Re: [LM_NET] Gen: Define Children for Newbery

[Josephine Dervan <rderva@INFIONLINE.NET>]

Jan Cole wrote:

>
> When I think "children's literature" I think quality literature that is
written for children.  I guess I think of elementary children.
>
> Maybe the Newbery committee has a different audience in mind than I do
when they think "children's literature."  

I was on a public radio panel with Susan Patron and Pat Scales. Pat had
been the chairperson of a recent Newbery committee and was representing
ALA. One of the things she stated was that the target ages for Newbery
winners were 0 to 14. That's a pretty wide audience.

A book like Dr. DeSoto (Newbery Honor book 1983) or Frog and Toad Together
(Newbery Honor book 1973) or ABC Bunny (Newbery Honor book 1943) definitely
has a different audience than Dicey's Song (Newbery 1983) or Walk Two Moons
(Newbery 1995)

Jo

Josephine Dervan, Library Media Specialist
Strathmore School
Aberdeen, NJ

He who has a garden and a library, wants for nothing- Cicero

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