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Nina and I will be posting through the end of January–just one more week–before Heavy Medal goes on hiatus for the spring and summer. INSTANT REPLAY If you missed the ALA webcast of the announcements then you can still view it. You can also catch the winners on the Today Show if you missed that, too. And […]
Many of you who followed the Almost Astronauts kerfuffle in all its permutations here may have been surprised to see it swipe the Sibert. Jonathan remarks: I could have seen a dozen books winning outright which is why I refused to make a prediction here. ALMOST ASTRONAUTS has taken a beating on this blog in […]
ARBUTHNOT So many possibilities. Who would you want to hear? I think the appeal of an author or illustrator is really sexy, but oftentimes I think the editors give even better speeches, and librarians . . . If K.T. Horning’s speech was anything like her CLNE lectures! It seems obligatory that if you’ve won two Newbery […]
I’m always pleased to see good New York Times coverage of the awards. I was up at 6:30 this morning to read: Very New York Novel Wins Newbery Medal. Motoko Rich’s article focusses mostly on Rebecca Stead, with a a nice secondary piece on Jerry Pinkney, and couple of mentions of other awards. I do have a kneejerk […]
Newbery WHEN YOU REACH ME CLAUDETTE COLVIN THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON THE MOSTLY TRUE ADVENTURES OF HOMER P. FIGG Caldecott THE LION & THE MOUSE ALL THE WORLD RED SINGS FROM TREETOPS Geisel BENNY AND PENNY IN THE BIG NO-NO I SPY FLY GUY LITTLE MOUSE GETS […]
You can get a great sense of the ALA Midwinter bustle from Monica Edinger or Betsy Bird. I’m sitting this one out, and spending the warm drizzly California Sunday in my armchair with the paper and cup of ginger tea. And the Newbery Committee? Well they are–done. By noon, Boston time, they’ll have delivered their […]
Yesterday, eighteen students and I discussed the following nine books. I have encapsulated our discussion in brief annotations. CLAUDETTE COLVIN . . . Students liked how Hoose wove Claudette’s voice into the narrative, and found the themes of the book very powerful, but while the arrest and trial were fascinating there was a noticeable lull in between those events. […]
Okay, I have been drawn to these list-making activities like a moth to the flame. While I listed my seven Newbery nominations in the previous thread in response to Monica’s list, here, in the spirit of Fuse’s Newbery/Caldecott post, are my thoughts, and some predictions, on what may win the various ALA Awards and Honors. I’ll revisit this list afterward to see how I […]
Jonathan says in a comment on Has the Newbery Lost its Way: "And when you get right down to the end of your discussion and you only get three votes, and the books are close, so close, who can fault anyone for picking the book their favorite? I can’t. But I would hope that people […]
Here’s a little more description of the content of our deliberations…at least my table’s half of the discussion. Jonathan notes that while THE DUNDERHEADS was well praised at his table, only he cast a vote for it in the first ballot, and that the group then pulled it out of discussion in order to focus […]
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