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Sunday, January 11th, 1pm-5pm Golden Gate Library 5606 San Pablo Ave.Oakland, CA 94608 If you plan on coming: 1) Please RSVP to Sharon McKellar , or put your name/email in a comment 2) Read the Newbery Terms & Criteria 3) Read all eight titles below with those criteria in mind 4) Come ready to […]
Have you been sitting through the Secret of the Andes/Charlotte’s Web discussion thinking–yeah, so when are they going to post the rest of their discussion list? Without cutting off the several threads going, we want to give you the final three titles for our live discussion on January 11th. In title order, they are: Alvin […]
The discussion in the comments of both my post and Nina’s shows that we are not done with this topic. Maybe not even close. First of all, I really would like to talk more about Mocassin Trail which I still haven’t managed to get my hands on. But I’ll keep trying. I really enjoyed reading […]
What an interesting exercise to read Charlotte’s Web again, which I think I probably haven’t done since fourth grade… even though I feel I “know” it from the movies and numerous cultural references. I found it distinguished in characterization and in language…though somewhat flawed in narrative. White’s characters are instantly compelling and complex—even side […]
I can’t wait to hear what everyone else has to say about the 1953 Newbery Award. As I talked about in this previous post, over Thanksgiving I read Secret of the Andes and re-read Charlotte’s Web, both with Newbery Criteria in mind, in order to discuss here why Secret of the Andes might have been […]
When Nina made a post not too long ago requesting any titles we may have missed we had several people respond with the suggestion of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I wanted to take a minute to both address my feelings on the book as well as to offer an opportunity to its supporters for […]
It is a challenge to be on an award committee if you have a small living space. My stints have at least scourged the under-the-bed of dust bunnies, dragging boxes in and out. Newbery committee members can technically do as they please with the "complimentary" books the publishers send them. Many wind up in the members’ local libraries […]
What is it that makes We Are the Ship so heart-thumping? Anyone who enjoys a live baseball game will feel that familiar stadium-big excitement that comes across in Nelson’s stunning paintings, with their photographic compositions and larger-than-life perspectives. The heft of the large square book adds to the thrill, and I find myself turning to […]
Just a quick reminder to dust off your copy of Charlotte’s Web and read that and Secret of the Andes in between stuffing yourself with turkey and if you’re lucky with stuffing as good as my mom’s homemade! Sometime soon after this week, when I return from sunny Florida, I’ll post my thoughts on that […]
Gary Schmidt’s Trouble is one of the books this year that hangs on tenacioulsy in my memory, even though it came out in the spring. With layer upon layer of plot and character development, Schmidt creates a perspective that is real to life and constantly surprising. He catches the mood shifts of a family in […]
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