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CAN FUNNY BOOKS WIN AWARDS?
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From: Deborah Hopkinson <hopkinda>
Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 13:27:09 -0700
Well, there was OFFICER BUCKLE, which won the Caldecott, and I remember thinking LILY's PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE would certainly get an honor, but it didn't. And ELLA ENCHANTED, if not funny, is light. But I agree, funny books don't seem to win as much, especially at the middle grade level.
And at least for me as a writer, humor is something I dearly wish I could do -and do well, but tend to be a dismal failure at. One of my son's favorite books this year was Pilkey's CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, and not just for the underpants, but for its energy and fun.
Deborah Hopkinson hopkinda at whitman.edu
Received on Fri 08 May 1998 03:27:09 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 13:27:09 -0700
Well, there was OFFICER BUCKLE, which won the Caldecott, and I remember thinking LILY's PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE would certainly get an honor, but it didn't. And ELLA ENCHANTED, if not funny, is light. But I agree, funny books don't seem to win as much, especially at the middle grade level.
And at least for me as a writer, humor is something I dearly wish I could do -and do well, but tend to be a dismal failure at. One of my son's favorite books this year was Pilkey's CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, and not just for the underpants, but for its energy and fun.
Deborah Hopkinson hopkinda at whitman.edu
Received on Fri 08 May 1998 03:27:09 PM CDT
