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From: Ginny Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 12:10:00 -600
What do the winners get? 1) The Caldecott and Newbery Award winners will each receive a handsome medal at a banquet to be held in San Francisco on Sunday evening, June 29, during the Annual Conference of the American Library Association. At that time, the Honor Book recipients for each award will receive framed citations. Years ago the Honor Books were called "runners up." There was no Honor Book citation until sometime during the 1980s. The Newbery & Caldecott acceptance speeches will be published in the summer issue of the ALSC/YALSA Journal of Youth Services in Libraries and in the July/August issue of The Horn Book. (The Horn Book will also publish a biographical essay about each of the two winners.) Anyone may attend the ALSC Newbery - Caldecott banquet by purchasing a ticket in advance from the Association for Library Service to Children. ALA members receive this information with other conference information; if you are not an ALA member, contact santon at ala.org for ticket prices in a couple of months. Anyone may plan to sit in on the acceptance speeches at no price; chairs are set up at the back or side of the banquet hall for this purpose. 2) The citation for the Mildred Batchelder Award will be presented to the publisher of that book on Monday afternoon, June 30, at the ALSC membership meeting at which all are welcome. 3) The Coretta Scott King Awards will be presented at a gala breakfast event on Tuesday morning, June 31. Ticket information is included in ALA conference information and in a couple of months will also be available from the ALA Office for Outreach Services. Inquire about the conact person at 1?0T5$33.
Other questions and comments? Other comments about this year's Caldecott winner and Caldecott honor books? I've also been wondering if people were a) disappointed but reluctant to say so - thanks, Sue Daugherty, for your comment; b) pleased but complacent and letting someone else make a comment, not me; c) unfamiliar with Golem; or d) don't care. I doubt that it's "d," so let's hear from more of you! Sincerely, Ginny
*********************** Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison
I am the librarian at Woodlands School, an independent PreK-8th school in Milwaukee. I've been lurking since the Children's lit conference at Marquette last October got me motivated.
I announced the 97 Caldecott winner to my first and second graders on Tuesday, thanks to the net. They were very excited; many of them are familiar with Sundiata. We read the author blurb and they thought it was great that an ex-clown is getting the award.
Their question - What does the winner "get"? Does he get a real medal? Is it on a ribbon so he can wear it? (which distracted me with visions of E.L. Konigsburg wearing all of hers at once) Or is it in a box? Do the honor illustrators get a real medal? Do they go to the awards banquet, too?
I've never had the pleasure of attending the banquet, and nothing I've read or heard about the award process covers these questions of primary importance to primary children. Thanks for your help!
Jean Ducat,% fhenry at execpc.com
"When you absolutely, positively, have to know, ask a librarian."
Received on Tue 25 Feb 1997 12:10:00 PM CST
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 12:10:00 -600
What do the winners get? 1) The Caldecott and Newbery Award winners will each receive a handsome medal at a banquet to be held in San Francisco on Sunday evening, June 29, during the Annual Conference of the American Library Association. At that time, the Honor Book recipients for each award will receive framed citations. Years ago the Honor Books were called "runners up." There was no Honor Book citation until sometime during the 1980s. The Newbery & Caldecott acceptance speeches will be published in the summer issue of the ALSC/YALSA Journal of Youth Services in Libraries and in the July/August issue of The Horn Book. (The Horn Book will also publish a biographical essay about each of the two winners.) Anyone may attend the ALSC Newbery - Caldecott banquet by purchasing a ticket in advance from the Association for Library Service to Children. ALA members receive this information with other conference information; if you are not an ALA member, contact santon at ala.org for ticket prices in a couple of months. Anyone may plan to sit in on the acceptance speeches at no price; chairs are set up at the back or side of the banquet hall for this purpose. 2) The citation for the Mildred Batchelder Award will be presented to the publisher of that book on Monday afternoon, June 30, at the ALSC membership meeting at which all are welcome. 3) The Coretta Scott King Awards will be presented at a gala breakfast event on Tuesday morning, June 31. Ticket information is included in ALA conference information and in a couple of months will also be available from the ALA Office for Outreach Services. Inquire about the conact person at 1?0T5$33.
Other questions and comments? Other comments about this year's Caldecott winner and Caldecott honor books? I've also been wondering if people were a) disappointed but reluctant to say so - thanks, Sue Daugherty, for your comment; b) pleased but complacent and letting someone else make a comment, not me; c) unfamiliar with Golem; or d) don't care. I doubt that it's "d," so let's hear from more of you! Sincerely, Ginny
*********************** Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison
I am the librarian at Woodlands School, an independent PreK-8th school in Milwaukee. I've been lurking since the Children's lit conference at Marquette last October got me motivated.
I announced the 97 Caldecott winner to my first and second graders on Tuesday, thanks to the net. They were very excited; many of them are familiar with Sundiata. We read the author blurb and they thought it was great that an ex-clown is getting the award.
Their question - What does the winner "get"? Does he get a real medal? Is it on a ribbon so he can wear it? (which distracted me with visions of E.L. Konigsburg wearing all of hers at once) Or is it in a box? Do the honor illustrators get a real medal? Do they go to the awards banquet, too?
I've never had the pleasure of attending the banquet, and nothing I've read or heard about the award process covers these questions of primary importance to primary children. Thanks for your help!
Jean Ducat,% fhenry at execpc.com
"When you absolutely, positively, have to know, ask a librarian."
Received on Tue 25 Feb 1997 12:10:00 PM CST
