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From: Elizabeth Wrigley-Field <wrigleyfield>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:19:33 -0600
Hello all,
I'm a relatively recent subscriber to this listserv (since August), and enjoying it very much. And now I have a question for your collective wisdom.
I'm editing an Iraqi teenager's blog into a book for young adults in the U.S., to be published by Haymarket Books. (The book's titled _IraqiGirl: Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq_, based on the blog http://iraqigirl.blogspot.com. A book based on the same blog is being published in Sweden as well.)
In addition to the contents of the blog, we are adding various supplementary materials -- a timeline of the Iraq war; an interview with the author about what she's doing now, as a college student still living in Iraq; maps and additional photographs; excerpts from other Iraqi blogs -- particularly intended to increase the book's classroom usefulness.
So, my questions for the list: What sorts of supplementary materials have you found most useful in non-fiction books for younger readers, like this one? Is there anything you have wished for, but not often seen, in this kind of book? If you are a teacher or a librarian, is there anything about how you would use a book like this that would make you want particular kinds of materials included?
Please feel free to reply to me off-list if you don't think your comment will be relevant to others (of course, I'm happy to start a more general discussion too if people are interested in it!). Thanks very much in advance for any suggestions or comments.
Best, Elizabeth Wrigley-Field
Haymarket Books http://www.haymarketbooks.org
Received on Tue 16 Dec 2008 06:19:33 PM CST
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:19:33 -0600
Hello all,
I'm a relatively recent subscriber to this listserv (since August), and enjoying it very much. And now I have a question for your collective wisdom.
I'm editing an Iraqi teenager's blog into a book for young adults in the U.S., to be published by Haymarket Books. (The book's titled _IraqiGirl: Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq_, based on the blog http://iraqigirl.blogspot.com. A book based on the same blog is being published in Sweden as well.)
In addition to the contents of the blog, we are adding various supplementary materials -- a timeline of the Iraq war; an interview with the author about what she's doing now, as a college student still living in Iraq; maps and additional photographs; excerpts from other Iraqi blogs -- particularly intended to increase the book's classroom usefulness.
So, my questions for the list: What sorts of supplementary materials have you found most useful in non-fiction books for younger readers, like this one? Is there anything you have wished for, but not often seen, in this kind of book? If you are a teacher or a librarian, is there anything about how you would use a book like this that would make you want particular kinds of materials included?
Please feel free to reply to me off-list if you don't think your comment will be relevant to others (of course, I'm happy to start a more general discussion too if people are interested in it!). Thanks very much in advance for any suggestions or comments.
Best, Elizabeth Wrigley-Field
Haymarket Books http://www.haymarketbooks.org
Received on Tue 16 Dec 2008 06:19:33 PM CST
