Re: NEWBERY

[GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido <ladyhawk@WELL.COM>]

Please see

http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ALSC/Awards_an
d_Scholarships1/Literary_and_Related_Awards/Newbery_Medal/
Newbery_Terms_and_Criteria/Newbery_Terms_and_Criteria.htm

or better,

http://tinyurl.com/9xtc

ALA's Newbery and related pages explain pretty clearly what is
going on.

The Newbery committee each year is composed of about fourteen
people; half of them elected by members of ALSC and half of them
appointed. I have never served on Newbery, but I have friends and
family members who have. It is a year-long process.

GraceAnne

The honorable Eileen Schauermann inscribed the following on 26 Sep 2003

> Someone responded privately to my comment and remarked that
> the ALA division serves ages birth to 14, but in talking
> about Newbery's, we were commenting on the range for them,
> and wondering if the range is too broad. WHAT is the age
> range for Newbery's.
>
> Also, the criteria listed is:
>                               marked by eminence and
>                               distinction: noted for
>                               significant achievement
>                             marked by excellence in quality
>                             marked by conspicuous excellence
>                             or eminence individually
>                             distinct
>
> I would like more specific criteria for each book.  Why was
> it chosen? Maybe that is cited somewhere but I don't know
> where. Many of the books, which I faithfully purchase en
> masse each year, never get checked out by my students: 26
> Fairmount Ave, Lily's crossing, Getting nearer to baby,
> Carver a life in poems, Girl Named Disaster.
>
> I have no doubt that it is an overwhelming job, but we so
> look forward to the results and then are sometimes left
> wondering "why this book"?
>
> Eileen Schauermann Librarian  K-8 eschauermann@sjwest.org St
> John School  45 Monroe St  Westminster MD 21157
>
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