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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 08:36:49 -0500
Below are the CCBC-Net topics we'll be discussing in this month:
*First Half of Month: Tight Times: *We've noticed that childlren's and young adult literature reflecting the experiences of kids living in working class or poor families is on the rise. We've already seen a number of new books in 2011 in which being poor or working class is not the point of the story but rather the reality of characters' lives--the backdrop against which which dramas large and small unfold. During first half of May, we'll take a closer look at literature new and old that reflects tight economic times.
*Second Half of Month: Global Reading*: The 2011 Summer Library Program Theme in many communities around the United States is "One World, Many Stories" (and "You Are Here" for teens). It's an idea that lends itself to celebrating everything from our multicultural society to individual voices and experiences around the world. During the second half of May, we'll focus on children's and young adult literature set in places around the world, or that celebrates the connections between global and local in the lives of chidlen and teens here in the United States.
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Wed 04 May 2011 08:36:49 AM CDT
Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 08:36:49 -0500
Below are the CCBC-Net topics we'll be discussing in this month:
*First Half of Month: Tight Times: *We've noticed that childlren's and young adult literature reflecting the experiences of kids living in working class or poor families is on the rise. We've already seen a number of new books in 2011 in which being poor or working class is not the point of the story but rather the reality of characters' lives--the backdrop against which which dramas large and small unfold. During first half of May, we'll take a closer look at literature new and old that reflects tight economic times.
*Second Half of Month: Global Reading*: The 2011 Summer Library Program Theme in many communities around the United States is "One World, Many Stories" (and "You Are Here" for teens). It's an idea that lends itself to celebrating everything from our multicultural society to individual voices and experiences around the world. During the second half of May, we'll focus on children's and young adult literature set in places around the world, or that celebrates the connections between global and local in the lives of chidlen and teens here in the United States.
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Wed 04 May 2011 08:36:49 AM CDT
