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From: Megan Schliesman <Schliesman>
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 13:53:00 -0600
We've gotten off to a spirited discussion of the 2002 National Book Award for Young People's Literature by talking extensively about one of the titles that was a finalist, This Land Is Was Made for You and Me (even as we've taken a tangent to look at the broader issue of source documentation).
I want to quickly reiterate all of the titles up for discussion now through January 26. The 2002 National Book Award for Young People's Literature winner and finalists were:
Winner:
House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (Atheneum)
Finalists:
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East by Naomi Shihab Nye (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins)
Hush by Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam's Sons/ Penguin Putnam)
This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life & Songs of Woody Guthrie by Elizabeth Partridge (Viking)
Feed by M.T. Anderson (Candlewick Press)
It's quite a diverse list: a volume of poetry, a biography, 2 science fiction novels and one work of contemporary realistic fiction. And it surely does represent some of the best children's and young adult publishing of the year.
I encourage everyone to visit the National Book Foundation web site to read about the entry guidelines for the National Book Award at http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaentry.html
There you will learn (if you didn't know already) that National Book Award titles must be submitted by publishers for consideration. Their is a $100 entry fee, and publishers must agree to contirbute $1000 towards a promotional campaign of any shortlisted (finalist) title, as well as a number of other details. The committee chair can ask for titles not yet submitted to be submitted, but in order to be considered for the award, they still must go through the entry process.
In addition to the many comments already shared about This Land Was Made for You and Me (and documentation!), Olgy has offered an appreciative assessment of House of the Scorpion, saying "Nancy Farmer is amazing to take such a high end subject matter
(genetic engineering/human cloning) and weave a marvelous story around it so that younger as well as older readers will get a very satisfying and thought provoking read. This is children writing at its absolute best!"
Let's continue the discussion of these five fine titles.
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, Wi 53706 608&2?03 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
Received on Fri 03 Jan 2003 01:53:00 PM CST
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 13:53:00 -0600
We've gotten off to a spirited discussion of the 2002 National Book Award for Young People's Literature by talking extensively about one of the titles that was a finalist, This Land Is Was Made for You and Me (even as we've taken a tangent to look at the broader issue of source documentation).
I want to quickly reiterate all of the titles up for discussion now through January 26. The 2002 National Book Award for Young People's Literature winner and finalists were:
Winner:
House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (Atheneum)
Finalists:
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East by Naomi Shihab Nye (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins)
Hush by Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam's Sons/ Penguin Putnam)
This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life & Songs of Woody Guthrie by Elizabeth Partridge (Viking)
Feed by M.T. Anderson (Candlewick Press)
It's quite a diverse list: a volume of poetry, a biography, 2 science fiction novels and one work of contemporary realistic fiction. And it surely does represent some of the best children's and young adult publishing of the year.
I encourage everyone to visit the National Book Foundation web site to read about the entry guidelines for the National Book Award at http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaentry.html
There you will learn (if you didn't know already) that National Book Award titles must be submitted by publishers for consideration. Their is a $100 entry fee, and publishers must agree to contirbute $1000 towards a promotional campaign of any shortlisted (finalist) title, as well as a number of other details. The committee chair can ask for titles not yet submitted to be submitted, but in order to be considered for the award, they still must go through the entry process.
In addition to the many comments already shared about This Land Was Made for You and Me (and documentation!), Olgy has offered an appreciative assessment of House of the Scorpion, saying "Nancy Farmer is amazing to take such a high end subject matter
(genetic engineering/human cloning) and weave a marvelous story around it so that younger as well as older readers will get a very satisfying and thought provoking read. This is children writing at its absolute best!"
Let's continue the discussion of these five fine titles.
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, Wi 53706 608&2?03 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
Received on Fri 03 Jan 2003 01:53:00 PM CST
