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From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:37:21 -0600
Actually, the first African-American to win the Caldecott did so in 1976 with "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears." The same team, Leo & Diane Dillon, won again the following year for "Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions."
And from what I understand, the Caldecott Committee doesn't make a decision based on artists, but rather on the art itself.
KT
Lbhcove at aol.com wrote:
> There is nothing wrong with FLOTSAM winning the Caldecott Award or Weisner
> winning the medal for the third time -- but -- this was a year when the
> Caldecott committee could have made a great impact in the history of children's
> literature by awarding the medal to the first African American artist.
>
> Certainly, MOSES by Nelson, or THE LITTLE RED HEN by Pinkney are equally
> distinguished.
>
> Lee Bennett Hopkins
>
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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:37:21 -0600
Actually, the first African-American to win the Caldecott did so in 1976 with "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears." The same team, Leo & Diane Dillon, won again the following year for "Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions."
And from what I understand, the Caldecott Committee doesn't make a decision based on artists, but rather on the art itself.
KT
Lbhcove at aol.com wrote:
> There is nothing wrong with FLOTSAM winning the Caldecott Award or Weisner
> winning the medal for the third time -- but -- this was a year when the
> Caldecott committee could have made a great impact in the history of children's
> literature by awarding the medal to the first African American artist.
>
> Certainly, MOSES by Nelson, or THE LITTLE RED HEN by Pinkney are equally
> distinguished.
>
> Lee Bennett Hopkins
>
> www.leebennetthopkinsbooks.com
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-- Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children?s Book Center (CCBC) 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park Street Madison, WI 53706 Tel: 608-263-3721 Fax: 608-262-4933 horning at education.wisc.edu http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/Received on Thu 01 Feb 2007 11:37:21 AM CST
