Nina Lindsay
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon: The Plot Still ThickensNovember 6, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (7) "Appropriateness of style" to me suggests the tone of a book, or its rhythm, or arc, or voice...the "manner" or "character" of the presentation of the "stuff" that is plot, character and setting. In this crietrion, as much as in as many of the other five that are "pertinent,...Read More Industries: Awards, Books, Interviews, K-8, Preschool to Grade 4 Recent Posts
Has the Newbery Controversy Lost its Way?November 2, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (7) It does appear to be wandering in circles. I missed the anniversary of Anita Silvey's article "Has the Newbery Lost it's Way?" by exactly one month. But will mark its thirteen months by inviting people to read--or at least dip into--Christine Jenkins excellent article of thirteen years ago in Library Trends: "Women of ALA Youth Services and Professional Jurisdiction: Of Nightingales, Newberies, Realism, and the Right Books, 1937-1945." I read this article in KT Horning's excellent online course: The Newbery Medal: Past, Present and Future...Read More Industries: Awards, Books, Interviews, K-8, Preschool to Grade 4 Recent Posts
Catching FireOctober 29, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (2) Plenty of Spoilers follow. Readers of this blog last year will remember I was unmoved by suggestions of The Hunger Games as Newbery material. I enjoyed the book a lot...just found it very flat and manipulative. Nevertheless, I was eager to get my hands on Catching Fire, and though I found a trace of the same complaints, this sequel "redeemed" its prequel in my eyes. Newbery? I'm not sure. Let's talk about it. ...Read More Recent Posts
AgendasOctober 26, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (2) Now's the time of year to out these agendas and explore them...for there's nothing terribly wrong with an agenda at this stage of award selection, as long as its recognized as such. Agendas do come to the Newbery discussion table of course...but they're pretty much impossible to move forward in committee discussion. Once at the table, the list set (usually defined by the books that have been formally nominated by committee members), the discussion is focussed exclusively on the ...Read More Industries: Awards, Books, Interviews, K-8, Preschool to Grade 4 Recent Posts
PoetryOctober 22, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (5) Industries: Awards, Books, Interviews, K-8, Preschool to Grade 4
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