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[CCBC-Net] Upcoming CCBC-Net Topics

From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman>
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:41:38 -0500

Here is the schedule for the next two months on CCBC-Net. Please share your announcments for the next few days before we start on Eco-Reading. Megan

June

First Two Weeks: Eco-Reading: Books about Nature and the Environment.
 From picture books that invite appreciation for the natural world to action-oriented titles those for older children and teens that raise the red flag on global warming and climate change, we?ll spend the first part of June discussing books for children and teens about nature and the environment.

Second Two Weeks: Character-Driven: Favorite Characters in Children?s and Young Adult Literature. You know who they are. The characters that stand out because of, or sometimes in spite of, the story of which they are a part. Characters that live on in your imagination long after the story ends. During the second part of June, we invite you to talk about your favorite characters in children?s and young adult literature, whether they are old friends from childhood, or welcome new acquaintances.

July

First Two Weeks: After "Twilight." The popularity of Stephenie Meyer?s Twilight series has left many readers clamoring for more. But more what? Passion? Romance? Vampires? During the first half of July, we invite you to talk about books Twilight fans are enjoying?or you think they?d enjoy--now that Bella and Edward?s story has come to a conclusion, if not necessarily a close.

Second Two Weeks: Perry Nodelman?s "The Hidden Adult." Perry Nodelman?s newest book, "The Hidden Adult: Defining Children's Literature" (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008), explores the commonalities and shared themes of children?s literature, based on a comparison of six books for children written between 1801 and 1993. An examination of the plots, themes, and structures of "The Purple Jar," "Alice in Wonderland," "Dr. Doolittle," "Henry Huggins," "The Snowy Day," and "Plain City" is the basis for Mr. Nodelman?s observations about the ways in which adult knowledge and experience are hidden in books for young people. Please join guest commentator Perry Nodelman in a discussion of "The Hidden Adult" during the second half of July.

-- 
Megan Schliesman, Librarian
Cooperative Children's Book Center
School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
600 N. Park Street, Room 4290
Madison, WI  53706
608/262-9503
schliesman at education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
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