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From: writerbabe
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:28:02 -0500
Like Jackie and Sylvia, I too was thrilled with the CSK (and the Belpre) Awards, partly for "selfish" reasons--I love those poets and many have appeared at the Poetry Blast that Barbara Genco and I co-host at ALA annual. But I can't help wondering why it seems that the CSK and Belpre committees seem more aware of the importance and brilliance of poetry (although, unexpectedly, Margarita Engle's magnificent THE SURRENDER TREE also got a Newbery honor--and yet, I have to say that it is a "novel" in poems, and not a poetry collection) than other committees. Am I off-the-wall thinking that? And if I'm correct, WHY is that the case?
Marilyn Singer, who's not trying to stir up trouble, but is seriously pondering this
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1. Bachelder Award (amyg at nyc.rr.com)
2. Re: Complete Award Results (OReilly, Alison)
3. Re: Bachelder Award (Sako Ikegami)
4. Awards (Jacqueline Woodson)
5. Re: Awards (Vardell, Sylvia)
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Message: 1 Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:54:29 +0000 From: <amyg at nyc.rr.com> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Bachelder Award To: "ccbc-net, Subscribers of" <ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <20090127225429.J9LI3.28560.root at hrndva-web24-z02> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
I find it interesting that this is the second year in a row that the Bachelder was given to a novel translated from the Japanese, and that in both cases, there's a link to the manga/anime industry. Last year it was "Brave Story," published by Viz, which is primarily known for publishing manga and anime. This year it's "Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit," which was adapted into an anime series. Up until a week ago, the show was broadcast by Cartoon Network.
http://www.comicmix.com/news/2009/01/26/neil-gaiman-wins-newbery-award-moribito-wins-bachelder/
--Amy Goldschlager Editor, findingDulcinea http://www.findingDulcinea.com http://www.SweetSearch.com
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Message: 2 Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:29:02 -0600 From: "OReilly, Alison" <Alison.OReilly at ci.austin.tx.us> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Complete Award Results To: "ccbc-net, Subscribers of" <ccbc-net at lists.ad.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <1C428BDEE2C6934AAAF8618C5594B078ACECB5 at COAEVS3.coacd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hello all,
This afternoon I attended a scheduled book club with a group of sixth graders at a nearby elementary school. When I shared the news about The Graveyard Book winning the Newbery Medal, one young man said, "I'm reading that book!" I asked what he thought of it so far, and he said he liked how "the story was not afraid to be a little bit scary, and a little bit violent." This evoked an excited response from his fellow students, and he quickly added that in between all the exciting parts,
"there is also a quiet story." I liked his choice of words, and I loved this book!
Regards, Alison
Alison O'Reilly, Teen Services Librarian Austin Public Library 800 Guadalupe, Austin, TX 78701 email: alison.oreilly at ci.austin.tx.us voice: 512-974-7347 fax: 512-974-7587
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Message: 3 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:35:38 +0900 From: Sako Ikegami <sako at sakotrans.com> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Bachelder Award To: "ccbc-net, Subscribers of" <ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <497FA85A.3000303 at sakotrans.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Hi Amy,
Actually it may not be surprising at all. Both Brave Story and the Moribito series are children's novels that were very popular and therefore adapted into anime and manga. This is actually quite common in Japan, since sadly, the manga- and anime-consuming public far outnumbers book lovers.
Since so few books are translated from the Japanese, and as far as I have heard, so difficult to sell in the States, perhaps books that are already available in other, more accesible forms such as manga and anime, are more likely to get published?
FWIW, there are cases of the reverse, where very popular manga or anime
(or TV dramas and movies) are novelized, but my impression is that this is much less common.
Also, Viz Media is actually owned and run by Shogakukan and Shueisha. Yes, they're the source of tons of manga in Japan too, but the former is also one of the biggest publishers of children's magazines, books and educational materials (akin to Scholastic), while Shueisha publishes a huge number of magazines and books for all ages.
Sako
amyg at nyc.rr.com wrote:
> I find it interesting that this is the second year in a row that the Bachelder was given to a novel translated from the Japanese, and that in both cases, there's a link to the manga/anime industry. Last year it was "Brave Story," published by Viz, which is primarily known for publishing manga and anime. This year it's "Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit," which was adapted into an anime series. Up until a week ago, the show was broadcast by Cartoon Network.
>
> http://www.comicmix.com/news/2009/01/26/neil-gaiman-wins-newbery-award-moribito-wins-bachelder/
>
>
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Message: 4 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:35:24 -0500 From: Jacqueline Woodson <jackiewoodsonfanmail at verizon.net> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Awards To: CCBC-NET <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <BBFE844B-209C-461B-A2FC-ADB110E40F37 at verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed
While I was very happy (obviously) with the Newbery Award choices and EXTREMELY psyched about K.T. ( Brilliant, thoughtful, articulate, awesome, KT), I was pretty much over the moon about the CSK choices and how I do wish we could spend some time talking about this. The committee this year chose some really great old and new voices to celebrate and given that this will be its 40th Anniversary, it's gonna be a party! (That I wouldn't miss for the world). I think this award is particularly exciting to me this year because it really makes me think about the importance of these awards in the world. I was just looking at Shadra Strickland's art on line thinking "I should do a book with her" and Hope Anita Smith's stories appeal to young people across the line. And Kadir -- what else can one say about Kadir? He's just a gift to the world in so many ways. So yes, I'm busy preparing my legs for the 4 hour receiving line and explaining to my six year old that while Chicago is no Disneyland?/ World? - wherever we were last year for ALA, there still are some fun things to do there.
Just wanted to take a moment to say this. It's snowing in Brooklyn. Hope you all are warm wherever you are.
Jacqueline Woodson
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Message: 5 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:09:21 -0600 From: "Vardell, Sylvia" <SVardell at mail.twu.edu> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Awards To: "Jacqueline Woodson" <jackiewoodsonfanmail at verizon.net>,
"CCBC-NET" <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <39C82EB5F902AF49840E333FA04F728CD624B9 at acrux.fs.dew.twu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
First of all, congratulations to you on your Newbery honor for AFTER TUPAC AND D FOSTER!! And to KT, too, Arbuthnot Lecturer! Both of you are so deserving and I'm thrilled about both those awards.
I agree that the Coretta Scott King award choices were especially exciting this year. Did you notice that nearly all these books were POETRY? I was so tickled about that!
Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis. Henry Holt, 2008.
Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Boston Weatherford. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Wordsong, 2008.
The Blacker the Berry illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Written by Joyce Carol Thomas. Amistad/HarperCollins, 2008.
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane illustrated by Sean Qualls. Illustrated by Carole Boston Weatherford. Henry Holt, 2008.
And I was lucky enough to serve on the Sibert committee this year and our choice for the Sibert award, WE ARE THE SHIP, received dual CSK awards for the art AND writing. We concur! :-) It is a complete wonder!
Sylvia
Sylvia M. Vardell, Ph.D. Professor Texas Woman's University School of Library & Information Studies P O Box 425438 Denton TX 76204-5438 940-898-2616 svardell at twu.edu http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/ 09 Sibert Award Committee Co-editor, BOOKBIRD, the journal of international children's literature (http://www.ibby.org)
Author of: POETRY ALOUD HERE! SHARING POETRY WITH CHILDREN IN THE LIBRARY (ALA, 2006) POETRY PEOPLE; A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CHILDREN'S POETS (Libraries Unlimited, 2007) CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN ACTION; A LIBRARIAN'S GUIDE (Libraries Unlimited, 2008) BOOK LINKS columnist: Everyday Poetry
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu on behalf of Jacqueline Woodson Sent: Wed 1/28/2009 8:35 AM To: CCBC-NET Subject: [CCBC-Net] Awards
While I was very happy (obviously) with the Newbery Award choices and EXTREMELY psyched about K.T. ( Brilliant, thoughtful, articulate, awesome, KT), I was pretty much over the moon about the CSK choices and how I do wish we could spend some time talking about this. The committee this year chose some really great old and new voices to celebrate and given that this will be its 40th Anniversary, it's gonna be a party! (That I wouldn't miss for the world). I think this award is particularly exciting to me this year because it really makes me think about the importance of these awards in the world. I was just looking at Shadra Strickland's art on line thinking "I should do a book with her" and Hope Anita Smith's stories appeal to young people across the line. And Kadir -- what else can one say about Kadir? He's just a gift to the world in so many ways. So yes, I'm busy preparing my legs for the 4 hour receiving line and explaining to my six year old that while Chicago is no Disneyland?/ World? - wherever we were last year for ALA, there still are some fun things to do there.
Just wanted to take a moment to say this. It's snowing in Brooklyn. Hope you all are warm wherever you are.
Jacqueline Woodson
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Received on Wed 28 Jan 2009 12:28:02 PM CST
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:28:02 -0500
Like Jackie and Sylvia, I too was thrilled with the CSK (and the Belpre) Awards, partly for "selfish" reasons--I love those poets and many have appeared at the Poetry Blast that Barbara Genco and I co-host at ALA annual. But I can't help wondering why it seems that the CSK and Belpre committees seem more aware of the importance and brilliance of poetry (although, unexpectedly, Margarita Engle's magnificent THE SURRENDER TREE also got a Newbery honor--and yet, I have to say that it is a "novel" in poems, and not a poetry collection) than other committees. Am I off-the-wall thinking that? And if I'm correct, WHY is that the case?
Marilyn Singer, who's not trying to stir up trouble, but is seriously pondering this
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Today's Topics:
1. Bachelder Award (amyg at nyc.rr.com)
2. Re: Complete Award Results (OReilly, Alison)
3. Re: Bachelder Award (Sako Ikegami)
4. Awards (Jacqueline Woodson)
5. Re: Awards (Vardell, Sylvia)
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Message: 1 Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:54:29 +0000 From: <amyg at nyc.rr.com> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Bachelder Award To: "ccbc-net, Subscribers of" <ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <20090127225429.J9LI3.28560.root at hrndva-web24-z02> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
I find it interesting that this is the second year in a row that the Bachelder was given to a novel translated from the Japanese, and that in both cases, there's a link to the manga/anime industry. Last year it was "Brave Story," published by Viz, which is primarily known for publishing manga and anime. This year it's "Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit," which was adapted into an anime series. Up until a week ago, the show was broadcast by Cartoon Network.
http://www.comicmix.com/news/2009/01/26/neil-gaiman-wins-newbery-award-moribito-wins-bachelder/
--Amy Goldschlager Editor, findingDulcinea http://www.findingDulcinea.com http://www.SweetSearch.com
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Message: 2 Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:29:02 -0600 From: "OReilly, Alison" <Alison.OReilly at ci.austin.tx.us> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Complete Award Results To: "ccbc-net, Subscribers of" <ccbc-net at lists.ad.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <1C428BDEE2C6934AAAF8618C5594B078ACECB5 at COAEVS3.coacd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hello all,
This afternoon I attended a scheduled book club with a group of sixth graders at a nearby elementary school. When I shared the news about The Graveyard Book winning the Newbery Medal, one young man said, "I'm reading that book!" I asked what he thought of it so far, and he said he liked how "the story was not afraid to be a little bit scary, and a little bit violent." This evoked an excited response from his fellow students, and he quickly added that in between all the exciting parts,
"there is also a quiet story." I liked his choice of words, and I loved this book!
Regards, Alison
Alison O'Reilly, Teen Services Librarian Austin Public Library 800 Guadalupe, Austin, TX 78701 email: alison.oreilly at ci.austin.tx.us voice: 512-974-7347 fax: 512-974-7587
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Message: 3 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:35:38 +0900 From: Sako Ikegami <sako at sakotrans.com> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Bachelder Award To: "ccbc-net, Subscribers of" <ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <497FA85A.3000303 at sakotrans.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Hi Amy,
Actually it may not be surprising at all. Both Brave Story and the Moribito series are children's novels that were very popular and therefore adapted into anime and manga. This is actually quite common in Japan, since sadly, the manga- and anime-consuming public far outnumbers book lovers.
Since so few books are translated from the Japanese, and as far as I have heard, so difficult to sell in the States, perhaps books that are already available in other, more accesible forms such as manga and anime, are more likely to get published?
FWIW, there are cases of the reverse, where very popular manga or anime
(or TV dramas and movies) are novelized, but my impression is that this is much less common.
Also, Viz Media is actually owned and run by Shogakukan and Shueisha. Yes, they're the source of tons of manga in Japan too, but the former is also one of the biggest publishers of children's magazines, books and educational materials (akin to Scholastic), while Shueisha publishes a huge number of magazines and books for all ages.
Sako
amyg at nyc.rr.com wrote:
> I find it interesting that this is the second year in a row that the Bachelder was given to a novel translated from the Japanese, and that in both cases, there's a link to the manga/anime industry. Last year it was "Brave Story," published by Viz, which is primarily known for publishing manga and anime. This year it's "Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit," which was adapted into an anime series. Up until a week ago, the show was broadcast by Cartoon Network.
>
> http://www.comicmix.com/news/2009/01/26/neil-gaiman-wins-newbery-award-moribito-wins-bachelder/
>
>
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Message: 4 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:35:24 -0500 From: Jacqueline Woodson <jackiewoodsonfanmail at verizon.net> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Awards To: CCBC-NET <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <BBFE844B-209C-461B-A2FC-ADB110E40F37 at verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed
While I was very happy (obviously) with the Newbery Award choices and EXTREMELY psyched about K.T. ( Brilliant, thoughtful, articulate, awesome, KT), I was pretty much over the moon about the CSK choices and how I do wish we could spend some time talking about this. The committee this year chose some really great old and new voices to celebrate and given that this will be its 40th Anniversary, it's gonna be a party! (That I wouldn't miss for the world). I think this award is particularly exciting to me this year because it really makes me think about the importance of these awards in the world. I was just looking at Shadra Strickland's art on line thinking "I should do a book with her" and Hope Anita Smith's stories appeal to young people across the line. And Kadir -- what else can one say about Kadir? He's just a gift to the world in so many ways. So yes, I'm busy preparing my legs for the 4 hour receiving line and explaining to my six year old that while Chicago is no Disneyland?/ World? - wherever we were last year for ALA, there still are some fun things to do there.
Just wanted to take a moment to say this. It's snowing in Brooklyn. Hope you all are warm wherever you are.
Jacqueline Woodson
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Message: 5 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:09:21 -0600 From: "Vardell, Sylvia" <SVardell at mail.twu.edu> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Awards To: "Jacqueline Woodson" <jackiewoodsonfanmail at verizon.net>,
"CCBC-NET" <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <39C82EB5F902AF49840E333FA04F728CD624B9 at acrux.fs.dew.twu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
First of all, congratulations to you on your Newbery honor for AFTER TUPAC AND D FOSTER!! And to KT, too, Arbuthnot Lecturer! Both of you are so deserving and I'm thrilled about both those awards.
I agree that the Coretta Scott King award choices were especially exciting this year. Did you notice that nearly all these books were POETRY? I was so tickled about that!
Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis. Henry Holt, 2008.
Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Boston Weatherford. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Wordsong, 2008.
The Blacker the Berry illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Written by Joyce Carol Thomas. Amistad/HarperCollins, 2008.
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane illustrated by Sean Qualls. Illustrated by Carole Boston Weatherford. Henry Holt, 2008.
And I was lucky enough to serve on the Sibert committee this year and our choice for the Sibert award, WE ARE THE SHIP, received dual CSK awards for the art AND writing. We concur! :-) It is a complete wonder!
Sylvia
Sylvia M. Vardell, Ph.D. Professor Texas Woman's University School of Library & Information Studies P O Box 425438 Denton TX 76204-5438 940-898-2616 svardell at twu.edu http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/ 09 Sibert Award Committee Co-editor, BOOKBIRD, the journal of international children's literature (http://www.ibby.org)
Author of: POETRY ALOUD HERE! SHARING POETRY WITH CHILDREN IN THE LIBRARY (ALA, 2006) POETRY PEOPLE; A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CHILDREN'S POETS (Libraries Unlimited, 2007) CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN ACTION; A LIBRARIAN'S GUIDE (Libraries Unlimited, 2008) BOOK LINKS columnist: Everyday Poetry
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu on behalf of Jacqueline Woodson Sent: Wed 1/28/2009 8:35 AM To: CCBC-NET Subject: [CCBC-Net] Awards
While I was very happy (obviously) with the Newbery Award choices and EXTREMELY psyched about K.T. ( Brilliant, thoughtful, articulate, awesome, KT), I was pretty much over the moon about the CSK choices and how I do wish we could spend some time talking about this. The committee this year chose some really great old and new voices to celebrate and given that this will be its 40th Anniversary, it's gonna be a party! (That I wouldn't miss for the world). I think this award is particularly exciting to me this year because it really makes me think about the importance of these awards in the world. I was just looking at Shadra Strickland's art on line thinking "I should do a book with her" and Hope Anita Smith's stories appeal to young people across the line. And Kadir -- what else can one say about Kadir? He's just a gift to the world in so many ways. So yes, I'm busy preparing my legs for the 4 hour receiving line and explaining to my six year old that while Chicago is no Disneyland?/ World? - wherever we were last year for ALA, there still are some fun things to do there.
Just wanted to take a moment to say this. It's snowing in Brooklyn. Hope you all are warm wherever you are.
Jacqueline Woodson
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