I just want to thank everyone for a great discussion Tuesday night! I really enjoyed researching, preparing and presenting my seminar – there are so many interesting things to think about in terms of teen lit and “the classics”. Although they’re already on the course blog, I decided to post my references and resources here [...]
Archive for February, 2009
13 Feb
Professional Resources
I examined two reader’s advisory guides for my report on professional resources. The first, Crossing Boundaries with Children’s Books, appealed to me because of its stated goal to “promote international understanding through children’s literature”. The second, Reality Rules!: A Guide to Teen Nonfiction Reading Interests caught my attention because I know very little about nonfiction [...]
13 Feb
Eragon, by Christopher Paolini
Eragon Christopher Paolini New York: Laurel-Leaf, 2007, c2003 754 p., pbk, $9.99 ISBN: 978-0-440-24073-0 When Eragon discovers the mysterious blue stone in the mountains, the teenager has no idea how it will change his life. But when the stone hatches to reveal a dragon, Eragon is pushed from his simple farm life into a world [...]
13 Feb
The Horn Book Magazine
When I went in search of material for my report on Professional or Scholarly Journals, I decided to begin with the journal display shelf at the GRC. Most of the items on the shelf look like standard magazines. They say: “don’t judge a book by its cover.” The fact is it is impossible not to. [...]
6 Feb
David Macauley’s TEDTalk
In class last week, Erin presented her seminar on Picture Books for Teens. One of the books she brought in was David Macauley’s Rome Antics. I was so excited to see the book because I watched a TEDTalk last year with David Macauley in which he explained the process of creating the book. (From the [...]
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