tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post1607641853692600592..comments2024-01-10T17:38:08.333-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Burns: Newbery/Caldecott CriteriaLiz Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-42664660876344243312007-03-19T21:19:00.000-04:002007-03-19T21:19:00.000-04:00There's another problem with comparing the Printz ...There's another problem with comparing the Printz and the ALSC awards in this way. <A HREF="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyapp/newberyapplication.htm" REL="nofollow">Publishers can submit their own titles for consideration</A> for the ALSC awards, but the <A HREF="http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/nominationform/nominationform.htm" REL="nofollow">Printz criteria</A> clearly says, "Publishers, authors, or editors may not nominate their own titles." That means that the Newbery and Caldecott committees are, I assume, swamped with submissions from publishers, whereas the Printz nominations are limited to only those that someone else thought worthy of consideration. It probably makes a huge difference in the number of titles that the committees have to consider.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813084292265103896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-89179460621919657482007-03-19T11:00:00.000-04:002007-03-19T11:00:00.000-04:00Ha, I was wondering if someone would poke a hole i...Ha, I was wondering if someone would poke a hole in that balloon by using actual, you know, facts. (I wonder... is there a place where we can go to know how many books were actually read by the respective committees?) And, arguably, if you remove the 12 to 14 books, would that somehow "balance" the whole thing?<BR/><BR/>The middle grade books being overlooked by Printz; I'm just very afraid this is already happening, but arguably removing them from Newbery would increase the pressure on the Printz to not just look at older "almost adult" crossover books as the definition of "literary".<BR/><BR/>And WORD on not adding yet another award.Liz Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-22032405212324058012007-03-19T10:41:00.000-04:002007-03-19T10:41:00.000-04:00Actually, a co-worker of mine had a really good po...Actually, a co-worker of mine had a really good point about the Printz today. Consider, if you will, the fact that there are far fewer halfway decent YA novels out there when compared to children's younger and middle grade titles. The Printz committee has a MUCH easier time of it when you take that into account. The sheer volume of children's books vs. teen titles shows that there really is no comparison. So bringing up the Printz, while valid, isn't entirely fair.<BR/><BR/>Your point about whether middle grade novels might be overlooked by the Printz is incredibly valid. Maybe they would be. I'm just tired of books for teens winning the biggest children's award we have. Then again, we don't want to create some kind of Middle Grade Award, so there's probably no easy solution.fusenumber8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com