The Ones that Got Away--Great Books that Didn't Get Their Due

Autor/in	Margolis, Rick
Titel	The Ones that Got Away--Great Books that Didn't Get Their Due
Quelle	In: School Library Journal, 53 (2007) 11, S.42-46 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0362-8930
Schlagwörter	Childrens Literature; Reading Material Selection; Adolescent Literature; Literature Reviews; Authors; School Libraries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Adolescent; Adolescents; Literature; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; literatur; Author; Autor; Autorin; School library; Schulbibliothek
Abstract	The publishing gods must be crazy. How else can one explain the cruel fate of so many deserving children's books? While mediocre works abound among annual best sellers, scores of perfectly wonderful kids' books have vanished faster than Tony Soprano's henchmen. To address this injustice, a select group of librarian reviewers, booksellers, and children's book aficionados were asked to choose their favorite overlooked titles--books that they and the kids they serve truly love. A few ground rules were provided. For starters, the hidden gems had to be published between 2001 and 2006, and only those titles that had not received a lot of marketing hoopla or a major American award could be considered. After that, the rules bordered on anarchy: anything from wordless books for newborns to angst-ridden titles for teens was fine, and selections could come from any genre--fiction, nonfiction, or even graphic novels. This article presents some of the chosen overlooked books. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10