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From: Steven Engelfried <sengelfried_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:24:09 -0700 (PDT)
I wonder if the increase in picture book biographies has influenced the dec line in folktales. Do bigropahies offer illustrators the same types of crea tive opportunities that folktales once did? Would Kadir Nelson be illu strating more folktales and fewer biographies in the 90's publishing world? Another possibility: folktales used to be the one area where cultur al diversity shined the most in children's books, which resulted in some fa ntastic books, but was also a way too limited avenue. Are we seeing an increase in diversity in picture books, fiction, and non-fiction, leading to more creative choices beyond folklore? It would be nice if that's tru e, but I'm not sure it is...
- Steven Engelfried, Multnomah County Library (OR) sengelfried_at_yahoo.com
--- On Tue, 3/16/10, Kathleen T. Horning wrote
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From: Kathleen T. Horning Subject:
Up for Discussion on CCBC-Net: Where Have All the Folkt ales Gone? To: "ccbc-net ccbc-net" Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 10:53 AM
****Thanks to all of you who participated in our Awards Discussion Extravag
anza. With a new year underway, we are already turning our attention to the new books that are coming out in 2010. Every day it seems we get boxes ful l of shiny new books here at the CCBC but few of them these days include fo lktales, either single tales illustrated as picture book or collections of tales.
Folktales retold for children were once a mainstay of children's publishing , so we're a bit perplexed by this sudden drought. Have you noticed this ch ange as well? If so, have you missed them, or do you think the market wa s already glutted with retellings of Cinderella? Do they continue to be pop ular with the children in your communities? What, in your opinion, makes fo r a great folktale retelling for young readers?
We look forward to hearing your thoughts, and would especially welcome any insights from our friends in the publishing world who might be able to tell us what is behind the change.
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: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:24:09 -0700 (PDT)
I wonder if the increase in picture book biographies has influenced the dec line in folktales. Do bigropahies offer illustrators the same types of crea tive opportunities that folktales once did? Would Kadir Nelson be illu strating more folktales and fewer biographies in the 90's publishing world? Another possibility: folktales used to be the one area where cultur al diversity shined the most in children's books, which resulted in some fa ntastic books, but was also a way too limited avenue. Are we seeing an increase in diversity in picture books, fiction, and non-fiction, leading to more creative choices beyond folklore? It would be nice if that's tru e, but I'm not sure it is...
- Steven Engelfried, Multnomah County Library (OR) sengelfried_at_yahoo.com
--- On Tue, 3/16/10, Kathleen T. Horning wrote
:
From: Kathleen T. Horning Subject:
Up for Discussion on CCBC-Net: Where Have All the Folkt ales Gone? To: "ccbc-net ccbc-net" Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 10:53 AM
****Thanks to all of you who participated in our Awards Discussion Extravag
anza. With a new year underway, we are already turning our attention to the new books that are coming out in 2010. Every day it seems we get boxes ful l of shiny new books here at the CCBC but few of them these days include fo lktales, either single tales illustrated as picture book or collections of tales.
Folktales retold for children were once a mainstay of children's publishing , so we're a bit perplexed by this sudden drought. Have you noticed this ch ange as well? If so, have you missed them, or do you think the market wa s already glutted with retellings of Cinderella? Do they continue to be pop ular with the children in your communities? What, in your opinion, makes fo r a great folktale retelling for young readers?
We look forward to hearing your thoughts, and would especially welcome any insights from our friends in the publishing world who might be able to tell us what is behind the change.
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 Tue 16 Mar 2010 08:24:09 PM CDT
