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March Topic: It's Not Just the Facts
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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:22:55 -0600
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During the month of March on CCBC-Net, we're having a two-part discussion on non-fiction: It's Not just the Facts.
First Part of Month: Non-Fiction for Younger Readers: When it comes to great non-fiction for children and teens, accurate information alone isn't enough. We've think the best books incorporate everything from terrific organization and compelling visual matter to a narrative that's hard to put down. But in the case of books for younger readers there is also another key question: how do you make a person or place or event that readers have most often never heard of relevant and engaging? During the first part of March, we'll look at creative approaches to non-fiction in picture books.
** Second Part of Month: Books for Older Readers: We'll continue our discussion of non-fiction by contemplating what makes a terrific non-fiction book for older children and teens. Once again, we believe it goes beyond the facts to the feat of presenting well-researched information in a manner that is coherent, compelling, and creative. Share your favorite non-fiction books for older children and teens, and your reasons why you think they succeed, during the second half of March.
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 02 Mar 2012 09:22:55 AM CST
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:22:55 -0600
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During the month of March on CCBC-Net, we're having a two-part discussion on non-fiction: It's Not just the Facts.
First Part of Month: Non-Fiction for Younger Readers: When it comes to great non-fiction for children and teens, accurate information alone isn't enough. We've think the best books incorporate everything from terrific organization and compelling visual matter to a narrative that's hard to put down. But in the case of books for younger readers there is also another key question: how do you make a person or place or event that readers have most often never heard of relevant and engaging? During the first part of March, we'll look at creative approaches to non-fiction in picture books.
** Second Part of Month: Books for Older Readers: We'll continue our discussion of non-fiction by contemplating what makes a terrific non-fiction book for older children and teens. Once again, we believe it goes beyond the facts to the feat of presenting well-researched information in a manner that is coherent, compelling, and creative. Share your favorite non-fiction books for older children and teens, and your reasons why you think they succeed, during the second half of March.
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 02 Mar 2012 09:22:55 AM CST
