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From: Robin Smith <robinsmith59>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:14:44 -0600
from Dean Schneider:
Melody, I appreciate your attempt to clarify my previous posting, but I believe we're discussing initial reactions to all of the awards, not just the Newbery and Caldecott. When I mentioned David Almond's The Fire?ters, Walter Dean Myers' Here in Harlem, and Nancy Farmer's The Sea of Trolls as books I liked that didn't happen to win awards, I was making a simple point: not all good books win awards. You're right, David Almond is British and therefore not eligible for the Newbery, but he was eligible for the Printz Award and has won that award before. I thought Here in Harlem, a story told through poems, made a fine candidate for the Printz or the Coretta Scott King award. That they didn't win awards doesn't diminish them in my eyes, nor does it reflect on the good books that did win.
As I stated in my brief comment before, I thought most of the committees made great choices. Kira Kira is a fine novel. The Voice that Challenged A Nation is a terrific nonfiction choice. I read Kitten's First Full Moon to first- and a second-grade classes this morning. What a great picture book. It reads so well, creating that page-turning anticipation you look for in a great picture book. We had fun doing a little comparing and contrasting with Henkes' previous books, and the young students were quite perceptive in pointing out differences.
Dean Schneider Ensworth School Nashville, Tennessee schneiderd at ensworth.com or robinsmith59 at comcast.net
Received on Wed 19 Jan 2005 06:14:44 PM CST
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:14:44 -0600
from Dean Schneider:
Melody, I appreciate your attempt to clarify my previous posting, but I believe we're discussing initial reactions to all of the awards, not just the Newbery and Caldecott. When I mentioned David Almond's The Fire?ters, Walter Dean Myers' Here in Harlem, and Nancy Farmer's The Sea of Trolls as books I liked that didn't happen to win awards, I was making a simple point: not all good books win awards. You're right, David Almond is British and therefore not eligible for the Newbery, but he was eligible for the Printz Award and has won that award before. I thought Here in Harlem, a story told through poems, made a fine candidate for the Printz or the Coretta Scott King award. That they didn't win awards doesn't diminish them in my eyes, nor does it reflect on the good books that did win.
As I stated in my brief comment before, I thought most of the committees made great choices. Kira Kira is a fine novel. The Voice that Challenged A Nation is a terrific nonfiction choice. I read Kitten's First Full Moon to first- and a second-grade classes this morning. What a great picture book. It reads so well, creating that page-turning anticipation you look for in a great picture book. We had fun doing a little comparing and contrasting with Henkes' previous books, and the young students were quite perceptive in pointing out differences.
Dean Schneider Ensworth School Nashville, Tennessee schneiderd at ensworth.com or robinsmith59 at comcast.net
Received on Wed 19 Jan 2005 06:14:44 PM CST
