What is Russell Freedman’s favorite Newbery Medal book?
Sharon Creech’s Favorite Newbery
July 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
What is Sharon Creech’s favorite Newbery Medal book?
Letter to the Editor from Leah Langby, July/August 2012
June 20, 2012 By 1 Comment
May/June 2012 Horn Book I want to thank you for publishing the piece by Hilary Rappaport (“On the Rights of Reading and Girls and Boys”). I really appreciated seeing some of my concerns about the gender divide in reading articulated so well. I have examined my biases related to literature and preferences, and have made [...]
King of All the Caldecotts
June 20, 2012 By 1 Comment
“If this book doesn’t win the Caldecott Medal I’m going to kill myself.” I heard that from Zena Sutherland, quoting Ursula Nordstrom, while Zena and I were at Philadelphia’s Rosenbach Museum in 1982, viewing an exhibition of the complete original art for the book in question, Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. That book [...]
Neil Gaiman’s Favorite Newbery
June 8, 2012 By 2 Comments
What is Neil Gaiman’s favorite Newbery Medal book?
David Wiesner’s Favorite Caldecott
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What is David Wiesner’s favorite Caldecott Medal book?
Jerry Pinkney’s Favorite Caldecott
June 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
What is Jerry Pinkney’s favorite Caldecott Medal book?
Erin E. Stead’s Favorite Caldecott
June 7, 2012 By 2 Comments
What is Erin E. Stead’s favorite Caldecott Medal book?
Emily Arnold McCully’s Favorite Caldecott
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Make Way for Ducklings (1942): Because I loved it as a child and believe its appeal is timeless. The masterly, unshowy illustrations carry the narrative and characterizations and establish a particular time and place that becomes universal. Because it is a story—involving, amusing, enlarging—whose form perfectly fits the picture book. —Emily Arnold McCully, winner of [...]
