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From: Deborah Hopkinson <deborahhopkinson_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:35:07 -0800 (PST)
One aspect I appreciated so much in Calpurnia is how well Kelly conve ys the complexity of the demands and pressures on Calpurnia. Calpurnia is increasingly drawn to science, but she wouldn't mind being better in domestic arts; even though her grandfather is supportive, her brother disappoints by his reaction to her hopes of pursuing science.
I also love that the grandfather mentions to her role models like Mar ia Mitchell (who also had a male mentor, her father, and has left some grea t quotations about her particular views of sewing!). I don't know if Kelly is planning a sequel, but can't help imagining a story where Cal purnia perhaps heads to Vassar -- where in addition to her biology c lasses she might study under Mary Watson Whitney one of Maria Mitchell' s original students who lived in the Observatory until 1915...
Calpurnia makes me think too of a wonderful story for adults entitled "Ra re Bird" by Andrea Barrett in her collection, Ship Fever, which is also abo ut women pursuing science.
Deborah Hopkinson Vice President for Advancement Pacific Northwest College of Art 2010: The Humblebee Hunter, Inspired by the Life and Experiments of Charles Darwin and His Children, illus. by Jen Corace
--- On Mon, 1/25/10, Nancy Silverrod wrote:
From: Nancy Silverrod Subject: RE:
Newbery/Caldecott 2010 To: "Gardow, Pamela"
, "CCBC-NET"
Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 1:35 PM
I really loved Calpurnia Tate, as well, but I ended up feeling like the end ing fell a little flat. I haven't had a chance to get my hands on "When You Reach 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 au thorities whom we do not control. -Cyril Connolly, critic and editor (1903- 1974)
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 Calpurni a Tate! This is old-fashioned storytelling at its best, where the plot f lows naturally out of wonderfully developed characters. The family relat ionships, especially that of Calpurnia and her grandfather, were terrific a nd emotionally satisfying. I also loved the Darwin connection and Calpur nia's passion 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
Message-----
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 14:35:07 -0800 (PST)
One aspect I appreciated so much in Calpurnia is how well Kelly conve ys the complexity of the demands and pressures on Calpurnia. Calpurnia is increasingly drawn to science, but she wouldn't mind being better in domestic arts; even though her grandfather is supportive, her brother disappoints by his reaction to her hopes of pursuing science.
I also love that the grandfather mentions to her role models like Mar ia Mitchell (who also had a male mentor, her father, and has left some grea t quotations about her particular views of sewing!). I don't know if Kelly is planning a sequel, but can't help imagining a story where Cal purnia perhaps heads to Vassar -- where in addition to her biology c lasses she might study under Mary Watson Whitney one of Maria Mitchell' s original students who lived in the Observatory until 1915...
Calpurnia makes me think too of a wonderful story for adults entitled "Ra re Bird" by Andrea Barrett in her collection, Ship Fever, which is also abo ut women pursuing science.
Deborah Hopkinson Vice President for Advancement Pacific Northwest College of Art 2010: The Humblebee Hunter, Inspired by the Life and Experiments of Charles Darwin and His Children, illus. by Jen Corace
--- On Mon, 1/25/10, Nancy Silverrod wrote:
From: Nancy Silverrod Subject: RE:
Newbery/Caldecott 2010 To: "Gardow, Pamela"
, "CCBC-NET"
Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 1:35 PM
I really loved Calpurnia Tate, as well, but I ended up feeling like the end ing fell a little flat. I haven't had a chance to get my hands on "When You Reach 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 au thorities whom we do not control. -Cyril Connolly, critic and editor (1903- 1974)
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 Calpurni a Tate! This is old-fashioned storytelling at its best, where the plot f lows naturally out of wonderfully developed characters. The family relat ionships, especially that of Calpurnia and her grandfather, were terrific a nd emotionally satisfying. I also loved the Darwin connection and Calpur nia's passion 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
Message-----
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 02:35:07 PM CST
