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You know what the kids today are into? Ethics. Specifically, ethics in nonfiction. Could anything be more fun? Actually, no. At least, not the way I play it.
As you may know I’ve started my Children’s Literary Salon series here in Evanston, IL and as luck would have it there are a slew of talented locals about who are actually willing to sacrifice a lovely Saturday afternoon with me. This month I’m pleased as punch to host Candace Fleming (THE FAMILY ROMANOV), Judith Fradin (THE PRICE OF FREEDOM), Barb Rosenstock (THE NOISY PAINTBOX), and Sally M. Walker (WINNIE) for a talk about all the ethical issues surrounding nonfiction for kids these days. But don’t take my word for it. Check out this killer poster Evanston Public Library created for the event:
Bet you wish you could attend. Bet you wish there was some kind of live video feed you could watch of the talk. Well, guess what? There is! Check out the live Google Hangout here on 3/26 at 2:00 CST. Yes, come on over (virtually) to see some seriously fantastic women talk on a subject with far reaching ramifications.
All right. Time to bring the smackdown on my Brooklyn colleagues. Um . . . okay, I got one. *ahem* Uh, hey, Brooklyn! Yeah, you! The one across the river! Your libraries are so rodent infested you’ve got raccoons in your main branch! Aw, I’m just messing with ya, Brooklyn. Don’t think of it as an infestation, but rather a sign of a healthy ecosystem. A raccoon couldn’t last a second in downtown Manhattan, after all. Tee hee. Thanks to Ann Baybrooks for the link!
- Part of the reason the Under the Green Willow blog is perhaps the best children’s publisher imprint blog out there has to do with the fact that they (A) post every weekday (B) get great guest writers. Case in point, the recent post by Peter Glassman (the Books of Wonder proprietor, doncha know) about Diana Wynne Jones. Take particular care when he mentions how Diana was being pursued by an “overzealous fan”. I have my own guess as to who that might have been.
- Kidsmomo tweeted the other day that while watching the television show Top Chef they couldn’t help but notice that Tom Colicchio resembled Jon Scieszka. I wasn’t believing a word of it until Travis of 100 Scope Notes (who is giving away books today and only today!) found a pretty convincing picture. Let’s do a bit of compare and contrast then.
Which one is the real former Ambassador of Young Person’s Literature?
Thanks to Travis for the pic!
- Required Reading for the Week: In terms of CommonSense Media (an organization I
I hope to be able to listen in on this, Betsy. When we were writing Hidden on the Mountain and The Grand Mosque of Paris, my co-author, Deborah DeSaix, and I were very careful to make sure that everything–EVERYTHING–we wrote was true, with sources cited for just about every detail. It’s a real pain in the neck, but it’s so important to get it right! Then I read a book on the same subject that was written for adults, and there were a lot of “fuzzy facts” and opinions thrown in. I was amazed that the author could get away with it, whereas we were so careful not to do that! We wondered whether that was because it was written for adults, and if there was, in fact, a different set of standards.
Boy, there’s a lot of meat to that. A person could write an entire book on writing nonfiction for kids, I tell you. A chapter on accuracy in children’s books vs. adults and why children’s matter particularly. A chapter on nonfiction imports from other countries and whether or not they’re held to the same standards. I could go on and on . . .
Will there be a recording we can watch later? (I’d love to watch, but 2:00 PM CST is before the crack of dawn for me!)
Cheers.
This looks wonderful! Is there any possibility of an archived recording for those who are not able to virtually attend live?
I think the pictures for Sally Walker and Judith Fradin should be reversed. :-O
Yep. I have a little note under the picture that says as much. Just waiting to get a new version. Changed soon! Good eye.
That is the joy of Google Hangouts. Just go here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUV1K3lMsNoTYtLyZo0esrA
But of course! On the Library’s YouTube page you will find this as well as our past Children’s Literary Salons: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUV1K3lMsNoTYtLyZo0esrA