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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:14:03 -0500
Please post any final suggestions or thoughts you have on parallel perspectives. At the end of the week, we'll turn our attention to board books, our topic for the second half of September.
I recently read the new picture book biography of Williams Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant: "A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams" / /(Eerdman's). I immediately thought of pairing this wonderful look at Williams' life with Joyce Sidman's "This Is Just To Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness" (Houghton Mifflin), one of my favorite poetry books from last year.
And "Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry" by Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson (adapted from Nelson's adult book), published this year by National Geographic, begs to be introduced with--or followed by--Julius Lester's outstanding rendition of the John Henry story in "John Henry," with illustrations by Jerry Pinkney (Dial).
"Ain't Nothing But a Man" underscores how historical research combines detailed investigations with intuitive leaps, followed by more legwork. The way Nelson describes one breakthrough moment gave me chills when I read it (and him when he made it), and immediately brought to mind the final lines and image of the Lester/Pinkney book, referencing Henry being buried at the White House. Goosebumps again, just writing about it now . . . .
Megan
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:14:03 -0500
Please post any final suggestions or thoughts you have on parallel perspectives. At the end of the week, we'll turn our attention to board books, our topic for the second half of September.
I recently read the new picture book biography of Williams Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant: "A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams" / /(Eerdman's). I immediately thought of pairing this wonderful look at Williams' life with Joyce Sidman's "This Is Just To Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness" (Houghton Mifflin), one of my favorite poetry books from last year.
And "Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry" by Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson (adapted from Nelson's adult book), published this year by National Geographic, begs to be introduced with--or followed by--Julius Lester's outstanding rendition of the John Henry story in "John Henry," with illustrations by Jerry Pinkney (Dial).
"Ain't Nothing But a Man" underscores how historical research combines detailed investigations with intuitive leaps, followed by more legwork. The way Nelson describes one breakthrough moment gave me chills when I read it (and him when he made it), and immediately brought to mind the final lines and image of the Lester/Pinkney book, referencing Henry being buried at the White House. Goosebumps again, just writing about it now . . . .
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 Wed 17 Sep 2008 02:14:03 PM CDT
