>Milton Meltzer, 94

by Roger Sutton
Sep 29, 2009 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>"That damned Horn Book"--the first words Milton Meltzer ever said to me, upon our mutual introduction fifteen years ago. Meltzer was ever-watchful of how the review journals were treating nonfiction books, a crusade begun by him in our pages more than thirty years ago. We commemorate the passing, on September 19th, of this omnivorously curious and immensely prolific writer with a profile of him written by Wendy Saul upon the occasion of Meltzer receiving the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in 2001.
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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Ms. Yingling

>Meltzer's Tough Times was a fabulous first person (although fictionalized)account of teenage life in the Great Depression. He will be missed.

Posted : Oct 06, 2009 11:15

Karen

>Milton Meltzer was a great man and a great writer, and I'm sorry I never wrote to tell him I thought so.

Posted : Oct 02, 2009 07:16

Carol Hinz

>Thank you for posting the links to these articles. It's fascinating to think about what has--and hasn't--changed in perceptions of nonfiction more than 30 years later.

Posted : Sep 30, 2009 05:25

Roger Sutton

>baby: post up for almost 48 hrs. And cute.
Meltzer: give it time.

As I was saying to Mitali Perkins the other day, if you want comments on your blog, just say something even mildly less than complimentary about either another blog or the act of blogging.

Posted : Sep 30, 2009 04:43

Anonymous

>baby (admittedly cute) 6 comments
Meltzer 0 comments What does this say about the commentariat?

Posted : Sep 30, 2009 04:26

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