>Nikki Grimes said it best

by Roger Sutton
Jan 18, 2010 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>“Give Jerry Pinkney the damn medal, already!" and I have to say I was never so happy to not be surprised. We are working on the awards webpage, with a listing of all the winners and links to our reviews, right now; in the meantime you can read my interviews with Medalists Jerry Pinkney and Rebecca Stead.

Our "Five Questions for . . ." series at Midwinter on Saturday went really well, good answers and large audiences and (except for a glitch when I interviewed the most tech-savvy of all, Mitali Perkins, so embarrassing) a working sound system. I'll post pictures tomorrow after I figure out how to get 'em out of the camera.
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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Sharon Creech

>Nikki Grimes DID say it best.
Great choice in Pinkney.

Posted : Jan 20, 2010 02:48

Anonymous

>Thank you for organizing a wonderful event! It was a great opportunity to hear from favorite authors, and they were all gracious with their time afterward.

Posted : Jan 19, 2010 02:57

Anonymous

>Was wondering the same thing about Marching for Freedom (and Partridge)! And the 'snub' seems even more egregious in light of the committee's ultimate choice: a book which has previously been called into question repeatedly for inaccuracies, or half-truths, and an overly strident tone.

Posted : Jan 18, 2010 11:52

Elizabeth

>Jer-ry! Jer-ry! Jer-ry! So very happy for Jerry Pinkney, Rebecca Stead, and Libba Bray, all such deserving winners. But may I ask a potentially controversial question: what does the Sibert have against Elizabeth Partridge? I thought Marching for Freedom was spectacular and every critic seemed to agree with me. But once again, she gets bupkes from them.

Posted : Jan 18, 2010 09:42

GraceAnne LadyHawk

>The only one I was able to get to was Kristen Cashore, and I described her on Facebook as "adorable and wise."
I wonder who she has cast in her head in the movie versions, though, as most of my graduate students are hopelessly in love with Po.

Posted : Jan 18, 2010 09:13

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