From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:05:15 -0500

Please continue to share children's and young adult literature-related announcements about conferences, workshops, online learning, or other opportunities over the next few days.

Then we'll dive into the October discussion. Here's what we'll be talking about:

October CCBC-Net Topics:

First Half of Month: Civic Engagement: Books for Children and Teens to Promote Active Citizenship.**You may have heard the news: there's a presidential election coming up! This year, like every other presidential election year, librarians and teachers are on the hunt for books relating to elections and presidential politics. But the work of being an engaged citizen goes far beyond involvement in elections and voting (which also take place far more frequently than every four years).During the first half of October, we invite you to share your ideas on books that can help educate young citizens on and involve them in many different kinds of civic engagement (elections and politics included).

Second Half of Month:Trends and Transformations.**We've had a number of discussions over the years on CCBC-Net about trends in children's and young adult literature. During the second half of October, we want to take a slightly different approach. Rather than an extended discussion of a specific trend (say, supernatural romance), we invite you to tell us about(a) the trends you're tired of and/or (b) the things you /hope /to see happen in children's and young adult literature and publishing over the next few years.

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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