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From: Jones, Caroline E <cj24_at_txstate.edu>
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:46:31 +0000
As a former bookseller, I can't help but return to the market in scenarios such as this one. Perhaps many publishers perceive Latino topics as too pol iticized in the current climate? With the Latino population growing so heal thily, it seems ridiculous that they don't choose to capitalize on the incr easing market. I am a Texan, and must rely on small independent publishers like Cinco Puntos who can't always afford to keep books in print, and who h ave a relatively small output. I look forward to the thoughts of other list members. Caroline --
Dr. Caroline E. Jones, Editor Alice’s Academy The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children’s Literature www.the-looking-glass.net
Department of English Texas State University-San Marcos San Marcos, TX 78666 512-245-3785
From: Megan Schliesman
Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 10:30 AM To: "ccbc-net, Subscribers of"
Subject:
Latino Picture Books
Let's start our discussion for the first part of February:
Latino Picture Books: Where Have They Gone? The number of Latino picture b ooks from U.S. trade book publishers has never been vast, but in 2012 the o utput was notably grim. We first noticed it at the CCBC as we’d look for books to include in our monthly discussions and later as we read and selec ted titles for CCBC Choices, our annual best-of-the-year list. So when the 2013 Pure Belprй Award Illustrator Award had no honor books, we know we were not the only ones unsurprised. It’s hard to find a body of outstandi ng new books to honor when the overall number is so low. What’s happening here? Why isn’t there a constant and steady stream of new Latino pictur e books to not only respond to the changing demographics of our nation but the needs and interests of all children? We invite your thoughts during the first part of February.
We know many others are paying attention to this. We hear all the time fr om Wisconsin librarians and teachers about the need for more Latino literat ure, including books in Spanish.
What is going on? And perhaps just as important, what can we in the library and education and publishing communities do? (I know the answer seems obv ious from publishers, but it seems we all have a role to play when it comes to supporting the need for books like these.)
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.educ ation.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:46:31 +0000
As a former bookseller, I can't help but return to the market in scenarios such as this one. Perhaps many publishers perceive Latino topics as too pol iticized in the current climate? With the Latino population growing so heal thily, it seems ridiculous that they don't choose to capitalize on the incr easing market. I am a Texan, and must rely on small independent publishers like Cinco Puntos who can't always afford to keep books in print, and who h ave a relatively small output. I look forward to the thoughts of other list members. Caroline --
Dr. Caroline E. Jones, Editor Alice’s Academy The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children’s Literature www.the-looking-glass.net
Department of English Texas State University-San Marcos San Marcos, TX 78666 512-245-3785
From: Megan Schliesman
Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 10:30 AM To: "ccbc-net, Subscribers of"
Subject:
Latino Picture Books
Let's start our discussion for the first part of February:
Latino Picture Books: Where Have They Gone? The number of Latino picture b ooks from U.S. trade book publishers has never been vast, but in 2012 the o utput was notably grim. We first noticed it at the CCBC as we’d look for books to include in our monthly discussions and later as we read and selec ted titles for CCBC Choices, our annual best-of-the-year list. So when the 2013 Pure Belprй Award Illustrator Award had no honor books, we know we were not the only ones unsurprised. It’s hard to find a body of outstandi ng new books to honor when the overall number is so low. What’s happening here? Why isn’t there a constant and steady stream of new Latino pictur e books to not only respond to the changing demographics of our nation but the needs and interests of all children? We invite your thoughts during the first part of February.
We know many others are paying attention to this. We hear all the time fr om Wisconsin librarians and teachers about the need for more Latino literat ure, including books in Spanish.
What is going on? And perhaps just as important, what can we in the library and education and publishing communities do? (I know the answer seems obv ious from publishers, but it seems we all have a role to play when it comes to supporting the need for books like these.)
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.educ ation.wisc.edu/ccbc/
---Received on Tue 05 Feb 2013 04:46:31 PM CST
