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From: Robin Gibson <gibsonr_at_denison.edu>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:08:37 -0400
I've been thinking about this topic and wondering if there are two types of books here. One is the book, whether published as juvenile, YA or adult, that groups other than the audience published for read (The Book Thief, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, The Secret Life of Bees, The Giver, among those mentioned already). The second type has been mentioned as well, and it one I'm seeing more and more of these days . . . the repackaging/remarketing of books for a J/YA audience, and sometimes both. Three Cups of Tea has been mentioned already, but there are also at least 3 versions of Marley and Me (adult, J and picture book) and Dewey. Is it something about dogs and cats? Are there issues/ideas in the adult versions that are inaccessible or inappropriate for a younger audience?
One of the first books that I was aware of where the "repackaging" occurred was with Mark Kurlansky's Cod: A Biography of Fish that Changed the World (1997), an adult nonfiction title that was republished as The Cod's Tale with illustrations by S.D. Schindler in 2001. Though I heard great things about the cod book (really, it's fascinating, you'll like it despite the subject matter type thing) I haven't read it. Yet. 294 pages about cod distilled into an exciting non-fiction picture book? Yes, The Cod's Tale is a favorite with my two older sons. It IS a fascinating and compelling story and the younger remembered it six months or so later . . . I found him wandering the animal books the other day "looking for the fish book." Kurlansky's history of salt was also given this treatment (Salt: A World History, 484 pages transformed to The Story of Salt, also illustrated by S.D. Schindler, 2006.) Are these crossover titles, or something different? Whatever they are called, Kurlansky's books seem to make the transit ion quite successfully. Are there other titles that have been repackaged as successfully?
happy reading! Robin
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Robin L. Gibson 55 Old Farm Rd Granville, OH 43023
Received on Mon 12 Oct 2009 09:08:37 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:08:37 -0400
I've been thinking about this topic and wondering if there are two types of books here. One is the book, whether published as juvenile, YA or adult, that groups other than the audience published for read (The Book Thief, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, The Secret Life of Bees, The Giver, among those mentioned already). The second type has been mentioned as well, and it one I'm seeing more and more of these days . . . the repackaging/remarketing of books for a J/YA audience, and sometimes both. Three Cups of Tea has been mentioned already, but there are also at least 3 versions of Marley and Me (adult, J and picture book) and Dewey. Is it something about dogs and cats? Are there issues/ideas in the adult versions that are inaccessible or inappropriate for a younger audience?
One of the first books that I was aware of where the "repackaging" occurred was with Mark Kurlansky's Cod: A Biography of Fish that Changed the World (1997), an adult nonfiction title that was republished as The Cod's Tale with illustrations by S.D. Schindler in 2001. Though I heard great things about the cod book (really, it's fascinating, you'll like it despite the subject matter type thing) I haven't read it. Yet. 294 pages about cod distilled into an exciting non-fiction picture book? Yes, The Cod's Tale is a favorite with my two older sons. It IS a fascinating and compelling story and the younger remembered it six months or so later . . . I found him wandering the animal books the other day "looking for the fish book." Kurlansky's history of salt was also given this treatment (Salt: A World History, 484 pages transformed to The Story of Salt, also illustrated by S.D. Schindler, 2006.) Are these crossover titles, or something different? Whatever they are called, Kurlansky's books seem to make the transit ion quite successfully. Are there other titles that have been repackaged as successfully?
happy reading! Robin
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Robin L. Gibson 55 Old Farm Rd Granville, OH 43023
Received on Mon 12 Oct 2009 09:08:37 PM CDT
