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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman>
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:25:38 -0500
Here's what we'll be talking about this month on CCBC-Net. We invite you to continue to share announcments for the next day or so.
*First Half September: New Asian/Pacific and Asian/Pacific American Children?s and Young Adult Literature. *In the past few years there?s been a welcome increase in the number of books reflecting Asian/Pacific and Asian/Pacific American experiences published for children and teens.
(You can see the CCBC?s annual statistics on this and other dimensions of multicultural publishing at http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/pcstats.asp ). As with all multicultural publishing, the numbers are always relative?it?s still a shockingly small percentage of publishing overall-- but it?s exciting to see newer writers and artists for children and teens, such as Naomi Hirahara, Cynthia Kadohata, Suzy Lee, Moying Li, Kashmira Sheth, Gene Luen Yang, Paula Yoo, and others joining veterans such as Sheila Hamanaka, Yumi Heo, Mitali Perkins, Allen Say, Laurence Yep. . . (the list goes on), in creating books that speak to some of the many and varied dimensions of Asian/Pacific heritage in our nation and the world. During the first half of September on CCBC-Net, we?ll talk about Asian/Pacific literature for children and teens, from individual books, authors and artists to the importance of having an ever-growing body of engaging, culturally authentic books available for children and teens.
*Second Half of September: Crossover Books, Part II. *We first visited the topic of crossover books?titles that are marketed to both children and adult audiences, in June 1999. That discussion was inspired in part by the ever-growing popularity of ?Harry Potter ,? which was already having noticeable crossover appeal. Today, it seems we think about crossover less in terms of marketing and more in terms of how the lines between children?s/young adult and adult literature are not always easily defined, at least when it comes to appeal. From ?The Book Thief? to ?American Born Chinese? to ?Twilight? and beyond, we?ll revisit the topic of ?crossover books? in light of the past ten years of publishing during the second half of September.
Megan
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:25:38 -0500
Here's what we'll be talking about this month on CCBC-Net. We invite you to continue to share announcments for the next day or so.
*First Half September: New Asian/Pacific and Asian/Pacific American Children?s and Young Adult Literature. *In the past few years there?s been a welcome increase in the number of books reflecting Asian/Pacific and Asian/Pacific American experiences published for children and teens.
(You can see the CCBC?s annual statistics on this and other dimensions of multicultural publishing at http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/pcstats.asp ). As with all multicultural publishing, the numbers are always relative?it?s still a shockingly small percentage of publishing overall-- but it?s exciting to see newer writers and artists for children and teens, such as Naomi Hirahara, Cynthia Kadohata, Suzy Lee, Moying Li, Kashmira Sheth, Gene Luen Yang, Paula Yoo, and others joining veterans such as Sheila Hamanaka, Yumi Heo, Mitali Perkins, Allen Say, Laurence Yep. . . (the list goes on), in creating books that speak to some of the many and varied dimensions of Asian/Pacific heritage in our nation and the world. During the first half of September on CCBC-Net, we?ll talk about Asian/Pacific literature for children and teens, from individual books, authors and artists to the importance of having an ever-growing body of engaging, culturally authentic books available for children and teens.
*Second Half of September: Crossover Books, Part II. *We first visited the topic of crossover books?titles that are marketed to both children and adult audiences, in June 1999. That discussion was inspired in part by the ever-growing popularity of ?Harry Potter ,? which was already having noticeable crossover appeal. Today, it seems we think about crossover less in terms of marketing and more in terms of how the lines between children?s/young adult and adult literature are not always easily defined, at least when it comes to appeal. From ?The Book Thief? to ?American Born Chinese? to ?Twilight? and beyond, we?ll revisit the topic of ?crossover books? in light of the past ten years of publishing during the second half of September.
Megan
-- 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/Received on Thu 03 Sep 2009 11:25:38 AM CDT
