E.J. Graff Has Written an interesting look at The Newberry\’s on Salon.
he says the Newbery medal treated as nearly infallible, the Newbery medalists as the \”boring\” books, the same books that stayed on display at the library because no one checked them out. No one who reads for pleasure and challenge and joy would willingly subject themselves to such demeaningly tedious books.
\”Far too many parents, crazy with anxiety about raising their children right, hand off their judgment to experts ranging from Dr. Spock to Dr. Brazelton, from Parenting magazine to the Newbery medal.\”
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