From: Leda Schubert <bobr>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:04:35 -0500

  I feel terrible for Susan Patron. Most writers don't even allow themselves to dream of a Newbery or Caldecott. And here is Ms. Patron, a children's librarian and dedicated writer, receiving the ultimate award her own profession can bestow. Along comes this tempest in a teapot. I know some of you might feel that the sales generated by controversy more than compensate, but I don't believe it for one second. Every bit of her heart is in that book (I don't know her and have never met her, so I'm guessing, but it's surely a heartfelt book), and I believe that instead of the joy she should be experiencing, she must be in despair.

Should be an interesting Newbery speech this year.

leda, who gets the digest, and apologizes for cross-posting (with Child_Lit) www.ledaschubert.com
Received on Tue 20 Feb 2007 09:04:35 AM CST