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From: Emily Townsend <etownsend_at_wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:14:46 -0500
I've read quite a number of novels in verse already this year for middle grades to YA and have been pleased with the diversity.//Skila Brown's/Caminar/, a boy's experiences in the Guatemalan civil war and
/Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal/ by Margarita Engle provide a number of fresh, rich voices from different experiences and times. While not a novel, Marylin Nelson/How I Discovered Poetry /acts as a memoir in verse and offers a rich social, cultural, and political history of the 1950's and 60's from Marylin's perspective as a young girl through her teen years. Does this non-standard novel format allow different cultures to share their stories more easily, or more powerfully?
Another poetry observation so far in 2014 is the abundance of books related to Emily Dickinson. Some titles are novels in verse and some are straight narratives. In most of these titles, Emily Dickinson is an influence in a young girl's life. At least one protagonist embraces the more depressive aspects of Emily's life and poetry; I'm uncertain whether this approach will serve as a gateway to Dickinson's poetry for many kids and teens. Any thoughts on the abundance of Emily?
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:14:46 -0500
I've read quite a number of novels in verse already this year for middle grades to YA and have been pleased with the diversity.//Skila Brown's/Caminar/, a boy's experiences in the Guatemalan civil war and
/Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal/ by Margarita Engle provide a number of fresh, rich voices from different experiences and times. While not a novel, Marylin Nelson/How I Discovered Poetry /acts as a memoir in verse and offers a rich social, cultural, and political history of the 1950's and 60's from Marylin's perspective as a young girl through her teen years. Does this non-standard novel format allow different cultures to share their stories more easily, or more powerfully?
Another poetry observation so far in 2014 is the abundance of books related to Emily Dickinson. Some titles are novels in verse and some are straight narratives. In most of these titles, Emily Dickinson is an influence in a young girl's life. At least one protagonist embraces the more depressive aspects of Emily's life and poetry; I'm uncertain whether this approach will serve as a gateway to Dickinson's poetry for many kids and teens. Any thoughts on the abundance of Emily?
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Emily Townsend, Librarian
Cooperative Children's Book Center
School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
4290 Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park Street
Madison, WI 53706
608-890-0258
etownsend_at_wisc.edu
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