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From: Steward, Celeste <csteward>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:09:26 -0700
I really enjoyed Deliver Us from Normal by Kate Klise...the story features 11-year old Charles Harrisong, a would-be writer whose quirky take on the absurdities of life had me in stitches. Charles, the oldest of five children, chronicles his pre-teen angst about living in a family whose welfare is continually on the verge of poverty. It would make a good read aloud--laughs on one level, but some meaty group discussion issues buried beneath the surface: social status, peer pressure and family.
Celeste Steward, Collection Development Librarian Alameda County Library 2450 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Megan Schliesman Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 9:24 AM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject: [CCBC-Net] Characters as Writers
There weren't many comments about poetry during the first half of April. Now it's time to turn our attention to our topic for the second half of the month: books that feature children and teenagers who write or who want to be writers.*
* Two of my favorites for younger children are the picture book "A Bird about the Sing" by Laura Nyman Montenegro (Houghton Mifflin, 2003) and Nikki Grimes's collection of poetry "A Pocketful of Poems" (Clarion, 2001). I don't recall that either book shows the actual endeavor of writing, but both offer up a child character who has a distinctive way of viewing the world, and who references the writing she does. (Both fictional characters happen to be young poets.)
Who else can think of books that feature young writers or would-be writers? Are there ways you use books like these with children and teens?
Megan
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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:09:26 -0700
I really enjoyed Deliver Us from Normal by Kate Klise...the story features 11-year old Charles Harrisong, a would-be writer whose quirky take on the absurdities of life had me in stitches. Charles, the oldest of five children, chronicles his pre-teen angst about living in a family whose welfare is continually on the verge of poverty. It would make a good read aloud--laughs on one level, but some meaty group discussion issues buried beneath the surface: social status, peer pressure and family.
Celeste Steward, Collection Development Librarian Alameda County Library 2450 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, April 17, 2007 9:24 AM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject: [CCBC-Net] Characters as Writers
There weren't many comments about poetry during the first half of April. Now it's time to turn our attention to our topic for the second half of the month: books that feature children and teenagers who write or who want to be writers.*
* Two of my favorites for younger children are the picture book "A Bird about the Sing" by Laura Nyman Montenegro (Houghton Mifflin, 2003) and Nikki Grimes's collection of poetry "A Pocketful of Poems" (Clarion, 2001). I don't recall that either book shows the actual endeavor of writing, but both offer up a child character who has a distinctive way of viewing the world, and who references the writing she does. (Both fictional characters happen to be young poets.)
Who else can think of books that feature young writers or would-be writers? Are there ways you use books like these with children and teens?
Megan
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