From: Hendon, Alison <A.Hendon>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:09:41 -0500

I was delighted to find that we had ordered all these titles and that they were in the system the day of the announcements. However we had that J/YA issue going on, which overlapped into the Printz award/honor books. Doesn't it seem odd to have the same book be an honor book for both the Newbery and the Printz awards? (Lizzie Bright) Also we had felt _Kira Kira_ to be more YA than J which is how we ordered it.
  There's always this problem with the Newbery going up to age 14 and our YA section starting with grade 7/age 13.
  Alison
 
 
 
 From: Julie Ranelli [mailto:jrr03e at fsu.edu] Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 6:29 PM To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: [ccbc-net] Availability of Newbery books


Are you all finding that your libraries have copies of these books on the shelves and ready for patrons? I live in a MD county just 2 miles from the District of Columbia line. I was amazed to find that my county library has Freedman's book about Marian Anderson and Schmidt's _Lizzie Bright..._ on order...but no copies presently available. The other two Newbery books are in the system. The estimated wait for _Kira Kira_ is 6 days, and a couple copies of ???_Al Capone..._ are available around the county now.
  I understand that demand for these books increases once the Newbery books are announced. But I am especially surprised that the Marian Anderson book wasn't even in the system.
  How are the rest of you doing at accessing the books via public libraries?
  Julie Ranelli School Library Media Specialist Washington, DC jrr03e at fsu.edu
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