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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:03:50 -0500
Here is what we'll be discussing on CCBC-Net over the next three months.
Megan
April 2007
*First Two Weeks: The Sound of Words: Poetry for Children and Young Adults.* April is national poetry month. For the first half of the month, we?ll discuss poetry for children and teens, from picture book renditions of a single poem to anthologies that bring together the works of many poets around a theme. What makes a successful poetry book for the young? We also invite you to talk about ways you share poetry with children and teenagers.
*Second Two Weeks: Pen to Paper: Characters as Writers*. From novels
(Lynn Joseph?s /The Color of My Words,/ Naomi Shihab Nye?s /Habibi)/ to picture books (Laura Nyman Montenegro?s /A Bird about to Sing/) to volumes of poetry (/A Pocketful of Poems/ by Nikki Grimes, Ralph Fletcher?s /Ordinary Things/) there are a number of books published for youth that offer portraits of children and teens who are driven to putting pen or pencil to paper and write. During the second half of April, we?ll talk about books that feature children and teenagers who write or who want to be writers.
May 2007
*First Two Weeks: Finding Home: Immigrants and Immigration in Books for Children and Young Adults.* Ann Jaramillo?s /La Linea/ chronicles the harrowing journey of new arrivals crossing the border illegally from Mexico into the United States. /1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving/ offers insight into some of the earliest new arrivals to the continent and their relationship with the American Indians they encountered. During the first half of May, we?ll talk about the portrayal of immigrants and immigration in literature for children and teenagers.
*Second Two Weeks: Do You Want a Story with That? Literature for Youth as the Medium for a Message.* Some books published for children and teenagers appear so intent on teaching a lesson or conveying a message that any understanding of the child audience, and what makes a good book for children, seems absent. Other books are more skillful at offering ideas, insights, or points of view in the context of a compelling, and often highly literary, story or narrative. During the second half of May, we?ll talk about literature for youth as the medium for conveying varied perspectives on the world.
Junee 2007
*First Two Weeks: I Can Do That! Celebrity Publishing*. From political figures to rock stars to movie stars, many of us have our ?favorites? in the realm of celebrity publishing. We?ll spend the first half of June talking about the phenomenon of celebrity publishing and whether it matters to librarians, teachers, and others committed to making the best literature possible available to young readers.
*Second Two Weeks: On the Road: Books about Traveling.* From summer vacations to holiday journeys, trips that cross the ocean to trips that cross that state or town line, children, teens, and their families are on the road and on the move in many books for children and young adults. We?ll spend the second half of June talking about traveling stories and the world?s they can open up in the minds of young readers.
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:03:50 -0500
Here is what we'll be discussing on CCBC-Net over the next three months.
Megan
April 2007
*First Two Weeks: The Sound of Words: Poetry for Children and Young Adults.* April is national poetry month. For the first half of the month, we?ll discuss poetry for children and teens, from picture book renditions of a single poem to anthologies that bring together the works of many poets around a theme. What makes a successful poetry book for the young? We also invite you to talk about ways you share poetry with children and teenagers.
*Second Two Weeks: Pen to Paper: Characters as Writers*. From novels
(Lynn Joseph?s /The Color of My Words,/ Naomi Shihab Nye?s /Habibi)/ to picture books (Laura Nyman Montenegro?s /A Bird about to Sing/) to volumes of poetry (/A Pocketful of Poems/ by Nikki Grimes, Ralph Fletcher?s /Ordinary Things/) there are a number of books published for youth that offer portraits of children and teens who are driven to putting pen or pencil to paper and write. During the second half of April, we?ll talk about books that feature children and teenagers who write or who want to be writers.
May 2007
*First Two Weeks: Finding Home: Immigrants and Immigration in Books for Children and Young Adults.* Ann Jaramillo?s /La Linea/ chronicles the harrowing journey of new arrivals crossing the border illegally from Mexico into the United States. /1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving/ offers insight into some of the earliest new arrivals to the continent and their relationship with the American Indians they encountered. During the first half of May, we?ll talk about the portrayal of immigrants and immigration in literature for children and teenagers.
*Second Two Weeks: Do You Want a Story with That? Literature for Youth as the Medium for a Message.* Some books published for children and teenagers appear so intent on teaching a lesson or conveying a message that any understanding of the child audience, and what makes a good book for children, seems absent. Other books are more skillful at offering ideas, insights, or points of view in the context of a compelling, and often highly literary, story or narrative. During the second half of May, we?ll talk about literature for youth as the medium for conveying varied perspectives on the world.
Junee 2007
*First Two Weeks: I Can Do That! Celebrity Publishing*. From political figures to rock stars to movie stars, many of us have our ?favorites? in the realm of celebrity publishing. We?ll spend the first half of June talking about the phenomenon of celebrity publishing and whether it matters to librarians, teachers, and others committed to making the best literature possible available to young readers.
*Second Two Weeks: On the Road: Books about Traveling.* From summer vacations to holiday journeys, trips that cross the ocean to trips that cross that state or town line, children, teens, and their families are on the road and on the move in many books for children and young adults. We?ll spend the second half of June talking about traveling stories and the world?s they can open up in the minds of young readers.
-- 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.eduReceived on Tue 03 Apr 2007 10:03:50 AM CDT
