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From: Carolynpen at aol.com <Carolynpen>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:08:40 EDT
Carole, Here are two relevant books, as reviewed in the March 15, 2004 issue of Booklist. The first may be a bit beyond your age range. Carolyn Phelan
When Dad?s at Sea. Pelton, Mindy L. (author). Illustrated by Robert Grantt Steele. Apr. 2004. 32p. Albert Whitman, hardcover, $15.95 _(0-8075-6339-0)_
(http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/0807563390) . Gr. 1-4.
While You Are Away. Spinelli, Eileen (author). Illustrated by Renee Graef. Apr. 2004. 32p. Hyperion, hardcover, $15.99 _(0-7868-0972-8)_
(http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/0786809728) . PreS-Gr. 1.
Two new picture books portray children whose parents are away in the military. Both pay close attention to how the children feel and how they cope with a long separation, and both speak from the children?s perspective and in language a child might use.
Mindy Pelton?s While You Are Away reads like a prose poem in three parts. Three children of different ethnicities narrate their own sections: a little boy whose father is in the Navy, a girl whose mother pilots a ?fast plane,? and another boy whose Papa drives a ?speedy jeep.? The children address their parents with their concerns, their questions, and their hopes. Their thoughts are simply expressed and often concrete: one child wonders what his father eats for breakfast, another wraps herself in her mother?s sweater. Warm, glowing colors light up the large-scale, softly defined drawings of children in action and reflection. The final, wordless spread shows all three families happily reunited. In Eileen Spinelli?s When Dad?s at Sea, Emily?s father, a Navy pilot, is leaving for a six-month deployment on an aircraft carrier. Each day he is gone, she removes one link from the paper chain he made for her, so that she can mark the days until his return. She misses him, but finds comfort in his e-mails and calls, and she even makes a new friend. The time frame of the story and the use of sensory details create a strong sense of Emily?s loss, her slow adjustment, and her joy at her father?s return. Steele?s impressionistic, delicately colored watercolor paintings sensitively depict Emily and her surroundings.Since so many communities include families with parents in the military, these reassuring, empathetic picture books will be welcome additions to library collections. ? Carolyn Phelan
In a message dated 7/3/2007 10:07:54 AM Central Daylight Time, carole at fiore-tlc.biz writes: Before we are past the announcement time, I would like to put in a request.
I was asked several month ago to do a 1/2 hour presentation on "Supporting Families through Books." (Ask my to do anything far enough in advance and I will say yes!) The emphasis was supposed to be on helping military families with young children cope with the separation. This program is targeted to the early care and education community (those people who work with children birth - 6 years), and I am having difficulty finding books for that age group on this topic. Do you have a favorite book that you use? Can you provide other sources to find these materials. I have decided to expand the emphasis and include other areas -- such as nightmares, divorce, etc.
I welcome your suggestions. I have to prepare this presentation next weekend as the conference begins July 20. Thanks in advance for your advice! I'll add this bibliography to my web page after I make the presentation at conference.
Carole
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Received on Tue 03 Jul 2007 05:08:40 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:08:40 EDT
Carole, Here are two relevant books, as reviewed in the March 15, 2004 issue of Booklist. The first may be a bit beyond your age range. Carolyn Phelan
When Dad?s at Sea. Pelton, Mindy L. (author). Illustrated by Robert Grantt Steele. Apr. 2004. 32p. Albert Whitman, hardcover, $15.95 _(0-8075-6339-0)_
(http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/0807563390) . Gr. 1-4.
While You Are Away. Spinelli, Eileen (author). Illustrated by Renee Graef. Apr. 2004. 32p. Hyperion, hardcover, $15.99 _(0-7868-0972-8)_
(http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/0786809728) . PreS-Gr. 1.
Two new picture books portray children whose parents are away in the military. Both pay close attention to how the children feel and how they cope with a long separation, and both speak from the children?s perspective and in language a child might use.
Mindy Pelton?s While You Are Away reads like a prose poem in three parts. Three children of different ethnicities narrate their own sections: a little boy whose father is in the Navy, a girl whose mother pilots a ?fast plane,? and another boy whose Papa drives a ?speedy jeep.? The children address their parents with their concerns, their questions, and their hopes. Their thoughts are simply expressed and often concrete: one child wonders what his father eats for breakfast, another wraps herself in her mother?s sweater. Warm, glowing colors light up the large-scale, softly defined drawings of children in action and reflection. The final, wordless spread shows all three families happily reunited. In Eileen Spinelli?s When Dad?s at Sea, Emily?s father, a Navy pilot, is leaving for a six-month deployment on an aircraft carrier. Each day he is gone, she removes one link from the paper chain he made for her, so that she can mark the days until his return. She misses him, but finds comfort in his e-mails and calls, and she even makes a new friend. The time frame of the story and the use of sensory details create a strong sense of Emily?s loss, her slow adjustment, and her joy at her father?s return. Steele?s impressionistic, delicately colored watercolor paintings sensitively depict Emily and her surroundings.Since so many communities include families with parents in the military, these reassuring, empathetic picture books will be welcome additions to library collections. ? Carolyn Phelan
In a message dated 7/3/2007 10:07:54 AM Central Daylight Time, carole at fiore-tlc.biz writes: Before we are past the announcement time, I would like to put in a request.
I was asked several month ago to do a 1/2 hour presentation on "Supporting Families through Books." (Ask my to do anything far enough in advance and I will say yes!) The emphasis was supposed to be on helping military families with young children cope with the separation. This program is targeted to the early care and education community (those people who work with children birth - 6 years), and I am having difficulty finding books for that age group on this topic. Do you have a favorite book that you use? Can you provide other sources to find these materials. I have decided to expand the emphasis and include other areas -- such as nightmares, divorce, etc.
I welcome your suggestions. I have to prepare this presentation next weekend as the conference begins July 20. Thanks in advance for your advice! I'll add this bibliography to my web page after I make the presentation at conference.
Carole
************************************************************************ Carole D. Fiore Training and Library Consulting and Acquisitions Editor, Neal-Schuman Publishing carole at fiore-tlc.biz www.fiore-tlc.biz Phone: 850-656-8474 Cell: 850-694-1789 Fax: 850-942-2802
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