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From: leonardsma at aol.com <leonardsma>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:56:34 -0400
Yes, I did mention the Petersham situation. And of course Susan Patron's book caused a huge stir. As that Uh implies, how could I forget? Page one of the NY Times, etc. etc. My point was only that a committee of 15 is probably a lot less likely to go with a controversial choice than a committee of say 3. It's striking that the controversial choices of 1963 (Keats/L'Engle) were immediately followed by two Harper books mentioned by KT. It seems a case of the Sixies living up to its reputation for cultural risk-taking and going against the grain.
Leonard S. Marcus
54 Willow Street, #2A
Brooklyn, New York 11201
tel 718 596-1897
e-mail leonardsma at aol.com
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From: Kathleen Horning <horning at education.wisc.edu>
To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
Sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 1:45 pm
Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] MINDERS OF MAKE-BELIEVE
Uh, are you forgetting "The Higher Power of Lucky," from last year, Leonard? Although that was mostly a trumped-up controversy created by the New York Times, obviously the Newbery selection process didn't cause the committee to shy away from choosing a book that less courageous souls might have been afraid to award. "It's Like This, Cat" was also a very controversial choice in its day, and led to a scathing parody in "Horn Book" called "It's Like This, Kid" written by professor David C. Davis. In fact, the 1964 N/C speeches by Maurice Sendak and Emily Cheney Neville are the most defensive award acceptance speeches I have ever read. It's interesting that both books were edited by Ursula Nordstrom, and signaled a profound transformation that was about to occur in children's literature. In terms of changes to existing award-winning books, "The Rooster Crows" had two stereotypical illustrations of African-American children removed and replaced wi
th illustrations of white children. I believe this was mentioned in "Minder of Make-Believe." KT Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park Street Madison, WI 53706 Tel: 608-263-3721 Fax: 608-262-4933 horning at education.wisc.edu http://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-net
Received on Tue 22 Jul 2008 12:56:34 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:56:34 -0400
Yes, I did mention the Petersham situation. And of course Susan Patron's book caused a huge stir. As that Uh implies, how could I forget? Page one of the NY Times, etc. etc. My point was only that a committee of 15 is probably a lot less likely to go with a controversial choice than a committee of say 3. It's striking that the controversial choices of 1963 (Keats/L'Engle) were immediately followed by two Harper books mentioned by KT. It seems a case of the Sixies living up to its reputation for cultural risk-taking and going against the grain.
Leonard S. Marcus
54 Willow Street, #2A
Brooklyn, New York 11201
tel 718 596-1897
e-mail leonardsma at aol.com
web www.leonardmarcus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Kathleen Horning <horning at education.wisc.edu>
To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
Sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 1:45 pm
Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] MINDERS OF MAKE-BELIEVE
Uh, are you forgetting "The Higher Power of Lucky," from last year, Leonard? Although that was mostly a trumped-up controversy created by the New York Times, obviously the Newbery selection process didn't cause the committee to shy away from choosing a book that less courageous souls might have been afraid to award. "It's Like This, Cat" was also a very controversial choice in its day, and led to a scathing parody in "Horn Book" called "It's Like This, Kid" written by professor David C. Davis. In fact, the 1964 N/C speeches by Maurice Sendak and Emily Cheney Neville are the most defensive award acceptance speeches I have ever read. It's interesting that both books were edited by Ursula Nordstrom, and signaled a profound transformation that was about to occur in children's literature. In terms of changes to existing award-winning books, "The Rooster Crows" had two stereotypical illustrations of African-American children removed and replaced wi
th illustrations of white children. I believe this was mentioned in "Minder of Make-Believe." KT Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park Street Madison, WI 53706 Tel: 608-263-3721 Fax: 608-262-4933 horning at education.wisc.edu http://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-net
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