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From: James Elliott <libraryjim>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 14:10:08 -0400 (EDT)
For the YA reader, there was the series based on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', in which one of the main characters, Willow, was not only involved in a lesbian relationship, but practiced a non-traditional religon, Wicca.
Since I haven't read many of the books, I don't know how they treat this through the series. However, the TV series presented it with taste and tact.
Jim Elliott North Florida, USA
"Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open ... every child in America should have access to a well-stocked school or community library"
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----- Original Message ----- From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman at education.wisc.edu> To: Subscribers of ccbc-net <ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Tue, 20 May 2008 11:19:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CCBC-Net] GLBTQ Literature
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 14:10:08 -0400 (EDT)
For the YA reader, there was the series based on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', in which one of the main characters, Willow, was not only involved in a lesbian relationship, but practiced a non-traditional religon, Wicca.
Since I haven't read many of the books, I don't know how they treat this through the series. However, the TV series presented it with taste and tact.
Jim Elliott North Florida, USA
"Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open ... every child in America should have access to a well-stocked school or community library"
--Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States
----- Original Message ----- From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman at education.wisc.edu> To: Subscribers of ccbc-net <ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Tue, 20 May 2008 11:19:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CCBC-Net] GLBTQ Literature
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/ _______________________________________________ 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-netReceived on Tue 20 May 2008 01:10:08 PM CDT
