From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:49:53 -0500

Thank you to all who contributed to our discussion for the first half of the month about traveling.

It's time to turn our attention to our topic for the second half of July:

*Finding the Way Home: *Whether it's phyisical space or state of mind, home is--or should--mean comfort to children and teens. During the second part of July, we'll look at the way home is explored in books for youth, from those that offer depictions of homes with all the comfort and warmth we wish for every child, to those that explore and acknowledge the complexities of any home and family, to those that redefine what home can be.

And the new book that comes immediately to mind for me is Jonathan Bean's "Building Our House," a literal look at home-making:



What books do you think of when the topic is "home"?

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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