http://www.slj.com/2013/07/books-media/authors-illustrators/breaking-bias-maureen-johnsons-coverflip-challenge/ The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:33:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.slj.com/2013/07/books-media/authors-illustrators/breaking-bias-maureen-johnsons-coverflip-challenge/#comment-62157 lakeshore librarian Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:38:58 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=53000#comment-62157 This is a great story. I think it begins with an assumption that "real literature" is written by men on serious subjects -- like war -- and not on social constructions or social interactions, as we see in the works of Jane Austen. It would be interesting to take this another step and look at the marketing of books by and about minorities, and how their cover art discourages readers who are not members of minority groups already. Please work with an English teacher to create a lesson plan that can be published by NCTE on their Read, Write, Think site, which will give your idea both credibility and exposure. And include some information on photo editing techniques and free software as well. Thanks! This is a great story. I think it begins with an assumption that “real literature” is written by men on serious subjects — like war — and not on social constructions or social interactions, as we see in the works of Jane Austen. It would be interesting to take this another step and look at the marketing of books by and about minorities, and how their cover art discourages readers who are not members of minority groups already. Please work with an English teacher to create a lesson plan that can be published by NCTE on their Read, Write, Think site, which will give your idea both credibility and exposure. And include some information on photo editing techniques and free software as well. Thanks!

]]> http://www.slj.com/2013/07/books-media/authors-illustrators/breaking-bias-maureen-johnsons-coverflip-challenge/#comment-61530 Stasia Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:26:02 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=53000#comment-61530 Thanks for the Cover-Flip wrap-up. As an author, the cover design experience is almost always traumatic and this article could serve as a graphic representation of many of my concerns. As a happy aside, the creativity shown by the challenge cover designers is fantastic. Thanks for the Cover-Flip wrap-up. As an author, the cover design experience is almost always traumatic and this article could serve as a graphic representation of many of my concerns. As a happy aside, the creativity shown by the challenge cover designers is fantastic.

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