From: sully_at_sully-writer.com
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 08:18:35 -0700

If you are interested in global literature, I encourage you to check o ut IRA's Notable Books for a Global Society annual list and USBBY's Outstan ding International Children's Books.

IRA's Children's Literature Special Interest Group is revising i ts web site, but you can access the 2005-2009 lists at

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The USBBY lists are available at http://www.usbby.org/outstanding_inter national_books_list.htm

Those of you attending the ALA Annual Convention should attend the USB BY session, "International Children's Book Publishing: A Small Press Perspe ctive." It's on Saturday, June 25th, 4:00-5:30 in the Morial Convention Cen ter, Room 227. You also might be interested in USBBY's regional conference this Octob er at the Arne Nixon Center in Fresno. You can see information about that a t http://www.usbby.org/conf_ home.htm

Two professional books about global children's literature that may be of interest are:

Breaking Boundaries with Global Literature (eds. Hadaway and McKenna) IRA, 2007.

Reading Globally, K-8: Connecting Students to the World through Li terature by Lehman, Freeman and Scharer (Corwin, 2010).

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.s ully-writer.com Visit my blog, Rogue Librarian: All About Books and Reading http://sullywriter.wor dpress.com Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/sullywriter
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