Newbery Related Essays/Articles

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Newbery Related Essays/Articles

1EGBERTINA
Jun 10, 2024, 6:50 pm

If anyone comes across any articles related to the Newbery that they would like to post we can have a thread for them. We dont have to agree with every statement - but they, sometimes, offer new information.

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2022/06/01/100-years-of-the-newbery-medal/

2rebeccareid
May 22, 11:12 am

Not totally related to the newbery, but here is the story of Anne Carroll Moore (Of NICHOLAS fame) versus E.B. White (specifically about Stuart little).

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/07/21/the-lion-and-the-mouse

I don't think it's subscriber only as i could read it.

3EGBERTINA
May 22, 2:07 pm

>2 rebeccareid: Yes, I think I encountered several articles about her and Stuart Little.

such an interesting historical dilemma. I will always wonder if others from her generation failed to see the charm of it. There was a popular reviewer of Winnie The Pooh that completely bashed it; but I read it as a young child- so I understood its appeal.

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