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From: Susan Daugherty <susaninaruba_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:29:37 -0800 (PST)
Just read Marcelo and loved it. It seemed more profound to me than many books I've read recently. I noticed that it was considered a "teen" book , but I think that many middle schoolers could handle it. Do people thin k that the "bad" language makes it problematic for middle school?
Off topic, but I was very moved by The shepherd's grand-daughter as well. This book is perfect for middle school. It presents the dilemmas inh erent in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so well. I don't see how anyon e could not understand the Palestinian viewpoint better after reading this book. Highly recommend.
Susan
Susan Daugherty, Middle School Librarian TASIS-England Coldharbour Lane Thorpe, Surrey TW20 8TE UK
--- On Mon, 2/22/10, Kathleen T. Horning wrote
:
From: Kathleen T. Horning Subject:
Schneider Family Book Award To: "CCBC-NET" Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 3:17 PM
Jonathan Hunt just mentioned "Marcelo in the Real World " as a book he expe cted to see get more attention this year from award committees. There is on e award committee that didn't overlook it, since it won in the Teen Book ca tegory for the Schneider Family Book Awards from ALA. This is an an award t hat goes to books in three categories -- Teen, Middle School, and Young Chi ldren -- for "artistic expression of the disability experience for child an d adolescent audiences." In 2010 the winners were:
Teen: "Marcelo in the Real World" by Francisco X. Stork (Arthur A. Levine Books/S cholastic)
Middle School "Anything but Typical" by Nora Raleigh Baskin (Simon & Schuster)
Young Child: "Django" by Bonnie Christensen (Neal Porter/Roaring Brook)
We welcome your comments about any or all of this year's winners, as well a s any observations you'd like to make about the portrayal of disability in general in books for children and teens.
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: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:29:37 -0800 (PST)
Just read Marcelo and loved it. It seemed more profound to me than many books I've read recently. I noticed that it was considered a "teen" book , but I think that many middle schoolers could handle it. Do people thin k that the "bad" language makes it problematic for middle school?
Off topic, but I was very moved by The shepherd's grand-daughter as well. This book is perfect for middle school. It presents the dilemmas inh erent in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so well. I don't see how anyon e could not understand the Palestinian viewpoint better after reading this book. Highly recommend.
Susan
Susan Daugherty, Middle School Librarian TASIS-England Coldharbour Lane Thorpe, Surrey TW20 8TE UK
--- On Mon, 2/22/10, Kathleen T. Horning wrote
:
From: Kathleen T. Horning Subject:
Schneider Family Book Award To: "CCBC-NET" Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 3:17 PM
Jonathan Hunt just mentioned "Marcelo in the Real World " as a book he expe cted to see get more attention this year from award committees. There is on e award committee that didn't overlook it, since it won in the Teen Book ca tegory for the Schneider Family Book Awards from ALA. This is an an award t hat goes to books in three categories -- Teen, Middle School, and Young Chi ldren -- for "artistic expression of the disability experience for child an d adolescent audiences." In 2010 the winners were:
Teen: "Marcelo in the Real World" by Francisco X. Stork (Arthur A. Levine Books/S cholastic)
Middle School "Anything but Typical" by Nora Raleigh Baskin (Simon & Schuster)
Young Child: "Django" by Bonnie Christensen (Neal Porter/Roaring Brook)
We welcome your comments about any or all of this year's winners, as well a s any observations you'd like to make about the portrayal of disability in general in books for children and teens.
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 Sun 28 Feb 2010 11:29:37 AM CST
