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[CCBC-Net] Absolutely True Diary

From: Ruth I. Gordon <Druthgo>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:20:21 -0800

Rox is 100% correct. 'Nuff said.--Big G On Jan 20, 2008, at 2:24 PM, Roxanne Feldman wrote:

> After serving on Newbery (2002) and Notables (2008), I have learned
> at least
> one thing: just because a book has not made it to the lists does not
> automatically mean that it is not a really really fine piece of
> work. It
> definitely doesn't mean that the Committees deliberately try to
> exclude
> certain titles. The Committees are looking from so many angles at so
> many
> books, and the members of each Committee also have such different
> ideas and
> tastes, one can never really draw simple conclusions based on the
> final
> choices.
>
> --
> Roxanne Hsu Feldman a.k.a. fairrosa
> Middle School Library (4th-8th Gr.)
> The Dalton School, New York City
> http://www.dalton.org/program/libraries/middle/
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