>Claire reviews The Tale of Despereaux movie.
I still crack up thinking about my librarian friend who, when Despereaux won the Newbery, was besieged by culturally anxious helicopter parents who wanted a copy of “The Tale of Day-pair-EUH.”
About Roger SuttonRoger Sutton has been the editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc, since 1996. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his M.A. in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a B.A. from Pitzer College in 1978. Follow him on Twitter: @RogerReads.
>Speaking of Newbery awards — why is the Boston Globe suddenly (and belatedly) interested in that old SLJ article by Silvey? Did someone stir them up – or are they just behind the times? Hardly seems to be NEWS at this late date.