Childlit

[Charles E. Townsend]

Dear Genevra,

    I don't recall writing anything for Seelangs, and I can't find what you
said I wrote in your message.  Were you thinking of Charles Mills who is listed
below.

    Charles

Genevra Gerhart wrote:

> Dear Charles,
> You kindly wrote the following for Seelangs; would you like to write
> something similar for my website (below), or could I use this letter as is?
>
> Genevra Gerhart
>
> http://www.GenevraGerhart.com
> ggerhart at attbi.com
> 206-329-0053
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Charles Mills
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 6:50 AM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: Re: Childlit
>
> Dear Lauren (and list),
>
> With regard to children's literature:
>
> Eloise Boyle and Genevra Gerhart (eds.)'s brand new The Russian Context
> (Slavica Press, 2001) a chapter by Valentina Zaitseva on just this sort of
> thing: the kind of literature every Russian can be assumed to know from
> childhood on up, including foreign authors.  I imagine this is only the
> first
> of many e-mails to make reference to this book as the answer to all our ills
> in
> the future, and highly recommend it to everyone.  It does for "high" culture
> what The Russian's World did for "low", and comes with a CD (readings,
> music,
> songs, paintings, photographs, sound bites, etc.) to boot.  Get yours while
> they're still piping hot!  (This is not a paid endorsement, although I wish
> it
> were--hint hint.)
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Charles Mills
> Knox College
>
> Lauren Leighton wrote:
>
> > I would appreciate any and all recommendations of appropriate readings in
> > English translation of Russian children's literature (skazki, byliny,
> Krylov
> > Chukovsky, Marshak. . . .) The recommendations are for American families
> who
> > do not know Russian, have adopted Russian children, and wish to do what
> they
> > can to encourage and, as far as possible, develop their children's
> knowledge
> > of and connection with their native culture. I would also appreciate any
> > advice you might give me that I may pass on to these parents. Surely there
> > must be something for them comparable to Lynn Visson's Wedded Strangers
> for
> > Russian-American marrieds. Thank you.
> >
> > Lauren G. Leighton
>
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