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From: Emily Townsend <etownsend_at_wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:02:48 -0500
Apologies for the incomplete citation. "Crossing Stones" is published by Frances Foster Books / Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
On 04/15/14, "Emily Townsend" wrote:
> Today we begin our discussion of "Crossing Stones" by Helen Frost (Frances Foster, 2009). For the next few days, we'll talk about the book itself. Many of you will know that Helen Frost frequently joins our conversations here at CCBC-net. We are fortunate to have Helen join us to answer our questions about "Crossing Stones" later this week.
>
> After our discussions of poetry this month, I'm eager to hear people's responses to "Crossing Stones". For me, the novel in verse encompasses so many aspects of poetry that we have been discussing. There is the accessibility of the novel in verse that Pam and others suggested worked so well with teens, culturally diverse readers, and reluctant readers. Also, I found "Crossing Stones" conveyed complex political, social, and emotional ideas and issues. I believe this power of the written (or spoken) word is one of the joys we find in poetry. I also found the multi-sensory aspects of poetry that we've discussed evident in Helen's interconnected "cupped hands"sonnets. Here, there is rhyme and rhythm, but also we see the beautiful visual on the page of the flowing river voice of Muriel and the alternating but equally grounded voices of Ollie and Emma.
>
>
> Who else had a chance to read "Crossing Stones"? We'd love for you to join us and share your thoughts.
>
>
> -- Emily
>
>
>
> 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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Received on Tue 15 Apr 2014 10:03:17 AM CDT
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:02:48 -0500
Apologies for the incomplete citation. "Crossing Stones" is published by Frances Foster Books / Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
On 04/15/14, "Emily Townsend" wrote:
> Today we begin our discussion of "Crossing Stones" by Helen Frost (Frances Foster, 2009). For the next few days, we'll talk about the book itself. Many of you will know that Helen Frost frequently joins our conversations here at CCBC-net. We are fortunate to have Helen join us to answer our questions about "Crossing Stones" later this week.
>
> After our discussions of poetry this month, I'm eager to hear people's responses to "Crossing Stones". For me, the novel in verse encompasses so many aspects of poetry that we have been discussing. There is the accessibility of the novel in verse that Pam and others suggested worked so well with teens, culturally diverse readers, and reluctant readers. Also, I found "Crossing Stones" conveyed complex political, social, and emotional ideas and issues. I believe this power of the written (or spoken) word is one of the joys we find in poetry. I also found the multi-sensory aspects of poetry that we've discussed evident in Helen's interconnected "cupped hands"sonnets. Here, there is rhyme and rhythm, but also we see the beautiful visual on the page of the flowing river voice of Muriel and the alternating but equally grounded voices of Ollie and Emma.
>
>
> Who else had a chance to read "Crossing Stones"? We'd love for you to join us and share your thoughts.
>
>
> -- Emily
>
>
>
> 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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