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From: Nancy Bo Flood <wflood_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:30:56 -0700
For a Girl Becoming by Joy Harjo and illustrated by Mercedes McDonald is a lyrical tale of a girl's journey through birth, youth, and adulthood. The artwork is rich and symbolic and Joy Harjo's language is radiant. Thi s picture-story book was published by Univesity of Arizona Press as part of Sun Tracks, American Indian Literacy Series.
Nancy Bo Flood
Chinle, Arizona (USA)
wflood_at_hotmail.com www.nancyboflood.com
Navajo Year, Walk Through Many Seasons, Children's Choice, ALA Notable Social Science Book, Arizona Book of the Year
Sand to Stone, the Life Cycle of Sandstone
Warriors in the Crossfire NEW Young Adult novel set on the island of Saipan during WWII
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:38:18 -0500 From: gradyc_at_sidwell.edu Subject:
favorites To: ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu
I enjoyed several titles already discussed, but here is one that hasn’t been mentioned yet:
The Musician’s Daughter by Susanne Dunlap. Theresa’s father, a violin ist in Haydn’s orchestra in 18th-century Vienna, is found dead on Chris tmas Eve. Theresa is certain he was murdered when she discovers his violin is missing.
What I liked was the shape the story took with its balance of intrigue (mur der, blackmail, extortion) and history (music history, political conf lict between Austria and Hungary— court life, class conflict-- and the politics of the Romany people). Woven through Theresa’s determination to solve her father’s murder, we discover the place of women and girls in musical Vienna as well.
Cynthia Grady, Head Librarian Sidwell Friends Middle School 3825 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 (202) 537 - 8157 gradyc_at_sidwell.edu
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:30:56 -0700
For a Girl Becoming by Joy Harjo and illustrated by Mercedes McDonald is a lyrical tale of a girl's journey through birth, youth, and adulthood. The artwork is rich and symbolic and Joy Harjo's language is radiant. Thi s picture-story book was published by Univesity of Arizona Press as part of Sun Tracks, American Indian Literacy Series.
Nancy Bo Flood
Chinle, Arizona (USA)
wflood_at_hotmail.com www.nancyboflood.com
Navajo Year, Walk Through Many Seasons, Children's Choice, ALA Notable Social Science Book, Arizona Book of the Year
Sand to Stone, the Life Cycle of Sandstone
Warriors in the Crossfire NEW Young Adult novel set on the island of Saipan during WWII
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:38:18 -0500 From: gradyc_at_sidwell.edu Subject:
favorites To: ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu
I enjoyed several titles already discussed, but here is one that hasn’t been mentioned yet:
The Musician’s Daughter by Susanne Dunlap. Theresa’s father, a violin ist in Haydn’s orchestra in 18th-century Vienna, is found dead on Chris tmas Eve. Theresa is certain he was murdered when she discovers his violin is missing.
What I liked was the shape the story took with its balance of intrigue (mur der, blackmail, extortion) and history (music history, political conf lict between Austria and Hungary— court life, class conflict-- and the politics of the Romany people). Woven through Theresa’s determination to solve her father’s murder, we discover the place of women and girls in musical Vienna as well.
Cynthia Grady, Head Librarian Sidwell Friends Middle School 3825 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 (202) 537 - 8157 gradyc_at_sidwell.edu
---Received on Fri 11 Dec 2009 12:30:56 PM CST
