Author Archives: Coats Karen
First Friday, February
First Friday will be at Roberta’s this month. Come one, come all! February 1, at 6:30ish
New book of interest, perhaps?
Whilst scouring a catalog of new critical books, I came across this title that may be of interest: Supernatural Youth: The Rise of the Teen Hero in Literature and Popular Culture, edited by Jes Battis Here’s the amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Supernatural-Youth-Literature-Popular-Culture/dp/0739128590#_ … Continue reading
Putting the A in YA
After going to a panel at MLA where the folks were still at the “hey-wow!” stage of teaching young adult literature, I admit I was a little cranky. Their roundtable had authors and professors of American literature who had found … Continue reading
Go McDonald’s UK!
Here is a fabulous thing that the Brits are doing to get books into kid’s hands–here hoping the US will take a hint! http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0111/McDonald-s-in-UK-will-distribute-books-rather-than-toys?nav=556392-csm_blog_post-leftColRelated
First Friday–December
First Friday will be held December 7th, starting at around 6:30, at Karen’s house. The book group for Handler’s book (see below) that was postponed will also meet at 4:30 that afternoon, same place. I’ll make a fire in the … Continue reading
A lullaby from Ghana
Someone would like to have you for her child, but you are mine. Someone would like to rear you on a costly mat but you are mine. Someone would like to place you on a camel blanket but you are … Continue reading
Something kinda different
Not exactly a poem this week, but a few tongue twisters from Dr. Seuss! Bed Spreader Bread Spreader Bed Spreaders spread spreads on beds. Bread Spreaders spread butter on breads. And that Bed Spreader better watch out how he’s spreading… … Continue reading
Free Subscription to Notes from the Horn Book newsletter
Horn Book publishes a free online newsletter and is now implementing one specifically devoted to nonfiction. Here is the link: http://www.hbook.com/notes-from-the-horn-book-newsletter/ This is a great resource for both you and your students, so that they can keep up with new … Continue reading
CFP: Global Perspectives on Death in Children’s Literature, Deadline: 2/1/13
How do different cultures present the concept of death to children? How is death represented pictorially? How is death suggested metaphorically? How do the images and metaphors in children’s books reflect contemporaneous beliefs, hopes, and fears? Are there taboos in … Continue reading
Three CFPs for Association for Research in Cultures of Young People
CALL FOR PAPERS: #1: Genderqueer Children and Youth #2: Institutionalized Spaces, Geographies, and Environments of Young People #3: ‘Growing up global’: Childhoods in a Transnational Context A JOINT SESSION OF ARCYP AND ACCUTE AT THE CONGRESS OF THE HUMANITIES AND … Continue reading
Book Group: 11/9
It seemed to work out nicely to have book group the week after First Friday, so let’s do that again. We will be reading Why We Broke Up, a contemporary realistic fiction book by, um, Daniel Handler. Yes. That Daniel … Continue reading
First Friday
First Friday will be at Mary’s house this month: 606 S. Lee in Bloomington, on November 2, at 6:30. I don’t know who these people are, but they look friendly.
“The Panther,” by Ogden Nash
The panther is like a leopard, Except it hasn’t been peppered. Should you behold a panther crouched, Prepare to say Ouch. Better yet, if called by a panther, Don’t anther. from The Oxford Book of Children’s Verse in America, chosen … Continue reading
CFP: ChLA conference in Biloxi, Due: January 15
The 2013 ChLA Conference call for papers online submission site is now open at www.usm.edu/chla2013. Children’s Literature Association Annual Conference Play and Risk in Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Culture June 13-15, 2013 Biloxi, Miss. The University of … Continue reading
“The Hump,” by Rudyard Kipling
The Hump The Camel’s hump is an ugly hump Which well you may see at the Zoo; But uglier yet is the hump we get From having too little to do. Kiddies and grown-ups too-oo-oo, If we haven’t … Continue reading
Permanently, by Kenneth Koch
One day the Nouns were clustered in the street. An Adjective walked by, with her dark beauty. The Nouns were struck, moved, changed. The next day a Verb drove up, and created the Sentence. Each Sentence says one thing—for example, … Continue reading
Meet Stacy Greathouse
This be what ya need to know, lubbers: Thar’s a pirate in yer midst. I be she. But listen, mate, that type of vernacular just isn’t my mode of piracy, unless I’m in the guise of Sailing Mistress Maggie Py … Continue reading
Best Book I’ve Read This Year
This may seem really weird, but the best book I have read this year is a middle-grade nonfiction by Steve Sheinkin called Bomb: The Race to Build – and Steal – the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon. For context of how … Continue reading
Meet Rebecca Anderson
I’m from a suburb of Washington, D.C. When studying for my B.S. in elementary education at University of Maryland, I took a standard kiddie lit course and fell in love with its theory and analysis. I went on to earn … Continue reading
“The King of Cats Orders an Early Breakfast,” by Nancy Willard
Roast me a wren to start with. Then, Brisket of Basilisk Treat. My breakfast is “on the house”? What a curious place to eat! There’s no accounting for customs. My tastes are simple and few, a fat mole smothering in … Continue reading