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Profile of Newbery Medalist Nancy Willard

Profile of Newbery Medalist Nancy Willard
Horn Book,  Aug 17, 1982
by Barbara Lucas"Would you like to meet Father Beasley?" she asked with a laugh. Before I could answer she added, almost shyly, "You know, in The Highest Hit" (Harcourt). She needn't have identified him. The characters from Nancy Willard's books are old friends. They are so real that I often...
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Author Nancy Willard's 1982 Newbery Acceptance Speech

A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Author Nancy Willard's 1982 Newbery Acceptance Speech
Horn Book,  Aug 17, 1982
by Nancy WillardThe Provensens and I would like to thank the mem­bers of the Newbery and Caldecott committees for honor­ing our book and to thank everyone at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich with whom we worked. And we are especially glad for an opportunity to honor the remarkable woman who brought us...
Profile of 1977 Newbery Medal winner Mildred D. Taylor

Profile of 1977 Newbery Medal winner Mildred D. Taylor
Horn Book,  Aug 17, 1977
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by Phyllis J. Fogelman"A natural writer" is an overused expression I don't particularly like, but in speaking of Mildred Taylor it seems absolutely appropriate. Mildred's words flow smoothly, effortlessly, it seems, and they abound in richness, harmony, and rhythm. Her stories unfold in a full, leisurely way, well suited to...
Where Do All the Prizes Go? The Case for Nonfiction

Where Do All the Prizes Go? The Case for Nonfiction
Horn Book,  Feb 08, 1976
by Milton MeltzerEvery year since 1922 the Newbery Medal has been awarded to an author for "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." Of the fifty-three Newbery winners to date, how many have been nonfiction? Only five: Hendrik Van Loon's Story of Mankind (Liveright), the very first, in...
Profile of Newbery Medalist Paula Fox

Profile of Newbery Medalist Paula Fox
Horn Book,  Aug 16, 1974
by Augusta Baker Photo: Mimi Forsyth.The Slave Dancer is Paula Fox's first historical novel, though she has written fourteen books, eleven for children and three for adults. The novel is set in 1840 but its vividness reaches beyond the past — beyond the horror, the cruelty, and the ugliness of...
The Slave Dancer: Author Paula Fox's 1974 Newbery Medal Acceptance

The Slave Dancer: Author Paula Fox's 1974 Newbery Medal Acceptance
Horn Book,  Aug 13, 1974
by Paula FoxNearly all the work of writing is silent. A writer does it alone. And the original intention — that first sudden stirring of one's imagination — is made up of many small, almost always humble, things. Because a major ef­fort of writing is reflection, which is silent and...
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