Novel: Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze by Alan Silberberg
(2011 SCBWI
Sid Fleischman Award)
We had good discussions on our Oct. books....and delicious 'eats' with a
minimum of sugar (except for Ann's wonderful Brownies!!) We talked at length
about Milo, and ultimately agreed that it was a well-developed story
which combined humor with the very sad situation of the death of Milo's mother,
and the way he learned to deal with it. Some hated the idea of the illustrative
cartoons at first, but eventually felt they fit perfectly into this particular
story, and in some cases added important details.
Picture Book: Me, Frida by Amy Novesky (2011 FOCAL Award); and
Frida by
Jonah Winter (2003 Americas Award, Hon. Mention) We will be
comparing these two picture books on the same subject.
As for the 'Frida' picture books, we all agreed that Frida (by
Jonah Winter) was the superior one, and that the illustrations by Ana Juan were
wonderful. Several folks questioned the significance for young readers of the SF
visit by Frida in Me, Frida, but we all basically agreed that they were
both important glimpses into the life of this important 20th century
artist.
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