From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman>
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:06:45 -0500

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the very first winner of the Newbery Award, "The Story of Mankind" by Hendrik Willem van Loon, is not flying off the shelves of libraries today. Then again, when I look in the state of Wisconsin's resource-sharing catalog, I see a number of school and public libraries own it, so perhaps there are readers still.

A complete list of Newbery winner and honor books is available on the American Library Association web site at:

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.htm

I'd be curious to hear from members of the CCBC-Net community regarding the oldest book they can find on the list that they've seen children or teens today read and enjoy.

And to find out why you think that particular book continues to find an audience among contemporary readers?

Megan

-- 
Megan Schliesman, Librarian
Cooperative Children's Book Center
School of Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
600 N. Park Street, Room 4290
Madison, WI  53706
608-262-9503
608-262-4933 (fax)
schliesman at education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/

Received on Fri 07 Sep 2007 12:06:45 PM CDT