From Runners-Up to Honor Books: A History of the Books with the Silver Medal

Authors

  • Kathleen Horning

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.20.1.27

Abstract

If you ever talk to a member of the Newbery Committee some time in December, as they are approaching the final discussions to choose the Newbery winner, chances are you will find them stressed out, still frantically reading, and worried they may miss a distinguished book—perhaps THE most distinguished book of the year.

Author Biography

Kathleen Horning

Kathleen T.  Horning is the Director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, a library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books (HarperCollins, 2010), and of many articles on the history of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals. She teaches a popular ALSC online class about the history of the Newbery Medal.

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Published

2022-03-22

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2022): Spring

Section

Features

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