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Getting reading for our discussion on Sunday… I really enjoyed my re-read of both Highway Cats (Janet Taylor Lisle) and The Underneath (Lathi Appelt) and made a point of re-reading them one after the other. Nina covered The Underneath with a lot of detail over these three posts and she also discussed Highway Cats here. […]
Gearing up for our discussion… I looked forward to my second reading of The Trouble Begins at 8. I could read over and over Fleischman’s wonderful turns of phrase, such as this one: “From under the author’s full mustache, hanging like a rusted scimitar over his sharp quips, came an evergreen stream of wit.” p.4 […]
Leslie asks: "Some years ago the cover of The Horn Book was an illustration by David Macaulay of what I think was supposed to be the Newbery committee "discussing" books. That would be "discussing" in the sense that violence had either just broken out or was just about to. It has been one of my […]
With the Mock Newbery coming up on Sunday, I should really be posting about the books, getting deeper into discussion, and preparing for that. But I’ll admit, I’ve been distracted a little bit by this Bloomberg article. There has been discussion on Read Roger (check the comments) and Fuse #8 also discusses the article. I […]
*Discussion This Sunday—Shortlist Here!* While I attempt to compose myself over the Bloomberg article…Sharon and I will also be sharing some more thoughts on our shortlist titles as we head towards our weekend discussion. Please chime in! Sharon called My One Hundred Adventures “Just Not My Thing,” and that is a common cry in comments that I’ve found on […]
The first round of judging is over for the Cybils Awards, the only childrens and teen literature awards administered and judged by bloggers. I have the great honor this year of being the category organizer for the Graphic Novel Awards and the judges have worked very hard picking through the host of nominations to narrow […]
Discussion on January 11th! I’m using my holidays to curl up with eight good books I’ve already read. (Newbery committee members are curled up with dozens. Hope they all have BIG comfy chairs). Sharon already posted about After Tupac and D Foster, but I wanted to chime in with some of my thoughts on re-reading. Undoubtedly […]
Unshelved, my favorite web comic (because it’s hilarious and about libraries), has a cute Newbery related comic today. So, I thought that it could be my winter holidays present to you. Happy Winter!
It’s officially winter, time to bundle up for the final stretch, and time to make lists. The unstoppable Fuse8 does some statistical analysis on all the Mock Newbery and Mock Caldecott shortlists out there. Roger comments on the "long view" of the Newbery…and lets on that he thinks five of our eight shortlisted titles are ringers. Such a tease–he’ll […]
As we approach the holidays and time off work for many of us, I thought I’d make a less controversial post and stick with something fun! When Nina and I first started working on the concept of this blog we had some conversation about our personal favorite Newbery winners of the past. So, I thought […]
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