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From: Brianna Rewey <BRewey>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 14:07:46 -0400
I agree with Susan that "Traveling Man" is a wonderful book. It is one of just two picture books that I have in my personal library. I've used
"Traveling- it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller" in my email signature in my personal email for several years. It is the truest quote about traveling that I have ever heard.
I am also glad that Laura mentioned "An Abundance of Catherines" by John Green. I was so excited to read his second book and I wasn't disappointed. Even though much of the book takes place after they arrive in a small town, I still had the sense that even in that town they were traveling. They were discovering new things, both literally and figuratively, every day in the small town where they ended up.
And although this is a discussion about books for children and teens, I just have to make a plug for the adult travel narrative "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert. I'm currently listening to it on CD and I don't want it to end. Maybe that's why I keep replaying tracks.
Brianna Rewey
(Settling into life in Durham, NC after 8 years working in South Korea, Germany, Iceland, and Turkey)
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Bickley Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 1:48 PM To: CCBC Subject: [CCBC-Net] Traveling
My favorite journey book is Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354 told and illustrated by James Rumford. It is a unique account of this 14th century traveler's journey from Morocco to China, from the steppes of Russia to the shores of Tanzania. It is an amazing combination of words, pictures, maps, an account of a man's journey.
What I like especially are the very wise nuggets dropped into the text of why we travel.
:"Traveling," I said to myself later. "It makes you lonely, then gives you a friend."
"Traveling- it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller." Houghton Mifflin, 2001
I hope it is still in print.
Susan Bickley Madison, Wisconsin
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Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 14:07:46 -0400
I agree with Susan that "Traveling Man" is a wonderful book. It is one of just two picture books that I have in my personal library. I've used
"Traveling- it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller" in my email signature in my personal email for several years. It is the truest quote about traveling that I have ever heard.
I am also glad that Laura mentioned "An Abundance of Catherines" by John Green. I was so excited to read his second book and I wasn't disappointed. Even though much of the book takes place after they arrive in a small town, I still had the sense that even in that town they were traveling. They were discovering new things, both literally and figuratively, every day in the small town where they ended up.
And although this is a discussion about books for children and teens, I just have to make a plug for the adult travel narrative "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert. I'm currently listening to it on CD and I don't want it to end. Maybe that's why I keep replaying tracks.
Brianna Rewey
(Settling into life in Durham, NC after 8 years working in South Korea, Germany, Iceland, and Turkey)
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Bickley Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 1:48 PM To: CCBC Subject: [CCBC-Net] Traveling
My favorite journey book is Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354 told and illustrated by James Rumford. It is a unique account of this 14th century traveler's journey from Morocco to China, from the steppes of Russia to the shores of Tanzania. It is an amazing combination of words, pictures, maps, an account of a man's journey.
What I like especially are the very wise nuggets dropped into the text of why we travel.
:"Traveling," I said to myself later. "It makes you lonely, then gives you a friend."
"Traveling- it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller." Houghton Mifflin, 2001
I hope it is still in print.
Susan Bickley Madison, Wisconsin
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