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1999 Caldecott Award Winner: Snowflake Bentley
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From: Leda Schubert <lschubert>
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 14:03:07 -0500
I was a member of the 1999 Caldecott committee, and love reading everyone's comments. Please keep them coming! In response to comments about the repeated snowflake design, I can only speak for myself (and no one else) when I say that I feel it is part of the book design rather than part of the illustration, and that it is a way of presenting information in an attractive way that doesn't draw attention to itself. It seems to me to be a kind of repetitive motif saying "here I am again; don't I look familiar? I'm the sidebar. Now look at the illustrations." What do you think?
Leda Schubert Vermont Department of Education
Received on Thu 04 Feb 1999 01:03:07 PM CST
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 14:03:07 -0500
I was a member of the 1999 Caldecott committee, and love reading everyone's comments. Please keep them coming! In response to comments about the repeated snowflake design, I can only speak for myself (and no one else) when I say that I feel it is part of the book design rather than part of the illustration, and that it is a way of presenting information in an attractive way that doesn't draw attention to itself. It seems to me to be a kind of repetitive motif saying "here I am again; don't I look familiar? I'm the sidebar. Now look at the illustrations." What do you think?
Leda Schubert Vermont Department of Education
Received on Thu 04 Feb 1999 01:03:07 PM CST
