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From: Grace Ruth <gwruth>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:13:31 -0800 (PST)
One of my favorites of 2007 is FRED STAYS WITH ME by Nancy Coffelt, illus. by Trisha Tusa. It is modest, but perfectly illustrated. The red endpapers and illustration highlights are an excellent representation of both the love and anger felt by a young girl who shuttles between the homes of her divorced parents. Fred, her dog, is her constant, loving companion, and she stands up for him to both parents who complain about his behavior. In a story that could have been heavy handed there is humor and common sense resolution. A very successful treatment of a common, yet serious, circumstance in which many of our children find themselves. Grace Ruth, San Francisco Public Library
Megan Schliesman <schliesman at education.wisc.edu> wrote: Dear Members of the CCBC-Net Community,
First, thank you for for continuing to share your thoughts on favorite books of 2007, as well as announcements relating to children's and young adult literature.
Between now and January 14, we invite you to continue to comment on books published in 2007 that you especially appreciated. We also will extend the "announcement" period this month until that day.
Our discussion topics for the second half of January and the month of February are as follows:
*Second Two Weeks of January: 2008 American Library Association Children's and Young Adult Literature Awards. *Beginning January 14 through mid-February, we will talk about the 2008 American Library Association Children's and Young Adult Literature book award winners and honor books. The awards will be announced on Monday morning, January 14, at a press conference during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. For information on how to see the awards presentation webcast live, or to receive the results immediately after the announcement, go to ALA's
"When and Where" wiki at
**http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2008/index.php/When_and_Where
*February
First Two Weeks: 2008 American Library Association Children's and Young Adult Literature Awards, continued.* For the first half of February, we'll continue the discussion of 2008 ALA children's and young adult literature award titles. We invite your comments on any of the ALA award winner and honor books.
*Second Two Weeks: Retro Reading or Timeless Topics? *Books about being a boy, books about being a girl, books on manners and more. We've noticed a number of books that look to be straight out of the 1950s either visually or, at least at first glance, thematically. What topics or treatments that once seemed out of date are back in vogue, or at least in print, in publishing for children and teens?
You'll note that this year we are not scheduling a time to discuss each of the ALA awards. So from mid-January to mid-February when we are discussing the award winners and honor books, please make it clear in the subject line of your message which books/awards your message is about.
Megan
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:13:31 -0800 (PST)
One of my favorites of 2007 is FRED STAYS WITH ME by Nancy Coffelt, illus. by Trisha Tusa. It is modest, but perfectly illustrated. The red endpapers and illustration highlights are an excellent representation of both the love and anger felt by a young girl who shuttles between the homes of her divorced parents. Fred, her dog, is her constant, loving companion, and she stands up for him to both parents who complain about his behavior. In a story that could have been heavy handed there is humor and common sense resolution. A very successful treatment of a common, yet serious, circumstance in which many of our children find themselves. Grace Ruth, San Francisco Public Library
Megan Schliesman <schliesman at education.wisc.edu> wrote: Dear Members of the CCBC-Net Community,
First, thank you for for continuing to share your thoughts on favorite books of 2007, as well as announcements relating to children's and young adult literature.
Between now and January 14, we invite you to continue to comment on books published in 2007 that you especially appreciated. We also will extend the "announcement" period this month until that day.
Our discussion topics for the second half of January and the month of February are as follows:
*Second Two Weeks of January: 2008 American Library Association Children's and Young Adult Literature Awards. *Beginning January 14 through mid-February, we will talk about the 2008 American Library Association Children's and Young Adult Literature book award winners and honor books. The awards will be announced on Monday morning, January 14, at a press conference during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. For information on how to see the awards presentation webcast live, or to receive the results immediately after the announcement, go to ALA's
"When and Where" wiki at
**http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2008/index.php/When_and_Where
*February
First Two Weeks: 2008 American Library Association Children's and Young Adult Literature Awards, continued.* For the first half of February, we'll continue the discussion of 2008 ALA children's and young adult literature award titles. We invite your comments on any of the ALA award winner and honor books.
*Second Two Weeks: Retro Reading or Timeless Topics? *Books about being a boy, books about being a girl, books on manners and more. We've noticed a number of books that look to be straight out of the 1950s either visually or, at least at first glance, thematically. What topics or treatments that once seemed out of date are back in vogue, or at least in print, in publishing for children and teens?
You'll note that this year we are not scheduling a time to discuss each of the ALA awards. So from mid-January to mid-February when we are discussing the award winners and honor books, please make it clear in the subject line of your message which books/awards your message is about.
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/ _______________________________________________ CCBC-Net mailing list CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe... http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-net --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.Received on Wed 09 Jan 2008 06:13:31 PM CST
