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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:17 -0600
Our apologies for getting the discussion off to such a late start in February. We just finished production on our latest edition of CCBC Choices, our best-of-the-year list. The Choices booklet comes out in March. If you're interested in seeing our picks for outstanding 2011 titles, you can find the list on our web site:
In the meantime, on to a new year of CCBC-Net discussions (yes, we know it's already February):
Here are the CCBC-Net topics for this month:
First Part of Month:Cover Talk*.*For awhile, it was photographs of faces.More recently, it's been feet, whether bare or decked outin AllStars, flip-flops, flats, or Doc Martens.There are trends in cover art just as there are trends in subject matter when it comes to books for children and teens.We'll spend the first part of February discussing book jacket first impressions, hits, and misses, and pondering the mindset of marketing (accurate or not) when it comes to cover art in books for youth.(Check out the blog JacketKnack for more on cover art: http://jacketknack.blogspot.com/)
Second Part of Month: Fantastic Fiction or A Fine Romance?**Over the past few years, we've seen masses of books with romantic leads that have morphed through a supernatural roll-call, from vampires to werewolves to fallen angels. A glimpse of what's next on the not-quite-human horizon includes cyborgs and androids . . . what else? And can these books truly be considered fantasy, horror, and speculative fiction, or are the majority actually romances, cloaked in the guise of other genres? During the second half of February, we invite your observations on the shifting cast of creatures in popular young adult fiction.
We know February is already a short month, and this late start means our discussions will be even shorter--about ten days each.
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 08 Feb 2012 04:33:17 PM CST
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:17 -0600
Our apologies for getting the discussion off to such a late start in February. We just finished production on our latest edition of CCBC Choices, our best-of-the-year list. The Choices booklet comes out in March. If you're interested in seeing our picks for outstanding 2011 titles, you can find the list on our web site:
In the meantime, on to a new year of CCBC-Net discussions (yes, we know it's already February):
Here are the CCBC-Net topics for this month:
First Part of Month:Cover Talk*.*For awhile, it was photographs of faces.More recently, it's been feet, whether bare or decked outin AllStars, flip-flops, flats, or Doc Martens.There are trends in cover art just as there are trends in subject matter when it comes to books for children and teens.We'll spend the first part of February discussing book jacket first impressions, hits, and misses, and pondering the mindset of marketing (accurate or not) when it comes to cover art in books for youth.(Check out the blog JacketKnack for more on cover art: http://jacketknack.blogspot.com/)
Second Part of Month: Fantastic Fiction or A Fine Romance?**Over the past few years, we've seen masses of books with romantic leads that have morphed through a supernatural roll-call, from vampires to werewolves to fallen angels. A glimpse of what's next on the not-quite-human horizon includes cyborgs and androids . . . what else? And can these books truly be considered fantasy, horror, and speculative fiction, or are the majority actually romances, cloaked in the guise of other genres? During the second half of February, we invite your observations on the shifting cast of creatures in popular young adult fiction.
We know February is already a short month, and this late start means our discussions will be even shorter--about ten days each.
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 08 Feb 2012 04:33:17 PM CST
