n her poetry and in her stories Nye uses our senses to take us to people and experiences that we would otherwise never know: the strange becomes familiar, the stranger becomes a friend. She shows us that beyond all the distinctions we make between ourselves and "the others" there is always the daily activity that makes life: the tree that needs climbing, the stone to throw, the bread to bake.
Journal
The Looking Glass : New Perspectives on Children's LiteratureISSN
1551-5680Volume
8Issue
2Publisher
La Trobe UniversitySection Title
JabberwockyAuthor Biography
John David Brantley is Professor Emeritus at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, where he still lives with his childhood sweetheart (now his wife), Jaynet. He has two sons, one granddaughter, five asonishing sisters, and a passel of extremely interesting and intelligent nieces and nephews. In the course of his teachings and learnings at Trinity he met, mentored, and became friends with Naomi Shihab Nye.Date Created
2010-03-15Rights Statement
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