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From: Steward, Celeste <csteward>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:54:15 -0700
Good point, Ellen...Nonfiction deserves a place here too. Two of my very favorite non-fiction books of all time are Russell Freedman's "Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor" and Jerry Stanley's "Children of the Dust Bowl."
Celeste Steward
Collection Development Librarian, Children's Services Alameda County Library 2400 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of ewells at murray.utah.gov Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:41 AM To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] reluctant readers and nonfiction
Several people have mentioned this issue in passing. I have seen parents and teachers attempt to force fiction on children and teens who are not reluctant readers at all, but their primary interest is in reading for information. There appears to be an entrenched view that nonfiction is not true "literature." I have even had parents of kids in our Summer Reading program say that they did not "count" the time their children spent reading about animals or airplanes, only the time they spent reading
"chapter books." My husband is a software engineer and has probably not
read a novel since college; however, he devours political satire and scientific magazines. He prefers to get "stories" from watching movies.
Ellen.
Ellen Wells Head, Children's Services Murray Library 166 East 5300 South Murray, UT 84107
(801) 264-2587 ewells at murray.utah.gov
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Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:54:15 -0700
Good point, Ellen...Nonfiction deserves a place here too. Two of my very favorite non-fiction books of all time are Russell Freedman's "Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor" and Jerry Stanley's "Children of the Dust Bowl."
Celeste Steward
Collection Development Librarian, Children's Services Alameda County Library 2400 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of ewells at murray.utah.gov Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:41 AM To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] reluctant readers and nonfiction
Several people have mentioned this issue in passing. I have seen parents and teachers attempt to force fiction on children and teens who are not reluctant readers at all, but their primary interest is in reading for information. There appears to be an entrenched view that nonfiction is not true "literature." I have even had parents of kids in our Summer Reading program say that they did not "count" the time their children spent reading about animals or airplanes, only the time they spent reading
"chapter books." My husband is a software engineer and has probably not
read a novel since college; however, he devours political satire and scientific magazines. He prefers to get "stories" from watching movies.
Ellen.
Ellen Wells Head, Children's Services Murray Library 166 East 5300 South Murray, UT 84107
(801) 264-2587 ewells at murray.utah.gov
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