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From: James Elliott <libraryjim>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 18:15:33 -0500 (EST)
My son (age 12 at the time) and I both loved "The Anybodies" by N. E. Bode (pen name of FSU prof Julianna Baggott).
Infact, we came up with a novel way of reading it:
I'd read a page, and then he'd read a page, alternating for about half-an-hour until about chapter three when he came to the decision that he wanted to finish it himself.
We haven't read any more of her books, but that was a great read! One day I (I mean we) will get around to the others she's written.
Terry Pratchett's "Tiffany Aiching" Discworld YA books are also one of my favorites, even though they are not as good as his grown up audience Discworld novels.
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: Kathleen T. Horning <horning at education.wisc.edu> To: CCBC-NET <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 18:08:13 -0500 (EST) Subject: [CCBC-Net] LOL: Humorous Young Adult Literature
**Think all YA literature these days is grim? While a lot of attention has been given to the challenging topics and serious issues addressed in young adult literature over the past decade, there have also been some good laugh-out-loud novels for teens. And even serious subjects can be mixed with a good dose of humor, as we saw last year in Sherman Alexie's
"Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" or this year in Mayra Lazara Dole's "Down to the Bone."
Of course, what tickles one?s funny bone is highly subjective, so we want your opinion?what young adult books stand out to you for their humor in recent years?
KT
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 18:15:33 -0500 (EST)
My son (age 12 at the time) and I both loved "The Anybodies" by N. E. Bode (pen name of FSU prof Julianna Baggott).
Infact, we came up with a novel way of reading it:
I'd read a page, and then he'd read a page, alternating for about half-an-hour until about chapter three when he came to the decision that he wanted to finish it himself.
We haven't read any more of her books, but that was a great read! One day I (I mean we) will get around to the others she's written.
Terry Pratchett's "Tiffany Aiching" Discworld YA books are also one of my favorites, even though they are not as good as his grown up audience Discworld novels.
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: Kathleen T. Horning <horning at education.wisc.edu> To: CCBC-NET <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 18:08:13 -0500 (EST) Subject: [CCBC-Net] LOL: Humorous Young Adult Literature
**Think all YA literature these days is grim? While a lot of attention has been given to the challenging topics and serious issues addressed in young adult literature over the past decade, there have also been some good laugh-out-loud novels for teens. And even serious subjects can be mixed with a good dose of humor, as we saw last year in Sherman Alexie's
"Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" or this year in Mayra Lazara Dole's "Down to the Bone."
Of course, what tickles one?s funny bone is highly subjective, so we want your opinion?what young adult books stand out to you for their humor in recent years?
KT
-- Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706 Phone: 608-263-3721 FAX: 608-262-4933 horning at education.wisc.edu http://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 Mon 03 Nov 2008 05:15:33 PM CST
