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From: Jill Davis <jilldaviseditor>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 00:37:43 -0800 (PST)
For me, there is a mystery about what is eligible for the Sibert. The ALA sight says that books for children up to age 14 may be considered. Does that mean the award is meant to include young adult entries? That has not been my impression, and it's been noted by others.
Betsy Partidge's book on John Lennon was intended for readers age 12 and up obviously because of older subject matter and language, yet I remember when Richie Partington first talked about it on Richie's Picks, he lamented the fact that it wasn't eligible for the Sibert. My colleagues at the time really didn't know if it was or not. I thought it could be.
Should we at Viking have said the book was meant for children 14 and up? Are we publishers putting age guidelines on our flaps that don't match the criteria that the awards committees are using? Clearly, the line is blurry.
Often, editors and authors don't know what awards our books are eligible for. When Partridge's book on Woody Guthrie didn't get picked for a Sibert or a Sibert honor back in 2002, we never knew if it had even been eligible. To this day, I don't know if it was considered or not.
After the awards are given, is there a discussion list that gets circulated for the major awards? Seeing the lists afterwards might help us out to plan for the future and to understand what went into the process of picking. In my many years in publishing, I have never seen a discussion list for any of these awards.
Jill Davis Executive Editor Bloomsbury Children's Books
--- "Hunt, Jonathan" <Hunt.Jo at monet.k12.ca.us> wrote:
>
> The Orbis Pictus choices do seem youngish. I really
> like the titles the Printz committee recognized,
> particulary JOHN LENNON, but there was a wealth of
> informational titles for older readers this
> year--HITLER YOUTH, GOOD BROTHER, BAD BROTHER, THE
> REAL REVOLUTION, INVISIBLE ALLIES, and OUR ELEANOR,
> to name a small handful. And I do think a YALSA
> informational award would not be unwelcome.
>
> Jonathan
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Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 00:37:43 -0800 (PST)
For me, there is a mystery about what is eligible for the Sibert. The ALA sight says that books for children up to age 14 may be considered. Does that mean the award is meant to include young adult entries? That has not been my impression, and it's been noted by others.
Betsy Partidge's book on John Lennon was intended for readers age 12 and up obviously because of older subject matter and language, yet I remember when Richie Partington first talked about it on Richie's Picks, he lamented the fact that it wasn't eligible for the Sibert. My colleagues at the time really didn't know if it was or not. I thought it could be.
Should we at Viking have said the book was meant for children 14 and up? Are we publishers putting age guidelines on our flaps that don't match the criteria that the awards committees are using? Clearly, the line is blurry.
Often, editors and authors don't know what awards our books are eligible for. When Partridge's book on Woody Guthrie didn't get picked for a Sibert or a Sibert honor back in 2002, we never knew if it had even been eligible. To this day, I don't know if it was considered or not.
After the awards are given, is there a discussion list that gets circulated for the major awards? Seeing the lists afterwards might help us out to plan for the future and to understand what went into the process of picking. In my many years in publishing, I have never seen a discussion list for any of these awards.
Jill Davis Executive Editor Bloomsbury Children's Books
--- "Hunt, Jonathan" <Hunt.Jo at monet.k12.ca.us> wrote:
>
> The Orbis Pictus choices do seem youngish. I really
> like the titles the Printz committee recognized,
> particulary JOHN LENNON, but there was a wealth of
> informational titles for older readers this
> year--HITLER YOUTH, GOOD BROTHER, BAD BROTHER, THE
> REAL REVOLUTION, INVISIBLE ALLIES, and OUR ELEANOR,
> to name a small handful. And I do think a YALSA
> informational award would not be unwelcome.
>
> Jonathan
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