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From: Henrietta M. Smith <boagjohns_at_aol.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:49:42 -0400 (EDT)
Henrietta M. Smith boagjohns_at_aol.com
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From: Henrietta M. Smith To: schliesman Sent: Thu, Apr 5, 2012 12:48 pm Subject: Re:
Versify: Novels in Verse
Hi again Megan
This IS such an interesting topic -yes- let's share itl My tech. skills ar e very limited!! Henrietta
Henrietta M. Smith boagjohns_at_aol.com
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From: Megan Schliesman To: Henrietta M. Smith Sent: Thu, Apr 5, 2012 12:43 pm Subject: Re:
Versify: Novels in Verse
Hi Henrietta,
I love all your questions! (And you have mentioned more of my favori tes.)
Did you mean to send this just to me, or did you want to post to the list as a whole? (I think you hit REPLY instead of REPLY ALL).
Let me know if you want me to forward your post to the list--otherwi se you can just resend it to ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu
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/
On 4/5/2012 11:37 AM, Henrietta M. Smith wrote: Hi Megan
You hit on some of my favorites immediately. As a member of the Pura Belpre Committee this year, I KNEW Under the Mesqui te had to be THE winner from the first pages. Those who write nov els in poetic form seem to be able to paint on a huge canvas a gre at picture with a minimum of words. How about Helen Frost's words within words as she did in Diamond Willow.. How does one classif y Marilyn Nelson's Emmett Till? Is that strictly poetry ? poetic prose? Is Sharon Creech's Love That Dog, poetry or a novella or a combination??
This topic is going to have us looking for this format a little more obvilously I bet!
Henrietta
Henrietta M. Smith boagjohns_at_aol.com
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From: Megan Schliesman To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Sent: Wed, Apr 4, 2012 8:14 pm ISubject:
Versify: Novels in Verse
It's time to start out discussion for the first part of April: Versify: Novels in Verse.
Do you have any preconceived notions about novels in verse? Do you come to them with anticipation, trepidation, or with expectations no different than you would a prose novel.
I confess that I used to find myself groaning when I open a book and discover it's a novel in verse. But I started doing that less and less thanks to so many outstanding offerings in recnet years. Some of my favorite novels of 2011 were comprised of poems, including Allan Wolf's "The Watch That Ends the Night," Guadalupe Garcia McCall's "Under the Mesquite," and Thannha Lai's "Inside Out & Back Again."
Oh, and then there's Helen Frost. She just knocks me out with every offering, not the least of which is last year's "Hidden."
Reading a novel in poems can be an amazing experience, but one that's challenging to break down. I don't think I initially approach the reading any differently (once I finally stopped groaning): I'm still looking for a good story. But every word matters in a way I'm much more aware of.
What are some of your favorite novels written in verse/poems? And do you approach your analysis of them differently than straightforward prose?
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/
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:49:42 -0400 (EDT)
Henrietta M. Smith boagjohns_at_aol.com
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From: Henrietta M. Smith To: schliesman Sent: Thu, Apr 5, 2012 12:48 pm Subject: Re:
Versify: Novels in Verse
Hi again Megan
This IS such an interesting topic -yes- let's share itl My tech. skills ar e very limited!! Henrietta
Henrietta M. Smith boagjohns_at_aol.com
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From: Megan Schliesman To: Henrietta M. Smith Sent: Thu, Apr 5, 2012 12:43 pm Subject: Re:
Versify: Novels in Verse
Hi Henrietta,
I love all your questions! (And you have mentioned more of my favori tes.)
Did you mean to send this just to me, or did you want to post to the list as a whole? (I think you hit REPLY instead of REPLY ALL).
Let me know if you want me to forward your post to the list--otherwi se you can just resend it to ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu
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/
On 4/5/2012 11:37 AM, Henrietta M. Smith wrote: Hi Megan
You hit on some of my favorites immediately. As a member of the Pura Belpre Committee this year, I KNEW Under the Mesqui te had to be THE winner from the first pages. Those who write nov els in poetic form seem to be able to paint on a huge canvas a gre at picture with a minimum of words. How about Helen Frost's words within words as she did in Diamond Willow.. How does one classif y Marilyn Nelson's Emmett Till? Is that strictly poetry ? poetic prose? Is Sharon Creech's Love That Dog, poetry or a novella or a combination??
This topic is going to have us looking for this format a little more obvilously I bet!
Henrietta
Henrietta M. Smith boagjohns_at_aol.com
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From: Megan Schliesman To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Sent: Wed, Apr 4, 2012 8:14 pm ISubject:
Versify: Novels in Verse
It's time to start out discussion for the first part of April: Versify: Novels in Verse.
Do you have any preconceived notions about novels in verse? Do you come to them with anticipation, trepidation, or with expectations no different than you would a prose novel.
I confess that I used to find myself groaning when I open a book and discover it's a novel in verse. But I started doing that less and less thanks to so many outstanding offerings in recnet years. Some of my favorite novels of 2011 were comprised of poems, including Allan Wolf's "The Watch That Ends the Night," Guadalupe Garcia McCall's "Under the Mesquite," and Thannha Lai's "Inside Out & Back Again."
Oh, and then there's Helen Frost. She just knocks me out with every offering, not the least of which is last year's "Hidden."
Reading a novel in poems can be an amazing experience, but one that's challenging to break down. I don't think I initially approach the reading any differently (once I finally stopped groaning): I'm still looking for a good story. But every word matters in a way I'm much more aware of.
What are some of your favorite novels written in verse/poems? And do you approach your analysis of them differently than straightforward prose?
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/
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