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From: Mary Losure <mblosure_at_msn.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 16:44:45 -0500
Thanks, Deborah. I will definitely take a look at those titles! And I'm certainly not arguing against "appropriate context that supports the narrative thread" --just facts that load down the story so that kids won't read it for pleasure. It's a hard line to draw sometimes. A challenge, I think.
Mary Losure www.marylosure.com
From: deborahhopkinson_at_yahoo.com To: mblosure_at_msn.com; ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] ccbc-net digest: June 09, 2014 Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 18:06:08 +0000
While I agree with Mary that narrative nonfiction needs to be engaging and dramatic, I do think it is possible -- and essential -- to write nonfiction that is entertaining but also provides appropriate context that supports the narrative thread. The Hive Detectives is a fantastic example of this in its layout and design. We are invested in the story BECAUSE we understand the context and what�s at stake. And of course oral histories, interviews, art, photographs, maps, and picture books can help support longer narrative nonfiction in this regard. A couple of examples from adult nonfiction come to mind of exceptional use of context. One, of course, is Laurel Thatcher Ulrich�s classic Pulitzer Prize winning A Midwife�s Tale. The context here is the key -- the way in to making her life and times come alive. Also I just reviewed a fantastic adult nonfiction book, Judith Flanders� The Victorian City, that would be great to excerpt and use in conjunction with teaching any Dickens novel. In one sense it is ALL context: fascinating, detailed, vibrant, entertaining, and endlessly fun.
Deborah Hopkinson
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Received on Tue 10 Jun 2014 04:45:34 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 16:44:45 -0500
Thanks, Deborah. I will definitely take a look at those titles! And I'm certainly not arguing against "appropriate context that supports the narrative thread" --just facts that load down the story so that kids won't read it for pleasure. It's a hard line to draw sometimes. A challenge, I think.
Mary Losure www.marylosure.com
From: deborahhopkinson_at_yahoo.com To: mblosure_at_msn.com; ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] ccbc-net digest: June 09, 2014 Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 18:06:08 +0000
While I agree with Mary that narrative nonfiction needs to be engaging and dramatic, I do think it is possible -- and essential -- to write nonfiction that is entertaining but also provides appropriate context that supports the narrative thread. The Hive Detectives is a fantastic example of this in its layout and design. We are invested in the story BECAUSE we understand the context and what�s at stake. And of course oral histories, interviews, art, photographs, maps, and picture books can help support longer narrative nonfiction in this regard. A couple of examples from adult nonfiction come to mind of exceptional use of context. One, of course, is Laurel Thatcher Ulrich�s classic Pulitzer Prize winning A Midwife�s Tale. The context here is the key -- the way in to making her life and times come alive. Also I just reviewed a fantastic adult nonfiction book, Judith Flanders� The Victorian City, that would be great to excerpt and use in conjunction with teaching any Dickens novel. In one sense it is ALL context: fascinating, detailed, vibrant, entertaining, and endlessly fun.
Deborah Hopkinson
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