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From: J Cothron <jcothron>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 22:10:21 -0700
I can't help comparing Uncle Bobby's Wedding to Pija Lindenbaum's book Mini Mia and her darling uncle. It's a 2007 translation of a Swedish book about Mini Mia who adores her Uncle Tommy and is very jealous of his new friend Fergus. It's only when Fergus teaches her some soccer moves that she accepts him and his place in Uncle Tommy's life. Jane Cothron Waldport, Oregon
Steward, Celeste wrote:
>Nancy, thanks for mentioning Uncle Bobby's Wedding...it's a sweet book
>featuring guinea pigs as the two male characters...I bought a few copies
>and now I'm thinking I should get some more. No doubt, someone will
>deface the book at some point, the price of doing business I guess. Our
>copy of King and King disappeared under mysterious circumstances too.
>
>Celeste Steward, Librarian IV,
>Collection Development
>Alameda County Library
>2450 Stevenson Blvd.
>Fremont, CA 94538
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
>[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of
>Nancegar at aol.com
>Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:26 PM
>To: ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu
>Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] GLBTQ lit
>
>A P.S.:
>
>Another little kid favorite--a new one: UNCLE BOBBY'S WEDDING by Sarah
>S.
>Brannen (G.P Putnam's Sons, 2008)
>
>In response to the comment about few books re bisexual teens-- very
>true: In
>addition to a few stories and to M.E. Ker''s novel "HELLO," I LIED
>(1997),
>there's also Sara Ryan's EMPRESS OF THE WORLD (2001) and LUCKY by Eddie
>De
>Oliveira (2004). There's a lack of books about transgender teens, too.
>Again
>there are a few stories, including "Boi" by Julie Anne Peters in her
>collection
>grl2grl (2007). Her National Book Award finalist novel LUNA (2004) is
>the first
>YA novel with a transgender teen as a major character, and Ellen
>Wittlinger's
>PARROTFISH (2007) is the first with a transgender main character. An
>important secondary character in WHAT HAPPENED TO LANI GARVER? by Carol
>Plum-Ucci
>(2002) might be transgender--but he also might be an angel, or gay.
>
>There's also a need for more LGBT books about Hispanic characters and
>African
>American characters. Alex Sanchez (The Rainbow Boys series, THE GOD BOX,
>SO
>HARD TO SAY) and Jacqueline Woodson (THE DEAR ONE, FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF
>
>MELANIN SUN, THE HOUSE YOU PASS ON THE WAY) have given us some--thank
>you!--but it
>would be wonderful to have more!
>
>One more and then I'll shut up- HERO by Perry Moore (2007) is a real
>departure and a wonderful one. It's a super-hero story and a mystery
>rolled into one
>with a man character who's gay, but the story's about his being an
>apprentice
>to a league of super-heros to which his father once belonged--and
>learning a
>lot about life in general plus his own family--universals, again!
>
>Nancy (Garden)
>
>
>_________________________________________________________________
>Please check out my website at www.nancygarden.com
>And please have a look at HEAR US OUT: LESBIAN AND GAY STORIES OF
>STRUGGLE,
>PROGRESS AND HOPE, 1950 TO THE PRESENT, and the new edition of ANNIE ON
>MY MIND
>, in honor of its 25th anniversary!
>
><BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get
>new
>twists on family favorites at AOL Food.<BR>
>(http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)</HTML>
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Received on Fri 23 May 2008 12:10:21 AM CDT
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 22:10:21 -0700
I can't help comparing Uncle Bobby's Wedding to Pija Lindenbaum's book Mini Mia and her darling uncle. It's a 2007 translation of a Swedish book about Mini Mia who adores her Uncle Tommy and is very jealous of his new friend Fergus. It's only when Fergus teaches her some soccer moves that she accepts him and his place in Uncle Tommy's life. Jane Cothron Waldport, Oregon
Steward, Celeste wrote:
>Nancy, thanks for mentioning Uncle Bobby's Wedding...it's a sweet book
>featuring guinea pigs as the two male characters...I bought a few copies
>and now I'm thinking I should get some more. No doubt, someone will
>deface the book at some point, the price of doing business I guess. Our
>copy of King and King disappeared under mysterious circumstances too.
>
>Celeste Steward, Librarian IV,
>Collection Development
>Alameda County Library
>2450 Stevenson Blvd.
>Fremont, CA 94538
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
>[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of
>Nancegar at aol.com
>Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:26 PM
>To: ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu
>Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] GLBTQ lit
>
>A P.S.:
>
>Another little kid favorite--a new one: UNCLE BOBBY'S WEDDING by Sarah
>S.
>Brannen (G.P Putnam's Sons, 2008)
>
>In response to the comment about few books re bisexual teens-- very
>true: In
>addition to a few stories and to M.E. Ker''s novel "HELLO," I LIED
>(1997),
>there's also Sara Ryan's EMPRESS OF THE WORLD (2001) and LUCKY by Eddie
>De
>Oliveira (2004). There's a lack of books about transgender teens, too.
>Again
>there are a few stories, including "Boi" by Julie Anne Peters in her
>collection
>grl2grl (2007). Her National Book Award finalist novel LUNA (2004) is
>the first
>YA novel with a transgender teen as a major character, and Ellen
>Wittlinger's
>PARROTFISH (2007) is the first with a transgender main character. An
>important secondary character in WHAT HAPPENED TO LANI GARVER? by Carol
>Plum-Ucci
>(2002) might be transgender--but he also might be an angel, or gay.
>
>There's also a need for more LGBT books about Hispanic characters and
>African
>American characters. Alex Sanchez (The Rainbow Boys series, THE GOD BOX,
>SO
>HARD TO SAY) and Jacqueline Woodson (THE DEAR ONE, FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF
>
>MELANIN SUN, THE HOUSE YOU PASS ON THE WAY) have given us some--thank
>you!--but it
>would be wonderful to have more!
>
>One more and then I'll shut up- HERO by Perry Moore (2007) is a real
>departure and a wonderful one. It's a super-hero story and a mystery
>rolled into one
>with a man character who's gay, but the story's about his being an
>apprentice
>to a league of super-heros to which his father once belonged--and
>learning a
>lot about life in general plus his own family--universals, again!
>
>Nancy (Garden)
>
>
>_________________________________________________________________
>Please check out my website at www.nancygarden.com
>And please have a look at HEAR US OUT: LESBIAN AND GAY STORIES OF
>STRUGGLE,
>PROGRESS AND HOPE, 1950 TO THE PRESENT, and the new edition of ANNIE ON
>MY MIND
>, in honor of its 25th anniversary!
>
><BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get
>new
>twists on family favorites at AOL Food.<BR>
>(http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)</HTML>
>_______________________________________________
>CCBC-Net mailing list
>CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
>Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe...
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