Ah well. Them's the breaks. You can't win them all. Some of these other titles I'm going to have to find.Fiction and Poetry:
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (Candlewick)
Picture Book:
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert (Harcourt)
Nonfiction:
If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Faith McNulty, illustrated by Steven Kellogg (Scholastic)
The judges selected two honor books in each category:
Fiction and Poetry:
Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary by Julie Larios, illustrated by Julie Paschkis (Harcourt)Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy (Marshall Cavendish)
Picture Book:
Mama: A True Story in Which a Baby Hippo Loses His Mama during a Tsunami, but Finds a New Home, and a New Mama by Jeanette Winter (Harcourt)
Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by James E. Ransome (Schwartz & Wade/Random House)
Nonfiction:
A Mother’s Journey by Sandra Markle, illustrated by Alan Marks (Charlesbridge) Wildfire by Taylor Morrison (Lorraine/Houghton)
Children's literature is not for the weak. It is a ruthless cutthroat business with lots of gnashes of the teeth. Children's librarianship, in contrast, is a sweet sweet ride. Now you can hear me as I growl, gargle, and kvetch my way through news, reviews, and interviews. Kidlit podcasting = scary new world.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Announced
I'll give you three guesses on the big winner and the first two don't count:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not the BUNNY BOOK!!!
ReplyDeleteSorry, man. Had to happen with at least one big award. Don't worry. I can't think of the last time the big winner of the Boston Horn Book Award actually won the Newbery as well. Can anybody?m
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ReplyDeleteRegarding Mr. Sutton's blog, did you see the stranger than strange commentary going on in response to the awards?
KT
Oh, sweet Lord above. That is fascinating. I hadn't checked out the comments until you mentioned it. It really makes one (one = me)appreciate the low-low-key debates we have here at my blog. I am such a wimp.
ReplyDeleteWoah... are you K.T. Horning???? Call me slow, but if so I LOVE your books. Studied them in grad school, I did.
Man, Fusie, makes me want to get in on that action. Anonymously, of course.
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