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From: Nancy Silverrod <nsilverrod_at_sfpl.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:35:56 -0800
I really loved Calpurnia Tate, as well, but I ended up feeling like the endi ng fell a little flat. I haven't had a chance to get my hands on "When You R each Me."
Nancy
Our heads are round so that thoughts can change direction. -Francis Picabia, painter and poet (1879-1953)
Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by aut horities whom we do not control. -Cyril Connolly, critic and editor (1903-19 74)
A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block of wood. -Chinese Proverb
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From: Gardow, Pamela
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:56 PM To: CCBC-NET Subject: RE:
Newbery/Caldecott 2010
I have to say that I absolutely fell in love with The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate! This is old-fashioned storytelling at its best, where the plot flows naturally out of wonderfully developed characters. The family relationship s, especially that of Calpurnia and her grandfather, were terrific and emoti onally satisfying. I also loved the Darwin connection and Calpurnia's passi on for scientific investigation. This was a remarkable book. Pam
Pam Gardow, Library Media Specialist Advisor, Teen Literacy Initiative Memorial High School 2225 Keith St. Eau Claire, WI 54701 715-852-6309 pgardow_at_ecasd.k12.wi.us
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From: Kathleen T. Horning
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 1:59 PM To: CCBC-NET Subject:
Newbery/Caldecott 2010
This week we'll be discussing the books that won the 2010 Newbery and Caldecott Awards. This year, the awards went to:
NEWBERY MEDAL Winner: "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead. (Wendy Lamb/Random House)
Caldecott Honors: "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice," by Phillip Hoose. (Melanie Kroupa/Farrar) "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly. (Henry Holt) "The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg" by Rodman Philbrick (Blue Sky/Scholastic) "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin (Little, Brown)
CALDECOTT MEDAL "The Lion and the Mouse" by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown)
Caldecott Honors: "All the World," illustrated by Marla Frazee; written by Liz Garton Scanlon (Beach Lane) "Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors," illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski; written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
I don't think either the Newbery or the Caldecott were a surprise when the awards were announced, since they both won so many of the mock award discussions and had long been discussed as the year's best books. What were your own reactions when you heard the announcement? What is it that you think makes either of them particularly distinctive? Also, if you have read any of the honor books, please let us know what you think about them.
Cheers, KT
-- Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-3721 FAX: 608-262-4933
horning_at_education.wisc.edu http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:35:56 -0800
I really loved Calpurnia Tate, as well, but I ended up feeling like the endi ng fell a little flat. I haven't had a chance to get my hands on "When You R each Me."
Nancy
Our heads are round so that thoughts can change direction. -Francis Picabia, painter and poet (1879-1953)
Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by aut horities whom we do not control. -Cyril Connolly, critic and editor (1903-19 74)
A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block of wood. -Chinese Proverb
Message-----
From: Gardow, Pamela
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:56 PM To: CCBC-NET Subject: RE:
Newbery/Caldecott 2010
I have to say that I absolutely fell in love with The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate! This is old-fashioned storytelling at its best, where the plot flows naturally out of wonderfully developed characters. The family relationship s, especially that of Calpurnia and her grandfather, were terrific and emoti onally satisfying. I also loved the Darwin connection and Calpurnia's passi on for scientific investigation. This was a remarkable book. Pam
Pam Gardow, Library Media Specialist Advisor, Teen Literacy Initiative Memorial High School 2225 Keith St. Eau Claire, WI 54701 715-852-6309 pgardow_at_ecasd.k12.wi.us
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From: Kathleen T. Horning
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 1:59 PM To: CCBC-NET Subject:
Newbery/Caldecott 2010
This week we'll be discussing the books that won the 2010 Newbery and Caldecott Awards. This year, the awards went to:
NEWBERY MEDAL Winner: "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead. (Wendy Lamb/Random House)
Caldecott Honors: "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice," by Phillip Hoose. (Melanie Kroupa/Farrar) "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly. (Henry Holt) "The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg" by Rodman Philbrick (Blue Sky/Scholastic) "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin (Little, Brown)
CALDECOTT MEDAL "The Lion and the Mouse" by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown)
Caldecott Honors: "All the World," illustrated by Marla Frazee; written by Liz Garton Scanlon (Beach Lane) "Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors," illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski; written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
I don't think either the Newbery or the Caldecott were a surprise when the awards were announced, since they both won so many of the mock award discussions and had long been discussed as the year's best books. What were your own reactions when you heard the announcement? What is it that you think makes either of them particularly distinctive? Also, if you have read any of the honor books, please let us know what you think about them.
Cheers, KT
-- Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-3721 FAX: 608-262-4933
horning_at_education.wisc.edu http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
---Received on Mon 25 Jan 2010 01:35:56 PM CST
