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>It Looked Like Spilt Milk
>Yes, one can sense a fluffernutter trend in my apres-ALA postings, but just one more.
You see these fractured-children's-book-titles lists all over the place now (Goodnight Bitch by Eminem), and we published a good one by Ron Koertge in last September's Magazine. But when Elizabeth and I began the Books for Mature Young Readers list when we were in Zena's children's lit. class, we thought we were pioneers (and full credit to E., who acquired most of the titles). We were going to publish reissues (Hop on Pop) and new titles (A Boy, A Dog, A Frog, and a Sheep; Don't Move and It Won't Hurt). I thought of one the other day: Amazing Grace Jones.
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Misrule
>Lili Wilkinson has taken that old joke of adding "in your pants" to children's book titles (pinched, as she acknowledges, from Maureen Johnson and John Green's blogs); her blog entry is very amusing. (Hoping this html linking thing works.)Posted : Jan 31, 2007 06:49
Jordan Sonnenblick
>Here's my favorite fractured kid-lit title:_The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Malfunction_
Posted : Jan 31, 2007 06:38
Roger Sutton
>I DO think American Born Chinese is YA. But I also think Perks of a Wallflower is YA, and that book was disqualified because it wasn't published specifically as a young adult book. Neither was this one.Posted : Jan 29, 2007 04:45
Lisa Yee
>Hi Roger!The Grand Prize Winner of the Book Title Contest has finally revealed herself. It's Kathleen Horning from CCBC. Her winning entry was:
BILLY'S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE
When Billy brings his latest fashion accessory to school, Mr Slinger helps the kindergarten class understand that it's okay for Billy to march to the beat of a different drummer.
The runner-up was:
GO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
After Atticus loses the big trial, he wallows in drink and depression, no longer caring what happens to the yahoos in his stupid small town.
Posted : Jan 29, 2007 07:46
Fern
>Interesting. Perhaps it has dual citizenship? It was a National Book Award Finalist in the Books for Young People category. The Bulletin said it was for grades 6-10, VOYA said ages 12-18, KLIATT said Sr. High thru Adult, Booklist "Older Readers." It was starred by SLJ and on their Best Books List. (I'm getting all this from the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database.) Perhaps if enough people believe hard enough that it's YA, . . .Posted : Jan 29, 2007 04:41