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From: Steward, Celeste <csteward>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:34:09 -0700
On That Day by Andrea Patel remains one of my favorite books for explaining the events of 9/11 to younger children. There have been many others that followed but Patel's book stands out in my mind for its gentle tone.
Several years ago, I was asked for a book on children who volunteer in their communities. I was hard pressed to find anything. The best one I've seen is Linda Duper's "160 Ways to Help the World," 1996 but it's for teens. Since 9/11, I have noticed a few more books for younger children on volunteering in the community or about volunteers in general. We could use more.
Books on world peace also seem to be on the rise. I love Todd Parr's
"The Peace Book" and Nancy Loewen's "We Live Here Too! Kids talk about good citizenship." I'm very curious about David Morley's Healing Our World: Inside Doctors Without Borders to be published next month.
And I'm pleased to note that Jeremy Gilley's "Peace One Day" is circulating nicely in my library system. I bought this book with some reservation, knowing that it might sit on the shelf. Thankfully, it has not.
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 Megan Schliesman Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:00 AM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject: [CCBC-Net] Publishing for Children and Teens in a Post-9/11 World
Today we'll begin discussing our topic for the first part of September:
Publishing for Children and Teens in a Post-9/11 World
In 2002 we saw the first books for children and teens that were directly
about 9/11 in some way, including "With Their Eyes" by Annie Thoms,
"Fireboat" by Maira Kalman, "911: The Book of Help" edited by Michael Cart, and "This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort" selected by Georgia Heard, and others. These were some of the "immediate" responses we saw in publishing for children and young adults.
Five years after September 11, 2001, do you think that day and events in
its aftermath have impacted publishing for children and teens in other ways? Do you think their influence is reflected only in books like those
above that specifically reference what happened, or do you see those events and related changes in our culture, society, and world influencing the treatment of broader topics and themes literature for childen and teens?
Megan
Megan
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:34:09 -0700
On That Day by Andrea Patel remains one of my favorite books for explaining the events of 9/11 to younger children. There have been many others that followed but Patel's book stands out in my mind for its gentle tone.
Several years ago, I was asked for a book on children who volunteer in their communities. I was hard pressed to find anything. The best one I've seen is Linda Duper's "160 Ways to Help the World," 1996 but it's for teens. Since 9/11, I have noticed a few more books for younger children on volunteering in the community or about volunteers in general. We could use more.
Books on world peace also seem to be on the rise. I love Todd Parr's
"The Peace Book" and Nancy Loewen's "We Live Here Too! Kids talk about good citizenship." I'm very curious about David Morley's Healing Our World: Inside Doctors Without Borders to be published next month.
And I'm pleased to note that Jeremy Gilley's "Peace One Day" is circulating nicely in my library system. I bought this book with some reservation, knowing that it might sit on the shelf. Thankfully, it has not.
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 Megan Schliesman Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:00 AM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject: [CCBC-Net] Publishing for Children and Teens in a Post-9/11 World
Today we'll begin discussing our topic for the first part of September:
Publishing for Children and Teens in a Post-9/11 World
In 2002 we saw the first books for children and teens that were directly
about 9/11 in some way, including "With Their Eyes" by Annie Thoms,
"Fireboat" by Maira Kalman, "911: The Book of Help" edited by Michael Cart, and "This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort" selected by Georgia Heard, and others. These were some of the "immediate" responses we saw in publishing for children and young adults.
Five years after September 11, 2001, do you think that day and events in
its aftermath have impacted publishing for children and teens in other ways? Do you think their influence is reflected only in books like those
above that specifically reference what happened, or do you see those events and related changes in our culture, society, and world influencing the treatment of broader topics and themes literature for childen and teens?
Megan
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 _______________________________________________ CCBC-Net mailing list CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe... http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-netReceived on Wed 13 Sep 2006 05:34:09 PM CDT
