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From: khorning at facstaff.wisc.edu <khorning>
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:58:14 -0600
I, too, am an admirer of the book "No, David," for all the reasons cited earlier by others, however, I am having difficulty articulating what makes the art truly distinguished. While I can appreciate its obvious child appeal and popularity, this cannot be a major consideration of the Caldecott Committee. So I'm wondering how the committee arrived at this decision, using the criteria they must consider:
1) Excellence of execution in the artistic technique employed. 2) Excellence of pictorial interpretation of story, theme, or concept; of appropriateness of style of illustration to the story, theme, or concept; of delineation of plot, theme, characters, setting, mood, or information through the pictures.
Can someone please speak to these terms, as they relate to "No, David?" I'm not trying to second-guess the committee or play devil's advocate; I'm just trying to understand how people make a case for a faux-naive style and visual humor as distinguished illustration.
Anyone?
Kathleen T. Horning (khorning at facstaff.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education University of Wisconsin-Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706
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Received on Mon 08 Feb 1999 10:58:14 AM CST
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:58:14 -0600
I, too, am an admirer of the book "No, David," for all the reasons cited earlier by others, however, I am having difficulty articulating what makes the art truly distinguished. While I can appreciate its obvious child appeal and popularity, this cannot be a major consideration of the Caldecott Committee. So I'm wondering how the committee arrived at this decision, using the criteria they must consider:
1) Excellence of execution in the artistic technique employed. 2) Excellence of pictorial interpretation of story, theme, or concept; of appropriateness of style of illustration to the story, theme, or concept; of delineation of plot, theme, characters, setting, mood, or information through the pictures.
Can someone please speak to these terms, as they relate to "No, David?" I'm not trying to second-guess the committee or play devil's advocate; I'm just trying to understand how people make a case for a faux-naive style and visual humor as distinguished illustration.
Anyone?
Kathleen T. Horning (khorning at facstaff.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education University of Wisconsin-Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706
(608)&3930
Received on Mon 08 Feb 1999 10:58:14 AM CST
