From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 08:56:19 -0500

Thanks to everyone for a terrific discussion of our "Tight Times" topic during the first few weeks of May. If you have any final thoughts, please feel free to share them.

Because time got away from us again in the latter part of May, we are going to push the "Global Reading" discussion originally scheduled for the second part of May to the first part of June.

Please also feel free to share your general children's and young-adult literature related announcements in these last days of May.

Below are the topics for June and July:*

June*

*First 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 first half of June, 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 chidren and teens here in the United States.

Second Half of Month: "2012 Hans Christian Andersen Award: Four Illustrator Nominees." We'll move from global reading to global creativity in the second half of June when we look at the works of four illustrators who are nominees for the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Award: John Burningham (United Kingdom), Bob Graham (Australia), Chris Raschka (United States ), and Peter Sнs (Czech Republic). Each of these nominees from a different nationhas createdbooks that are widely available here in the United States, and each has a distinctive vision reflected in his work for children. (The Hans Christian Andersen Awards, sponsored by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), are presented every two years to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important and lasting contribution to children's literature. Nominees come from IBBY member councils in countries around the world and usually include an author and n illustrator from each member nation.For more information, go to http:
//www.ibby.org/index.php?id'3)

July

"Harry Potter and the Final Farewell." With the release of the last "Harry Potter" movie on July 15 ("Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"), a significant chapter in children's literature is coming to its close . . . or is it?The Harry Potter books helped define a generation of children's relationship to books and reading, and their effect on the publishing world was no less significant.Throughout July, we invite you to reflect on the lasting impact of the Harry Potter books on the children and the children's literature world. And once the movie comes out, feel free to share your thoughts on the Harry Potter's final foray on film.

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 Fri 27 May 2011 08:56:19 AM CDT