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From: Linda Stanek <lkstanek1290_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 03:28:59 -0700 (PDT)
Kate Bank's (Lauren Castillo) City Cat has a female (cat) main character. Linda Stanek http://AuthorsAndIllustratorsInSchools.blogspot.com
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Beco's Big Year: A Baby Elephant Turns One ISBN-13: 978-0984155439 Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, 2010
The Pig and Miss Prudence ISBN-13: 978-1-59572-125-9 Sta r Bright Books, 2007 www.lindakstanek.com
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From: Sharron L. McElmeel To: Alliso=
n Angell Cc: "ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu" Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:08 PM Subject: Re:
Gender Roles and Picture Books
Allison, et. al.Years ago I heard Mem Fox speak about her books and she mentioned
this very thing. As her own little protest she deliberately made
her book characters female (in all except for Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Pa rtridge - who was named after her real grandfather or some such thing) -- b ut the rest are female: Hattie and the Fox, Koala Lou, and so forth. In her well-known, Possum Magic the main characters are Hush and Grandma Poss and while Fox refers to Hush as "her" and "she" readers constantly refer to Hush as he and him.. Just a bit of information. Sharron
On 8/15/13 9:39 PM, Allison Angell wrote:
I got curious about this, too, so I checked "A Sick Day for Amos McGee". ("Bear Has a Story to Tell " is checked out, so I couldn't check it). With the exception of the bus driver, who looks male in the pictures (but who is never specifically desc ribed as male), every other character in "Amos McGee" is described with "hi s" or "himself" to make the gender clear.
Hope this helps,
Allison Angell, Benicia (Calif.) Public Library
allison_angell_at_yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 03:28:59 -0700 (PDT)
Kate Bank's (Lauren Castillo) City Cat has a female (cat) main character. Linda Stanek http://AuthorsAndIllustratorsInSchools.blogspot.com
http://pinterest.com/aiisblog/
Beco's Big Year: A Baby Elephant Turns One ISBN-13: 978-0984155439 Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, 2010
The Pig and Miss Prudence ISBN-13: 978-1-59572-125-9 Sta r Bright Books, 2007 www.lindakstanek.com
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From: Sharron L. McElmeel To: Alliso=
n Angell Cc: "ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu" Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:08 PM Subject: Re:
Gender Roles and Picture Books
Allison, et. al.Years ago I heard Mem Fox speak about her books and she mentioned
this very thing. As her own little protest she deliberately made
her book characters female (in all except for Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Pa rtridge - who was named after her real grandfather or some such thing) -- b ut the rest are female: Hattie and the Fox, Koala Lou, and so forth. In her well-known, Possum Magic the main characters are Hush and Grandma Poss and while Fox refers to Hush as "her" and "she" readers constantly refer to Hush as he and him.. Just a bit of information. Sharron
On 8/15/13 9:39 PM, Allison Angell wrote:
I got curious about this, too, so I checked "A Sick Day for Amos McGee". ("Bear Has a Story to Tell " is checked out, so I couldn't check it). With the exception of the bus driver, who looks male in the pictures (but who is never specifically desc ribed as male), every other character in "Amos McGee" is described with "hi s" or "himself" to make the gender clear.
Hope this helps,
Allison Angell, Benicia (Calif.) Public Library
allison_angell_at_yahoo.com
-- Sharron L. McElmeel Instructor University of Wisconsin - Stout RDGED 703 Children's Literature in the Reading Program http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/childrenslit.cfm RDGED 704 Young Adult Liter ature in the Reading Program http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/yalit.cfm H ome _at_ Cedar Rapids IOWA e-mail: mcelmeels_at_uwstout.edu phone: (319) 393-25Received on Fri 16 Aug 2013 03:28:59 AM CDT
