>I touched Kevin's.

by Roger Sutton
May 31, 2006 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>Sue Corbett has just posted to Childlit that Kate Thompson has won Ireland's CBI Bisto Book of the Year Award. Again--the award for The New Policeman marks the fourth time Thompson has taken this prize, with its 6000 euro check and a "perpetual trophy" that gets passed from winner to winner. But apparently the sponsors, overwhelmed by Thompson's winningness, have decided to "retire the trophy" to her, and make a new one for next year's winner.

Can you imagine if we tried that perpetual thing here? "Okay, Kadohata. Hand it over. What, you got a problem? Well, this baby is headed for Michigan, so take it up with Perkins." Although I imagine that neither one would turn down the cash prize!

Yes, Kevin Henkes's. I touched his Caldecott Medal. Held it, even.
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. 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 MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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rindambyers

>There are Calvinists on this blog?! Okay, time for me to take a deep breath.....and a time-out...and make myself remember that Roger is still in charge here...

Posted : Jun 05, 2006 07:41

Roger Sutton

>My dollar is still crisp . . . think gold standard, the almighty dollar, and an author who actively campaigned against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Posted : Jun 02, 2006 01:08

Anonymous

>Cripes, the calvinists are back? You mean that goes double for you? How quickly this blog degenerates into sex and hurled imprecations. Personally, I blame it on all those hours of opera. But it has certainly enriched my little life.

Posted : Jun 01, 2006 03:05

Roger Sutton

>No, and the author of the allusion is rolling over in her grave at the idea.

Posted : Jun 01, 2006 02:03

little brother

>Is it an allusion to MLK's speech? "Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. "

Posted : Jun 01, 2006 01:11

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