>It's Following Me!

by Roger Sutton
Jan 15, 2008 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>I'm home from ALA and the Caldecott considerations only to bump back into the Newbery: Gary Schmidt and a gaggle of his Calvin College students are currently navigating their way to our offices. They are all in town this month for a course on "The New England Saints," (Hawthorne, Dickinson, etc.) so I'm guessing this afternoon's visit must be a very extracurricular activity. Or maybe Gary sees us as his lucky charm--the last time he did this was the day his Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy was named a Newbery Honor.

I did a little bit of podcast reporting from the awards press conference we hope to have up for you by the end of the week.
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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jeannineatkins

>I book I just discovered sounds most useful for the lucky students in the New England Saints course. A Journey into the Transcendentalists' New England by R. Todd Felton is packed with gorgeous photographs -- you get water lily pads from the middle of Walden Pond, and looking out, not in, the window of Thoreau's cabin. There are simple maps,museum information,well chosen quotes and Felton's well-informed musings.

Posted : Jan 16, 2008 04:43

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