Interesting Discovery- Boy Meets Boy

I just visited David Levithan's (author of Boy Meets Boy) website and discovered that he wrote Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist!! This novel was recently turned into a hit movie that was released last month on October 3rd.

With the success of this movie, I wonder if Boy Meets Boy will also be turned into a film.

Confessions of a Closet Catholic- In class discussion

I thoroughly enjoyed last week's topic and discussion. Religion is usually a subject that people shy away from, but it was obvious that we all enjoyed the book and wanted to state our opinions. Sharing personal experiences was beneficial to the discussion and furthered our education on the topic, if we were uninformed before. I feel that we are very comfortable talking and discussing in this class, which makes the topics easier to grasp and to make our own connections to the material.

I just LOVED Confessions of a Closet Catholic. The style in which the author wrote compelled me to continue, along with the development of characters. I also liked the fact that the author wasn't drilling a certain point over and over again. Her writing was smooth and her purpose was clear without being over obvious.

I looked up Sarah Littman (author of this book) and she has written one other:
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I am interested to see if it is similar to Confessions.
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NOTE: This book does not come out until April of 2009... :( we'll have to wait a while to read it.

Course Reading (Asian Pacific)

Even though Sandra Yamate's article was lengthy and focused around Asian Pacific American Children's Literature, I found many quotes that are universal when talking about diverse children's lit.

p.218
"American children of all races and ethnic origins are being offered a disturbingly artificial view of the world in which they live, one that does not begin to reflect the diversity of the society in which they will be expected to live, work, play and grow. Children are our hope for the future, yet they are handicapped when their books and educational materials persists in proffering a grossly distorted view of the diverse races and ethnic groups that comprise the United States."

The former quote should be the subline to the title of TE448. We are taking this class to make sure that children have a well-rounded library. And to do this we first need to accept the fact that the literature out there for children does not cover all groups equally. This is something that I had little knowledge of and didn't think twice about before taking 448. It is beneficial for teachers to have this knowledge so their classroom libraries are diverse and cover a variety of different groups.