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Margaret K. McElderry and "Sunday Morning" + "Distinguished
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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:39:57 -0600
Well, as some of you already know, the "Sunday Morning" TV feature about Margaret K. McElderry was delayed for a second time. The bombing of Irag was the reason this interview was bumped on Jan. 3. We assume that the world news concering King Hussein's death caused it to be delayed on Feb. 7.
I had an opportunity to speak briefly with Margaret McElderry while I was at the American Library Association conference in Philadelphia. She talked then about some of the extensive arrangements concerning the interview and taping, and we agreed that television producers don't make an investment in personnel and equipment and then not broadcast the finished piece.
As interesting as it will be for some of us to see this segment on
"Sunday Morning" whenever it's broadcast, the producers of "Sunday Morning" understand it to be "soft" news with no particular deadline. It seems curious that on Jan. 3 they chose to broadcast a "staged" feature about Lane Smith and Jon Scieszka, rather than the pre-announced one about Margaret McElderry. So it goes... We'll let you know about the next scheduled time. Let's not spend any of our time discussing TV scheduling, etc.
Let's get back to the 1999 Caldecott Award and Honor Books.
Someone who looked at *Snowflake Bentley* this weekend observed that if this were a book featuring someone else about whom most kids and adults have prior knowledge, would similar artwork by the same artist be considered "distinguished" illustration? It seemed to this individual that most of last week's discussion centered on a collective fascination with a well-written story and secondary biographical text about Wilson Bentley, someone about whom most of us had not known. We are amazed to find out about him and about two other books in which his work or he is featured. Is the artwork in *Snowflake Bentley" distinguished, or are we being sidetracked by our fascination with his life and work and by how well written the story is?
The Caldecott Award has nothing to do with recognizing someone whose earlier works have been overlooked, or "balancing" the list of previous winners according to genre, etc. It has everything to do with a committee of 15 individuals, mostly librarians, evaluating hundreds of eligible books and meeting to discuss them according to criteria related to what makes a book's illustrations "distinguished." Let's talk about why the artwork in *Snowflake Bentley* and any of the four Honor Books is "distinguished." ...Ginny Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education (www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/) Unversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Received on Mon 08 Feb 1999 10:39:57 AM CST
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:39:57 -0600
Well, as some of you already know, the "Sunday Morning" TV feature about Margaret K. McElderry was delayed for a second time. The bombing of Irag was the reason this interview was bumped on Jan. 3. We assume that the world news concering King Hussein's death caused it to be delayed on Feb. 7.
I had an opportunity to speak briefly with Margaret McElderry while I was at the American Library Association conference in Philadelphia. She talked then about some of the extensive arrangements concerning the interview and taping, and we agreed that television producers don't make an investment in personnel and equipment and then not broadcast the finished piece.
As interesting as it will be for some of us to see this segment on
"Sunday Morning" whenever it's broadcast, the producers of "Sunday Morning" understand it to be "soft" news with no particular deadline. It seems curious that on Jan. 3 they chose to broadcast a "staged" feature about Lane Smith and Jon Scieszka, rather than the pre-announced one about Margaret McElderry. So it goes... We'll let you know about the next scheduled time. Let's not spend any of our time discussing TV scheduling, etc.
Let's get back to the 1999 Caldecott Award and Honor Books.
Someone who looked at *Snowflake Bentley* this weekend observed that if this were a book featuring someone else about whom most kids and adults have prior knowledge, would similar artwork by the same artist be considered "distinguished" illustration? It seemed to this individual that most of last week's discussion centered on a collective fascination with a well-written story and secondary biographical text about Wilson Bentley, someone about whom most of us had not known. We are amazed to find out about him and about two other books in which his work or he is featured. Is the artwork in *Snowflake Bentley" distinguished, or are we being sidetracked by our fascination with his life and work and by how well written the story is?
The Caldecott Award has nothing to do with recognizing someone whose earlier works have been overlooked, or "balancing" the list of previous winners according to genre, etc. It has everything to do with a committee of 15 individuals, mostly librarians, evaluating hundreds of eligible books and meeting to discuss them according to criteria related to what makes a book's illustrations "distinguished." Let's talk about why the artwork in *Snowflake Bentley* and any of the four Honor Books is "distinguished." ...Ginny Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education (www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/) Unversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Received on Mon 08 Feb 1999 10:39:57 AM CST
