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From: Clark, Mary <mary.clark>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 12:33:38 -0700
The oldest Newbery that gets checked out here is The Voyages of Dr. Doolittle, from 1923. I just checked a copy of Thimble Summer (1939) out this morning.
Two much more popular books were Newbery Honor titles: Mr. Popper's Penguins (1939) and My Father's Dragon (1949) circulate very frequently. Oh, and that other honor book from 1953? Something about a spider and a pig? Much more popular than the winner, Secret of the Andes. (What were they thinking that year??)
Since some teachers here still require the Newbery Award book report, many titles get checked out at least once a year. I've convinced teachers here to open the category up to honor books, too, so some poor child doesn't get stuck with one of the less appealing older titles.
Mary
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. Frederick Douglass
Mary Clark Library Media Tech I La Costa Meadows Elementary School Carlsbad, CA USA 760-290-2128 Mary.clark at smusd.org
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From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu on behalf of Megan Schliesman Sent: Fri 9/7/2007 10:06 AM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject: [CCBC-Net] Newbery Redux
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
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 12:33:38 -0700
The oldest Newbery that gets checked out here is The Voyages of Dr. Doolittle, from 1923. I just checked a copy of Thimble Summer (1939) out this morning.
Two much more popular books were Newbery Honor titles: Mr. Popper's Penguins (1939) and My Father's Dragon (1949) circulate very frequently. Oh, and that other honor book from 1953? Something about a spider and a pig? Much more popular than the winner, Secret of the Andes. (What were they thinking that year??)
Since some teachers here still require the Newbery Award book report, many titles get checked out at least once a year. I've convinced teachers here to open the category up to honor books, too, so some poor child doesn't get stuck with one of the less appealing older titles.
Mary
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. Frederick Douglass
Mary Clark Library Media Tech I La Costa Meadows Elementary School Carlsbad, CA USA 760-290-2128 Mary.clark at smusd.org
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From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu on behalf of Megan Schliesman Sent: Fri 9/7/2007 10:06 AM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject: [CCBC-Net] Newbery Redux
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/ _______________________________________________ CCBC-Net mailing list CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe... http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-netReceived on Fri 07 Sep 2007 02:33:38 PM CDT
