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From: scorbett1 at aol.com <scorbett1>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:09:23 -0500
Wendy (and JHunt), the words that struck me were "delineation of plot." Do nonfiction books have plots? They may have narrative arcs; they may tell a story that reads like it was plotted, but . . . surely the Caldecott criteria wouldn't be written to eliminate plotless books, including nonfiction? I guess you could expand the common definition of plot to include the story a historian crafts from the record but I don't think that's what we think of when we use the word plot.
And, anyway, I think Nelson's paintings absoletely do exhibit excellence in interpreting the story and theme of his narrative. They sure set a mood and they definitely convey information.?Still shaking my head, I'm afraid.
sue
-----Original Message----- From: Hunt, Jonathan <Hunt.Jo at monet.k12.ca.us> To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Sent: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 2:19 pm Subject: [CCBC-Net] We Are the Ship
Wendy wrote--
"I'd agree that the art in WE ARE THE SHIP is the most accomplished and distinguished that we saw this year, but I wasn't surprised when it wasn't honored for the Caldecott. After I read the Caldecott criteria, I didn't think it met this one: "Excellence of pictorial interpretation of story, theme, or concept; of appropriateness of style of illustration to the story, theme or concept; of delineation of plot, theme, characters, setting mood or information through the pictures."
"The pictures are gorgeous, but they don't tell a story in the same way some of the others do."
But I don't think what you quote above says that the pictures need to tell a story. The way I read it is that the pictures can interpret a story OR a theme OR a concept. I don't think the illustrations in WE ARE THE SHIP interpret story, but I do think they interpret theme and concept.
Jonathan
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Received on Thu 05 Feb 2009 02:09:23 PM CST
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:09:23 -0500
Wendy (and JHunt), the words that struck me were "delineation of plot." Do nonfiction books have plots? They may have narrative arcs; they may tell a story that reads like it was plotted, but . . . surely the Caldecott criteria wouldn't be written to eliminate plotless books, including nonfiction? I guess you could expand the common definition of plot to include the story a historian crafts from the record but I don't think that's what we think of when we use the word plot.
And, anyway, I think Nelson's paintings absoletely do exhibit excellence in interpreting the story and theme of his narrative. They sure set a mood and they definitely convey information.?Still shaking my head, I'm afraid.
sue
-----Original Message----- From: Hunt, Jonathan <Hunt.Jo at monet.k12.ca.us> To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Sent: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 2:19 pm Subject: [CCBC-Net] We Are the Ship
Wendy wrote--
"I'd agree that the art in WE ARE THE SHIP is the most accomplished and distinguished that we saw this year, but I wasn't surprised when it wasn't honored for the Caldecott. After I read the Caldecott criteria, I didn't think it met this one: "Excellence of pictorial interpretation of story, theme, or concept; of appropriateness of style of illustration to the story, theme or concept; of delineation of plot, theme, characters, setting mood or information through the pictures."
"The pictures are gorgeous, but they don't tell a story in the same way some of the others do."
But I don't think what you quote above says that the pictures need to tell a story. The way I read it is that the pictures can interpret a story OR a theme OR a concept. I don't think the illustrations in WE ARE THE SHIP interpret story, but I do think they interpret theme and concept.
Jonathan
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