Classics, Nonfiction, and Children's Literature
When I was in third grade, I was very awkward and shy (but who isn’t). Picture a skinny eight-year-old girl with red-haired pigtails and buck teeth. That was me. I sat at my desk and paid attention to my teacher. One particular day, I wasn’t happy. I had talked back to the fifth-grade teacher on
I don’t usually reread children’s fantasy, but as I read one of Madeleine L’Engle’s memoirs, I decided to reread her most well-known novel, A Wrinkle in Time. A Wrinkle in Time was rejected by a number of publishers before it was finally accepted and published in 1962. It subsequently won the 1963 Newbery medal. This
As I mentioned, I nearly cried as I finished reading my son Winnie-the-Pooh a few weeks ago. I determined to find another book like it. I recalled watching a movie as a child about a Mole and a Badger and a Toad. I hardly remembered the story of The Wind and the Willows, but knowing
It’s been a long time since I’ve read a young adult novel (other than Harry Potter, which doesn’t count), so when I picked up Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women this week, I was at first taken aback by the rosy, generic moral lessons within it. As I began, I wasn’t sure I was going to
I’ve been reading The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne to my infant son. I can’t determine what he thinks of them — I read while he kicks and rolls around the floor — but I truly enjoy reading them. The Complete Tales includes the story books, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House on
My mother sent my son a book of Robert Louis Stevenson’s poetry for Christmas (he was three months old at the time). At first I wasn’t sure what to do with it: surely I don’t sit down and read him poetry before bed? That’s what picture books are for. But then I pulled it out
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The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the American Library Association (ALA) to the author of the Outstanding American book for children. (Wikipedia, Newbery Medal)Newbery Medal Winners and Honors Jump to a Section 2020s2010s2000s1990s1980s1970s1960s1950s1940s1930s1920s 2020s2026 – All the Blues in the Sky by Renee Watson 2026The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. (Wikipedia,
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