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From: scorbett1_at_aol.com
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:35:47 -0500
Or at least come up with some intelligent questions rather than the mindl ess gushing. Really, I cringed through the all thing. I mean, most fourth or fifth graders have a slew of intelligent questions on hand for a visit ing writer or illustrator. And yet, year in, year out, this segment on the Today show is an embarrassment. Yes, the exposure is great but the execut ion by the hosts is sorely lacking.
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From: Miriam Lang Budin To: Norma Jean Sawicki Cc: Susie Highley ; CCBC Network
Sent: Mon, Feb 1, 2010 8:26 am Subject: Re:
Interview with 'Rebecca Stead
I agree that it is nice for the Newbery and Caldecott to receive this leve l of recognition in the media and I don't really expect the hosts on the Today Show, themselves, to have read the Newbery winner the morning afte r it's announced. But do they not have staff members who can read enough of the winning titles to brief the hosts so that they don't sound so cond escending when they are talking to the authors and illustrators? WHEN YOU REACH ME is not overly long...
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Norma Jean Sawicki wrote:
For people dedicated to children's books, it is good fun and interesting to read widely, host mock N/C discussions, exchange opinions, etc., but the mass media responds to the general public and for the most part, the general public is not especially interested in children's books although Harry Potter gave children's books extraordinary visibility. As someone who has been away from the children's book community for twelve or so yea rs, I have learned that children's books continues to be one of this count ry's best kept secrets. The reasons are many, and complicated, but that is a whole other discussion. Norma Jean
On Jan 31, 2010, at 3:20 AM, Susie Highley wrote:
Yes, it's nice that the Today Show has become a tradition for the Newbery and Caldecott winners, but this year's winners were so frequently predict ed that the show could have been more prepared. For months I had bookmarks displayed in my copies of WYRM, Calpurnia, and Claudette Colvin with "Ru mored to be Newbery Contenders": Winners announced January 18, 2010"
Susie Highley Creston Middle School Indianapolis
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:35:47 -0500
Or at least come up with some intelligent questions rather than the mindl ess gushing. Really, I cringed through the all thing. I mean, most fourth or fifth graders have a slew of intelligent questions on hand for a visit ing writer or illustrator. And yet, year in, year out, this segment on the Today show is an embarrassment. Yes, the exposure is great but the execut ion by the hosts is sorely lacking.
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From: Miriam Lang Budin To: Norma Jean Sawicki Cc: Susie Highley ; CCBC Network
Sent: Mon, Feb 1, 2010 8:26 am Subject: Re:
Interview with 'Rebecca Stead
I agree that it is nice for the Newbery and Caldecott to receive this leve l of recognition in the media and I don't really expect the hosts on the Today Show, themselves, to have read the Newbery winner the morning afte r it's announced. But do they not have staff members who can read enough of the winning titles to brief the hosts so that they don't sound so cond escending when they are talking to the authors and illustrators? WHEN YOU REACH ME is not overly long...
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Norma Jean Sawicki wrote:
For people dedicated to children's books, it is good fun and interesting to read widely, host mock N/C discussions, exchange opinions, etc., but the mass media responds to the general public and for the most part, the general public is not especially interested in children's books although Harry Potter gave children's books extraordinary visibility. As someone who has been away from the children's book community for twelve or so yea rs, I have learned that children's books continues to be one of this count ry's best kept secrets. The reasons are many, and complicated, but that is a whole other discussion. Norma Jean
On Jan 31, 2010, at 3:20 AM, Susie Highley wrote:
Yes, it's nice that the Today Show has become a tradition for the Newbery and Caldecott winners, but this year's winners were so frequently predict ed that the show could have been more prepared. For months I had bookmarks displayed in my copies of WYRM, Calpurnia, and Claudette Colvin with "Ru mored to be Newbery Contenders": Winners announced January 18, 2010"
Susie Highley Creston Middle School Indianapolis
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