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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman>
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:28:37 -0500
Today we'll start our discussion of the books of Patricia MacLachlan.
Ms. MacLachlan will be delivering the 10th annual Charlotte Zolotow Lecture here on the UW-Madison campus on Thursday evening, October 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wisconsin Union Theater. While the event will not be webcast live, archived video will be available on the CCBC web site later this fall.
Ms. MacLachlan is a critically acclaimed author of over twenty books for children and teens. Her many books including the Newbery-Award winning novel /Sarah, Plain and Tall/ (1985) and its sequels, /Skylark/ (1994),
/Caleb's Story/ (2001) /More Perfect Than the Moon (/2004) and
/Grandfather's Dance/ (2006), all published by HarperCollins. Among her highly acclaimed texts for younger children is the recent poetry collection /Once I Ate a Pie/ (HarperCollins, 2006), coauthored with her daughter, Emily MacLachlan.
I have much appreciation for her books about the Wittinger family
(Sarah, Plain and Tall, et al). They offer such depth and richness in books accessible to readers just moving into chapter books. But I must confess it is "Once I Ate a Pie" that I'm over the moon about--and I don't even consider myself a dog person. Perhaps it is because I had so many opportunities to share the poems with teachers and librarians last year, and saw the pleasure they brought to all--and the same was true of the times I shared them with children.
What are your favorite Patricia MacLachlan books and why? What MacLachlan books to the younger readers in your life appreciate?
Megan
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:28:37 -0500
Today we'll start our discussion of the books of Patricia MacLachlan.
Ms. MacLachlan will be delivering the 10th annual Charlotte Zolotow Lecture here on the UW-Madison campus on Thursday evening, October 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wisconsin Union Theater. While the event will not be webcast live, archived video will be available on the CCBC web site later this fall.
Ms. MacLachlan is a critically acclaimed author of over twenty books for children and teens. Her many books including the Newbery-Award winning novel /Sarah, Plain and Tall/ (1985) and its sequels, /Skylark/ (1994),
/Caleb's Story/ (2001) /More Perfect Than the Moon (/2004) and
/Grandfather's Dance/ (2006), all published by HarperCollins. Among her highly acclaimed texts for younger children is the recent poetry collection /Once I Ate a Pie/ (HarperCollins, 2006), coauthored with her daughter, Emily MacLachlan.
I have much appreciation for her books about the Wittinger family
(Sarah, Plain and Tall, et al). They offer such depth and richness in books accessible to readers just moving into chapter books. But I must confess it is "Once I Ate a Pie" that I'm over the moon about--and I don't even consider myself a dog person. Perhaps it is because I had so many opportunities to share the poems with teachers and librarians last year, and saw the pleasure they brought to all--and the same was true of the times I shared them with children.
What are your favorite Patricia MacLachlan books and why? What MacLachlan books to the younger readers in your life appreciate?
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706 608-262-9503 608-262-4933 (fax) schliesman at education.wisc.edu www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/Received on Fri 05 Oct 2007 10:28:37 AM CDT
