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From: Reid, Robert A. <REIDRA_at_uwec.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:29:04 +0000
I love sharing Mo Willems books in my Children's Literature classes here at UW-Eau Claire.
I've had two delightful encounters with Mo over the years. The first was at a Hyperion party at ALA in Chicago. I walked up to Mo and his wife, introd uced myself and told them that Mo was a two-time winner of the Coveted Robb ie Award (sometimes the winners are notified). With a straight face, he ask ed where his prize was. I made up something about getting some glue and pop sicle sticks together.
A year later, I was at the Wisconsin Reading Association conference in Milw aukee. Mo was a panelist at a program with Mordicai Gerstein and Eric Rohma nn. Afterwards, I approached Mo and said, "You probably don't remember me b ut I'm the guy with the Robbie Awards." Without missing a beat, he replied, "And I'm still waiting for my award."
Rob Reid University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
From: Megan Schliesman
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 3:57 PM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject:
Books of Mo Willems
Thanks to all who contributed to our discussion of the Printz Award at thir teen.
For the rest of the month, we're going to turn our attention to an author/i llustrator whose books are for a much younger audience (though who's to say teens don't enjoy them, too?)
Don't Let the Pigeon Say a Word: The Books of Mo Willems.
From picture books to easy readers, Mo Willems's body of work to-date showc ases an outrageous sense of humor. He's a masterful funnymany in children's literature, but also creates books that show keen insight into world of yo ung children.
I find Willems's funny books pure delight, and his expressive line drawing s in the Elephant and PIggie books seem to me primers in visual literacy (l ook at everything a line can do!), but my personal favorite among his title s is "City Dog, Country Frog" (illustrated by Jon J Muth). It's eloquent a nd honest, with terrific moments of humor, but also space in the narrative for contemplation, reflection and discovery.
In 2011, "City Dog, Country Frog" was an honor book for the Charlotte Zolot ow Award for outstanding picture book writing Part of the Zolotow committ ee process (the award is administered by the CCBC) is sharing the books wit h children, and at the point in the story when it's Fall, and Country Frog tells City Dog he doesn't want to play jumping and splashing and running an d fetching games because "I'm a tired frog today," a young boy in the first -grade audience piped up, "Oh oh."
Foreshadowing for first-graders. I love it.
Megan
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:29:04 +0000
I love sharing Mo Willems books in my Children's Literature classes here at UW-Eau Claire.
I've had two delightful encounters with Mo over the years. The first was at a Hyperion party at ALA in Chicago. I walked up to Mo and his wife, introd uced myself and told them that Mo was a two-time winner of the Coveted Robb ie Award (sometimes the winners are notified). With a straight face, he ask ed where his prize was. I made up something about getting some glue and pop sicle sticks together.
A year later, I was at the Wisconsin Reading Association conference in Milw aukee. Mo was a panelist at a program with Mordicai Gerstein and Eric Rohma nn. Afterwards, I approached Mo and said, "You probably don't remember me b ut I'm the guy with the Robbie Awards." Without missing a beat, he replied, "And I'm still waiting for my award."
Rob Reid University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
From: Megan Schliesman
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 3:57 PM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject:
Books of Mo Willems
Thanks to all who contributed to our discussion of the Printz Award at thir teen.
For the rest of the month, we're going to turn our attention to an author/i llustrator whose books are for a much younger audience (though who's to say teens don't enjoy them, too?)
Don't Let the Pigeon Say a Word: The Books of Mo Willems.
From picture books to easy readers, Mo Willems's body of work to-date showc ases an outrageous sense of humor. He's a masterful funnymany in children's literature, but also creates books that show keen insight into world of yo ung children.
I find Willems's funny books pure delight, and his expressive line drawing s in the Elephant and PIggie books seem to me primers in visual literacy (l ook at everything a line can do!), but my personal favorite among his title s is "City Dog, Country Frog" (illustrated by Jon J Muth). It's eloquent a nd honest, with terrific moments of humor, but also space in the narrative for contemplation, reflection and discovery.
In 2011, "City Dog, Country Frog" was an honor book for the Charlotte Zolot ow Award for outstanding picture book writing Part of the Zolotow committ ee process (the award is administered by the CCBC) is sharing the books wit h children, and at the point in the story when it's Fall, and Country Frog tells City Dog he doesn't want to play jumping and splashing and running an d fetching games because "I'm a tired frog today," a young boy in the first -grade audience piped up, "Oh oh."
Foreshadowing for first-graders. I love it.
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 22 Aug 2012 04:29:04 PM CDT
