have explored
art, artists, and the artistic process. There are informative biographies, illuminating novels, inspiring picture books, and a number of how-to (or in the case of Mark Gonyea's "Complicated Doesn't Make It Good," how NOT to) guides to creative visual expression. We'll spend the first half of June looking at treatments of art and artists in books for children and teens.
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?
The same yeara s Outcasts (2004), there was a nonfiction book that struck me as quite a fascinating companion work: Art Against the Odds:
>From Slave Quits to Prison Paintings by Susan Goldman Rubin. THat book,
about outsider art and artists, might have featured the uncles in Outcasts had they been real.
But I can also think of countless memorable biographies: Jeanette Winter's My Name Is Georgia, Jonah Winter's Frida . . ., both of which, in their spareness and eloquence, capture essential elements about each artists life and work.
What books do you appreicate when it comes to their treatments of art, and why?
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
ph: 608-262-9503 fax: 608-262-4933
schliesman at education.wisc.edu www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
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Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 10:46:01 -0500
Two titles I would suggest are (1) Peter H. Reynolds's THE DOT
(Candlewick, 2003) for it's celebration of self expression, and (2)Molly Bang's "PICTURE THIS: SHAPES ON A RECTANGLE" (Little, Brown, c1991) or
"PICTURE THIS: How Pictures Work" (SeaStar, 2000). Bang explains how shape, size, and color work in illustration using the folktale "Little Red Ridinghood." Her presentation is not only clear but elegant.
Linda Ward-Callaghan Youth Services Lead Professional Joliet Public Library 150 N. Ottawa Street Joliet, IL 60432 815-740-2662 FAX: 815-740-6161 http://www.joliet.lib.il.us
"Information cannot replace education." ~~ Earl Kiole
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Megan Schliesman Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 8:19 AM To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: [CCBC-Net] Art and Artists in Literature for Children and Teens
Today we start our discussion of books for children and young adults about art and artists.
>From fact to fiction, many books for children and teens have explored
art, artists, and the artistic process. There are informative biographies, illuminating novels, inspiring picture books, and a number of how-to (or in the case of Mark Gonyea's "Complicated Doesn't Make It Good," how NOT to) guides to creative visual expression. We'll spend the first half of June looking at treatments of art and artists in books for children and teens.
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?
The same yeara s Outcasts (2004), there was a nonfiction book that struck me as quite a fascinating companion work: Art Against the Odds:
>From Slave Quits to Prison Paintings by Susan Goldman Rubin. THat book,
about outsider art and artists, might have featured the uncles in Outcasts had they been real.
But I can also think of countless memorable biographies: Jeanette Winter's My Name Is Georgia, Jonah Winter's Frida . . ., both of which, in their spareness and eloquence, capture essential elements about each artists life and work.
What books do you appreicate when it comes to their treatments of art, and why?
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
ph: 608-262-9503 fax: 608-262-4933
schliesman at education.wisc.edu www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
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