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From: maggie_bo_at_comcast.net
Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 15:41:47 +0000 (UTC)
Yes--I too love this book. I am a middle school librarian and recently had a girl ask me for a recommendation for a book. I asked her what she likes to read, and she said, "books about kids who have tough lives and issues they have to deal with." I am quite sure this girl has a life like that herself. I handed her "Tell Us We're Home;" she flipped through it, and said, "This is exactly what I'm looking for!"
Maggie Bokelman Eagle View Middle School Mechanicsburg, PA
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From: "Sam Bloom" To: "ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu" Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 10:22:58 AM Subject: RE:
Tight Times and Poverty
Ed, you've made an interesting point here, and the book that I thought of immediately was Marina Budhos's YA novel Tell Us We're Home. It follows the story of three girls, all daughters of immigrant mothers who work as cleaners in homes in an affluent town. I found it very interesting in the way it looked at class and race in reference to the "working poor." And it is also a very teen-friendly book, as evidenced by the fact that two of my branch's copies have circulated a total of 25 times since its creation one year ago. Great discussion!
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Sam Bloom Children's Librarian, Groesbeck Branch Library Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County 2994 W. Galbraith Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45239 (513) 369-4454 / (513) 665-2819 (voicemail) Sam.Bloom_at_cincinnatilibrary.org
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From: sully_at_sully-writer.com
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 11:51 AM Subject: RE: Tight Times and Poverty
What I would like to see are more children's stories portraying families that are called the "working poor." The kind of people depicted in adult nonfiction works like Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed and David K. Shipler's The Working Poor: Invisible in America . These are the people who clean the hotel rooms where we stay, serve the meals and wash the dishes at the restaurants where we eat, stock the shelves and man the cash registers at the places where we shop.
When possible, I've made a point of traveling on Greyhound buses the last couple of years to save money, be more "green," and to deny the greedy airline industry some business. It's been an eye-opening experience traveling by bus. You see a whole other side of America, one I don't depicted much in children's books.
Edward T. Sullivan, Rogue Librarian Author, The Ultimate Weapon: The Race to Develop the Atomic Bomb (Holiday House, 2007) Visit my web site, http://www.sully-writer.com Visit my blog, Rogue Librarian: All About Books and Reading http://sullywriter.wordpress.com Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/sullywriter
Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 15:41:47 +0000 (UTC)
Yes--I too love this book. I am a middle school librarian and recently had a girl ask me for a recommendation for a book. I asked her what she likes to read, and she said, "books about kids who have tough lives and issues they have to deal with." I am quite sure this girl has a life like that herself. I handed her "Tell Us We're Home;" she flipped through it, and said, "This is exactly what I'm looking for!"
Maggie Bokelman Eagle View Middle School Mechanicsburg, PA
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From: "Sam Bloom" To: "ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu" Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 10:22:58 AM Subject: RE:
Tight Times and Poverty
Ed, you've made an interesting point here, and the book that I thought of immediately was Marina Budhos's YA novel Tell Us We're Home. It follows the story of three girls, all daughters of immigrant mothers who work as cleaners in homes in an affluent town. I found it very interesting in the way it looked at class and race in reference to the "working poor." And it is also a very teen-friendly book, as evidenced by the fact that two of my branch's copies have circulated a total of 25 times since its creation one year ago. Great discussion!
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Sam Bloom Children's Librarian, Groesbeck Branch Library Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County 2994 W. Galbraith Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45239 (513) 369-4454 / (513) 665-2819 (voicemail) Sam.Bloom_at_cincinnatilibrary.org
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From: sully_at_sully-writer.com
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 11:51 AM Subject: RE: Tight Times and Poverty
What I would like to see are more children's stories portraying families that are called the "working poor." The kind of people depicted in adult nonfiction works like Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed and David K. Shipler's The Working Poor: Invisible in America . These are the people who clean the hotel rooms where we stay, serve the meals and wash the dishes at the restaurants where we eat, stock the shelves and man the cash registers at the places where we shop.
When possible, I've made a point of traveling on Greyhound buses the last couple of years to save money, be more "green," and to deny the greedy airline industry some business. It's been an eye-opening experience traveling by bus. You see a whole other side of America, one I don't depicted much in children's books.
Edward T. Sullivan, Rogue Librarian Author, The Ultimate Weapon: The Race to Develop the Atomic Bomb (Holiday House, 2007) Visit my web site, http://www.sully-writer.com Visit my blog, Rogue Librarian: All About Books and Reading http://sullywriter.wordpress.com Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/sullywriter
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