Community building
Dates: 5/19/02,3:55 PM through 5/20/02,12:09 PM (7 postings)
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FROM: "Bradshaw, Charlotte" <[removed]@plsinfo.org>
REC'D: 5/19/02, 3:55 PM
FROM: "Karen A.K. Keller" <[removed]@brighton.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 5/20/02, 7:55 AM
> What I'm looking for are titles that have the similiar theme of working
> together and community building from people of different backgrounds.
>
I would suggest "Crazy Love" by David Lozell Martin.
Karen Keller
Brighton (MI) District Library
FROM: "Community Relations Department" <[removed]@mail.sgcl.org>
REC'D: 5/20/02, 9:09 AM
A little girl and her mother plant a garden one spring. The little girl
notices that they do things a little differently than their neighbors, who
are also tilling the soil. “That’s because they are growing flowers,” says
Mom. “These are better than flowers.”
It turns out that they are growing vegetables. And not just any vegetables,
these are Chinese vegetables. The little girl considers them ugly
vegetables, full of lumps and bumps and not at all appetizing. As a result,
the little girl envies her neighbors petunias, peonies and poppies.
But then one day she and her mother harvest the ugly vegetables. As her
mother prepares them, a wonderful odor fills the air, carrying a smell good
enough to eat up and down the neighborhood.
Soon the neighbors arrive, bearing armloads of flowers, managing to trade
them for a bowl full of the delicious Ugly Vegetable Soup.
There are lots of little lessons here, patience, compromise, sharing and
prejudice (judging a veggie by its cover, as it were.)
The colorful, flat illustrations are done in gouache on watercolor paper.
Included in the back is a recipe for Ugly Vegetable Soup and a list of the
Chinese vegetables and how to recognize and pronounce them. A tasty
combination.
Nancy McShane
Community Relations Department
Springfield-Greene County Library District
http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/
[removed]@mail.sgcl.org
----- Original Message -----
From: Bradshaw, Charlotte
To: Fiction_L
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 3:51 PM
Subject: Community building
Hey all-
I've got a request to put together a list of books similiar to Paul
Fleischman's Seedfolks. The book is about a neighborhood creating community
through creating a community garden. What I'm looking for are titles that
have the similiar theme of working together and community building from
people of different backgrounds.
Although Seedfolks is a childrens book, the list is not limited to children'
s book. All audiences appreciated.
Charlotte Bradshaw
Sanchez Library
San Mateo County Library
650-359-3397
[removed]@plsinfo.org
FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 5/20/02, 9:31 AM
Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
<[removed]@mpl.org>
>>> [removed]@mail.sgcl.org 05/20/02 09:18AM >>>
The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin (Talewinds, 1999, $19.95. Ages 4-8.)
A little girl and her mother plant a garden one spring. The little girl
notices that they do things a little differently than their neighbors, who
are also tilling the soil. GǣThatGs because they are growing flowers,Gǥ says
Mom. GǣThese are better than flowers.Gǥ
It turns out that they are growing vegetables. And not just any vegetables,
these are Chinese vegetables. The little girl considers them ugly
vegetables, full of lumps and bumps and not at all appetizing. As a result,
the little girl envies her neighbors petunias, peonies and poppies.
But then one day she and her mother harvest the ugly vegetables. As her
mother prepares them, a wonderful odor fills the air, carrying a smell good
enough to eat up and down the neighborhood.
Soon the neighbors arrive, bearing armloads of flowers, managing to trade
them for a bowl full of the delicious Ugly Vegetable Soup.
There are lots of little lessons here, patience, compromise, sharing and
prejudice (judging a veggie by its cover, as it were.)
The colorful, flat illustrations are done in gouache on watercolor paper.
Included in the back is a recipe for Ugly Vegetable Soup and a list of the
Chinese vegetables and how to recognize and pronounce them. A tasty
combination.
Nancy McShane
Community Relations Department
Springfield-Greene County Library District
http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/
[removed]@mail.sgcl.org
----- Original Message -----
From: Bradshaw, Charlotte
To: Fiction_L
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 3:51 PM
Subject: Community building
Hey all-
I've got a request to put together a list of books similiar to Paul
Fleischman's Seedfolks. The book is about a neighborhood creating community
through creating a community garden. What I'm looking for are titles that
have the similiar theme of working together and community building from
people of different backgrounds.
Although Seedfolks is a childrens book, the list is not limited to children'
s book. All audiences appreciated.
Charlotte Bradshaw
Sanchez Library
San Mateo County Library
650-359-3397
[removed]@plsinfo.org
FROM: Andrew Smith <[removed]@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 5/20/02, 10:55 AM
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Andrew Smith [removed]@mail.wrl.org
Readers Services Librarian
Williamsburg Regional Library (757) 259-4050
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On Sun, 19 May 2002, Bradshaw, Charlotte wrote:
> Hey all-
>
> I've got a request to put together a list of books similiar to Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks. The book is about a neighborhood creating community through creating a community garden. What I'm looking for are titles that have the similiar theme of working together and community building from people of different backgrounds.
>
> Although Seedfolks is a childrens book, the list is not limited to children's book. All audiences appreciated.
>
> Charlotte Bradshaw
> Sanchez Library
> San Mateo County Library
> 650-359-3397
> [removed]@plsinfo.org
>
>
FROM: "Quillen, Christine" <[removed]@camden.lib.nj.us>
REC'D: 5/20/02, 12:09 PM
C. L.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Smith [[removed]@mail.wrl.org]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 11:51 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Community building
My collection development class (thank you, David Carr!) got to read Tracy
Kidder's _Hometown_, a nonfiction look at the town of Northampton, MA.
Elegantly written, insightful, treats people from all races, classes,
genders and abilities with dignity - a lovely read, and a wonderful look
at the different potentials people bring to the notion of community.
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Andrew Smith [removed]@mail.wrl.org
Readers Services Librarian
Williamsburg Regional Library (757) 259-4050
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On Sun, 19 May 2002, Bradshaw, Charlotte wrote:
> Hey all-
>
> I've got a request to put together a list of books similiar to Paul
Fleischman's Seedfolks. The book is about a neighborhood creating community
through creating a community garden. What I'm looking for are titles that
have the similiar theme of working together and community building from
people of different backgrounds.
>
> Although Seedfolks is a childrens book, the list is not limited to
children's book. All audiences appreciated.
>
> Charlotte Bradshaw
> Sanchez Library
> San Mateo County Library
> 650-359-3397
> [removed]@plsinfo.org
>
>
FROM: "M. Wms." <[removed]@adelphia.net>
REC'D: 5/20/02, 12:09 PM
From Action Alliance for Children, these are books about the
"support children get — and give — in their neighborhoods and
circles of friends."
~ Molly Wms.
--
Molly Williams, Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library (Maine)
Library Weblog: http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/blog.htm
Bradshaw, Charlotte wrote:
> Hey all-
>
>
>
> I've got a request to put together a list of books similiar to Paul
> Fleischman's Seedfolks. The book is about a neighborhood creating
> community through creating a community garden. What I'm looking for are
> titles that have the similiar theme of working together and community
> building from people of different backgrounds.
>
>
>
> Although Seedfolks is a childrens book, the list is not limited to
> children's book. All audiences appreciated.
>
>
>
> Charlotte Bradshaw
>
> Sanchez Library
>
> San Mateo County Library
>
> 650-359-3397
>
> [removed]@plsinfo.org
>
>
>
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