From: Nancy Silverrod <nsilverrod>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 09:16:55 -0700

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning

Nancy Silverrod, Librarian San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA 94102-4733 415-557-4417 nsilverrod at sfpl.org
  Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. -James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)

A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block of wood. -Chinese Proverb

-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Ruth I. Gordon Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:53 AM To: CCBC Net Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] GLBTQ Literature

Translate, please.

Thank you.

Big Grandma On May 20, 2008, at 8:19 AM, Megan Schliesman wrote:

> 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/
>
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