I still crack up thinking about my librarian friend who, when Despereaux won the Newbery, was besieged by culturally anxious helicopter parents who wanted a copy of "The Tale of Day-pair-EUH."
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- Roger Sutton
- I've been the editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc, since 1996; previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. Received my M.A. in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a B.A. from Pitzer College in 1978.
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Speaking of Newbery awards -- why is the Boston Globe suddenly (and belatedly) interested in that old SLJ article by Silvey? Did someone stir them up - or are they just behind the times? Hardly seems to be NEWS at this late date.
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