tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post1709111564980605535..comments2024-03-28T09:38:23.219-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Is the Newberry Medal Politically Incorrect?Sam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-8046733808906158482009-01-12T19:05:00.000-06:002009-01-12T19:05:00.000-06:00Thanks for the butterfly, rhapsody. I appreciate ...Thanks for the butterfly, rhapsody. I appreciate that.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-72015520025491493632009-01-12T19:04:00.000-06:002009-01-12T19:04:00.000-06:00Great examples, Maggie. It's just so easy to comp...Great examples, Maggie. It's just so easy to complain in the belief that we are all so brainwashed that none of us would dare check the facts, isn't it? <BR/><BR/>Thanks a bunch for the titles you listed.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-70994138968294453882009-01-12T19:03:00.000-06:002009-01-12T19:03:00.000-06:00C.B., this seems like the perfect time to remedy t...C.B., this seems like the perfect time to remedy the problem if enough good material makes its way to the right publishers. <BR/><BR/>If that happens and books featuring minorities don't win more awards, they might have a case...Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-46722191992656945412009-01-12T19:01:00.000-06:002009-01-12T19:01:00.000-06:00Only two dozen, Mella? :-)Only two dozen, Mella? :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-62060333788848837002009-01-05T11:43:00.000-06:002009-01-05T11:43:00.000-06:00Speaking of awards, I posted a Butterfly Award for...Speaking of awards, I posted a Butterfly Award for you on my blog at http://rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-43645809014092036782009-01-05T08:05:00.000-06:002009-01-05T08:05:00.000-06:00Somebody needs to slap this guy to remind him the ...Somebody needs to slap this guy to remind him the Newbery is older than he is, and the list has gotten better over the years. Just scrolling through I saw <I>WINNERS</I> not honors <I>Bud, Not Budddy</I>, <I>Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry</I>, <I>Julie of the Wolves</I>, <I>Walk Two Moons</I>, <I>Holes</I>, <I>A Single Shard</I>, <I>Kira-Kira</I>, and <I>Sounder</I>. All books from 1970 to today maggie moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462439415973311990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-74947606501546487972009-01-04T22:46:00.000-06:002009-01-04T22:46:00.000-06:00You're dead on about the percentage of books featu...You're dead on about the percentage of books featuring minority lead characters as the real problem here. <BR/><BR/>I was suprised by this article, because it seemed like most of the recent Newberry winners were about kids in single parent families or kids without parents. <BR/><BR/>So few books with minority characters just seems like a really bad marketing plan to me. May be one reason why Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-79234169775930781212009-01-04T19:23:00.000-06:002009-01-04T19:23:00.000-06:00it's that I'm sick of people who try to send me on...<I>it's that I'm sick of people who try to send me on a guilt trip in order to get their own way instead of doing the constructive work to right what they see as a wrong.</I><BR/><BR/>Indeed. I can think of a couple dozen places to apply that sentiment right off the bat.Mella DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09533666041615939038noreply@blogger.com