Week of August 26, 2012—A Canon of
Picture Books
Quote
of the week:
There is more treasure in books
than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.
—Walt
Disney
Back
in January, at the Florida SCBWI Winter Conference in Miami, I heard Lin Oliver
speak. Lin is the co-founder and executive director of the Society of
Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. One thing that Lin said has been
percolating in my brain since that conference—“Develop your own canon of
literature that means something to you.”
Since canon can be defined as “a standard rule or criterion,” I was left wondering how
to develop a canon for myself. What standard rules, what criterion, would I use
if I were developing my canon of literature, or of children’s literature, or specifically of
picture books? My
thinking is still in flux, but I love the question.
Let’s
think deeper this week about what standard rule or criterion could be used to
determine what books should be in a canon of picture books.
Monday—Quotes
to Guide Our Path
Tuesday—Discovering
Books that Shaped America
Wednesday—Remembering
a Proclamation
Thursday—Developing
My Criterion
Friday—Join
in the Process
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