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From: sally miller <sallywrites_at_fuse.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:55:12 -0400
I've been telling everyone I can about "Anna Hibiscus." If you haven't read any of the books about the little girl who lives in a beautiful country in present day "amazing Africa," you are missing a treat. Author Atinuke is Nigerian born, and she knows both Africa and children. Anna Hibiscus is smart, lively, and independent-minded. Any one who has had her hair braided as a child, or who has braided a child's hair should be sure to read the chapter in "Hooray for Anna Hibiscus" when she decides to play truant from the weekly braiding visit. And then I love the chapter when the new generator takes over on nights when the air-conditioning fails. And the time she decides to sell oranges from the family trees, or -- I can't begin to list all the reasons I love these books, but one or two of the glowing reviews on the Amazon site will convince you more than my words can. I just wish I were as wise and understanding at grandparenting as Anna's grandparents are. (Not to mention how much I'd love to create a charact er as memorable as Anna Hibiscus.)
Sally Derby Kyle's Island, No Mush Today.
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From: Megan Schliesman
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 2:54 PM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject:
Global Reading
For the first part of June, we are talking about "Global Reading," books that relate in one way or another to he 2011 Summer Library Program Theme in many communities around the United States: "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 children and teens here in the United States.
Thanks to Marc Aronson and Ed Sullivan, who gave us a head start on our discussion for the first part of June by sharing a few "Global Reading" resources. I'll add two more:
the CCBC's own "Global Reading" bibliography:
and the Mildred L. Batchelder Award of the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association:
d/index.cfm
I'm sure many of you in public libraries have been thinking about "One World, Many Stories" for a number of months. And I know that trade books illuminating dimensions of life in other parts of the world are often sought out by teachers and school librarians.
Are there any specific titles that you can't wait to share when it comes to "global reading"?
Megan
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:55:12 -0400
I've been telling everyone I can about "Anna Hibiscus." If you haven't read any of the books about the little girl who lives in a beautiful country in present day "amazing Africa," you are missing a treat. Author Atinuke is Nigerian born, and she knows both Africa and children. Anna Hibiscus is smart, lively, and independent-minded. Any one who has had her hair braided as a child, or who has braided a child's hair should be sure to read the chapter in "Hooray for Anna Hibiscus" when she decides to play truant from the weekly braiding visit. And then I love the chapter when the new generator takes over on nights when the air-conditioning fails. And the time she decides to sell oranges from the family trees, or -- I can't begin to list all the reasons I love these books, but one or two of the glowing reviews on the Amazon site will convince you more than my words can. I just wish I were as wise and understanding at grandparenting as Anna's grandparents are. (Not to mention how much I'd love to create a charact er as memorable as Anna Hibiscus.)
Sally Derby Kyle's Island, No Mush Today.
_____
From: Megan Schliesman
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 2:54 PM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject:
Global Reading
For the first part of June, we are talking about "Global Reading," books that relate in one way or another to he 2011 Summer Library Program Theme in many communities around the United States: "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 children and teens here in the United States.
Thanks to Marc Aronson and Ed Sullivan, who gave us a head start on our discussion for the first part of June by sharing a few "Global Reading" resources. I'll add two more:
the CCBC's own "Global Reading" bibliography:
and the Mildred L. Batchelder Award of the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association:
d/index.cfm
I'm sure many of you in public libraries have been thinking about "One World, Many Stories" for a number of months. And I know that trade books illuminating dimensions of life in other parts of the world are often sought out by teachers and school librarians.
Are there any specific titles that you can't wait to share when it comes to "global reading"?
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 03 Jun 2011 03:55:12 PM CDT
