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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 10:19:38 -0500
Thank you for the posts on literature for children and teens about the Middle East. While we'd like to spend more time on this topic to encourage additional posts, but time being time, we need to turn our attention to the topic for the second part of May: GLBTQliiterature.
Even more than literature about the Middle East, this area of publishing for youth has grown tremendously in recent years.* *We have been struck by the fact that since first talking about this topic on CCBC-Net, in June of 2004, publishing reflecting the experiences of lesbian, gay, bixesxual, transgendered, and questioning youth has grown exponentially, and in that growth we are seeing more new voices and greater diversity of experience. (Unfortunately, books for younger children reflecting the many families with gay or lesbian parents are still few and far between.)
We invite you to share what you've observed about GLBTQ literature in recent years for the remainder of May.
Megan
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 10:19:38 -0500
Thank you for the posts on literature for children and teens about the Middle East. While we'd like to spend more time on this topic to encourage additional posts, but time being time, we need to turn our attention to the topic for the second part of May: GLBTQliiterature.
Even more than literature about the Middle East, this area of publishing for youth has grown tremendously in recent years.* *We have been struck by the fact that since first talking about this topic on CCBC-Net, in June of 2004, publishing reflecting the experiences of lesbian, gay, bixesxual, transgendered, and questioning youth has grown exponentially, and in that growth we are seeing more new voices and greater diversity of experience. (Unfortunately, books for younger children reflecting the many families with gay or lesbian parents are still few and far between.)
We invite you to share what you've observed about GLBTQ literature in recent years for the remainder of May.
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 608/262-9503 schliesman at education.wisc.edu www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/Received on Tue 20 May 2008 10:19:38 AM CDT
