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From: alanabuck at aol.com <alanabuck>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:19:54 -0400
Our public library in Oceanside, NY, found that our excellent collection of Picture Books for Older Readers was not being used. Our staff--in collaboration with our school district--developed a subject guide to the whole collection and distributed it to each of our seven elementary schools. When teachers had a tool so that they could incorporate these books into their curriculum, they began to come and borrow them for their classrooms. If anyone is interested, I would be happy to provide a copy of this annotated bibliography, which we call "Connecting With the Curriculum: A Subject Guide to Picture Books For Older Readers".
Barbara Buckley Head of Children's Services Oceanside Library
-----Original Message----- From: nsawicki at nyc.rr.com To: CCBC-Net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu Sent: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 9:04 PM Subject: [CCBC-Net] middle grade picture books
Prior to the 80s, it was nearly impossible to successfully publish picture books for middle grade/older kids, the feeling being the audience considered them ?baby books.? Now that is much changed and I wonder why. Computers? More interest in the visual world than words? An increasing problem with reading and literacy?
On an indirect but related subject, the close friend of a close friend was hired during the summer to head an excellent private school. A position she did not expect to be offered because she is in her late fifties/early sixties. However...her position...the future for jobs will not be in technology which will be done off shore, and the school should be grounded in a rigorous and well rounded liberal arts education with computer science included but not more important than history, English, etc. While she provided studies about jobs in technology/computer science to support her position she was offered the position because the board believed she is ? a visionary, ? unafraid to go against the grain/trends in current education which will ultimately stand their students in good stead.
Any thoughts about my question? Norma Jean
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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:19:54 -0400
Our public library in Oceanside, NY, found that our excellent collection of Picture Books for Older Readers was not being used. Our staff--in collaboration with our school district--developed a subject guide to the whole collection and distributed it to each of our seven elementary schools. When teachers had a tool so that they could incorporate these books into their curriculum, they began to come and borrow them for their classrooms. If anyone is interested, I would be happy to provide a copy of this annotated bibliography, which we call "Connecting With the Curriculum: A Subject Guide to Picture Books For Older Readers".
Barbara Buckley Head of Children's Services Oceanside Library
-----Original Message----- From: nsawicki at nyc.rr.com To: CCBC-Net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu Sent: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 9:04 PM Subject: [CCBC-Net] middle grade picture books
Prior to the 80s, it was nearly impossible to successfully publish picture books for middle grade/older kids, the feeling being the audience considered them ?baby books.? Now that is much changed and I wonder why. Computers? More interest in the visual world than words? An increasing problem with reading and literacy?
On an indirect but related subject, the close friend of a close friend was hired during the summer to head an excellent private school. A position she did not expect to be offered because she is in her late fifties/early sixties. However...her position...the future for jobs will not be in technology which will be done off shore, and the school should be grounded in a rigorous and well rounded liberal arts education with computer science included but not more important than history, English, etc. While she provided studies about jobs in technology/computer science to support her position she was offered the position because the board believed she is ? a visionary, ? unafraid to go against the grain/trends in current education which will ultimately stand their students in good stead.
Any thoughts about my question? Norma Jean
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