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From: Kathleen Odean <kathleenodean_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:07:35 -0500
I liked Charles and Emma a lot. How often do you read a combination of science and romance? It served to introduce Darwin and his work, especially in light of religion--the effect he might have on religion, and the consequences to him and his family of his iconoclastic theories.
My favorite part was Charles's pro and con list about whether to get married. What a way to show part of his character. Heiligman made outstanding use of primary sources.
Kathy
Kathleen Odean Author, Great Books for Girls Great Books for Boys Great Books about Things Kids Love Great Books for Babies and Toddlers
www.kathleenodean.com
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:57:55 -0600 From: horning_at_education.wisc.edu Subject:
Second Week of February: Printz, Morris, and YALS A Excellence in Nonfiction Award To: ccbc-net_at_ccbc.education.wisc.edu
This week, we'll turn our attention to the ALA/YALSA Awards for outstanding Young Adult books. You'll find more information on this year's winners here:
Printz: z.cfm
Morris: d.cfm
Nonfiction: tion.cfm
The last two are among the newest awards in ALA. The Morris Award goes to a debut novelist, and the Nonfiction Award is fairly self-explanatory. Both of these awards take a slightly different approach by naming five shortlisted titles, or finalists, before nami ng the actual award winner.
I feel we are in the midst of a great discussion of the Sibert Award, and I invite you to continue talking about it and about nonfiction in general. This is the perfect time to introduce the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award as well, which went to Deborah Heiligman's "Charles an d Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith," one of the finest biographies for teens I have ever read. The finalists for this award are also all excellent -- as Ed Sullivan and Jonathan Hunt both mentioned earlier, this was a particularly outstanding year for nonfiction, for both children and teens.
If any of you are eager to discuss the Printz and the Morris winners, please feel free to jump in at any time this week, as well.
One question I have about the Morris Award, now in its second year, t hat perhaps someone from YALSA or who has served on the award committee can answer: Is nonfiction eligible for the Morris Award as well? So far, we
have seen only novels, and the terms as defined on the website are a bi t vague in this regard.
KT
-- Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-3721 FAX: 608-262-4933
horning_at_education.wisc.edu http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:07:35 -0500
I liked Charles and Emma a lot. How often do you read a combination of science and romance? It served to introduce Darwin and his work, especially in light of religion--the effect he might have on religion, and the consequences to him and his family of his iconoclastic theories.
My favorite part was Charles's pro and con list about whether to get married. What a way to show part of his character. Heiligman made outstanding use of primary sources.
Kathy
Kathleen Odean Author, Great Books for Girls Great Books for Boys Great Books about Things Kids Love Great Books for Babies and Toddlers
www.kathleenodean.com
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:57:55 -0600 From: horning_at_education.wisc.edu Subject:
Second Week of February: Printz, Morris, and YALS A Excellence in Nonfiction Award To: ccbc-net_at_ccbc.education.wisc.edu
This week, we'll turn our attention to the ALA/YALSA Awards for outstanding Young Adult books. You'll find more information on this year's winners here:
Printz: z.cfm
Morris: d.cfm
Nonfiction: tion.cfm
The last two are among the newest awards in ALA. The Morris Award goes to a debut novelist, and the Nonfiction Award is fairly self-explanatory. Both of these awards take a slightly different approach by naming five shortlisted titles, or finalists, before nami ng the actual award winner.
I feel we are in the midst of a great discussion of the Sibert Award, and I invite you to continue talking about it and about nonfiction in general. This is the perfect time to introduce the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award as well, which went to Deborah Heiligman's "Charles an d Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith," one of the finest biographies for teens I have ever read. The finalists for this award are also all excellent -- as Ed Sullivan and Jonathan Hunt both mentioned earlier, this was a particularly outstanding year for nonfiction, for both children and teens.
If any of you are eager to discuss the Printz and the Morris winners, please feel free to jump in at any time this week, as well.
One question I have about the Morris Award, now in its second year, t hat perhaps someone from YALSA or who has served on the award committee can answer: Is nonfiction eligible for the Morris Award as well? So far, we
have seen only novels, and the terms as defined on the website are a bi t vague in this regard.
KT
-- Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-3721 FAX: 608-262-4933
horning_at_education.wisc.edu http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
---Received on Wed 10 Feb 2010 08:07:35 PM CST
