The Graveyard Book just won the Newbery.
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Polter-Cow - Jan 26, 2009 5:53:23 am PST #8329 of 28431
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
beth b - Jan 26, 2009 11:30:43 am PST #8330 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
thank you p-C!
and Congratulations to Neil -- he may not be one of us, but he feels like one of us
beth b - Jan 26, 2009 11:49:19 am PST #8331 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
and the controversy begins -- is it too scary for kids. ( this is the talk in the emails at my library) I have to say I think Coarline was much scarier. And we have other books that really should be in the children's section that are there....
Atropa - Jan 26, 2009 11:51:58 am PST #8332 of 28431
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The Graveyard Book just won the Newbery.
Which it completely deserved. Just a fabulous book.
and the controversy begins -- is it too scary for kids.
Coraline is a much scarier book, and I think both it and The Graveyard Book are perfect for kids.
beth b - Jan 26, 2009 12:02:08 pm PST #8333 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Agreed. I have to say that I am also thrilled that Savvy by Ingrid Law got an honor award. Really good and I've been pimping it to kids for months now. ( pimping doesn't really belong in a sentence with kids, but ...)
sj - Jan 26, 2009 12:03:07 pm PST #8334 of 28431
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I think the scariest part of the Graveyard Book is the first few pages but not anymore than many other children's classics. I just read of review of the Dangerous Alphabet that said it was much too scary for its age range, which I disagreed with too.
Barb - Jan 26, 2009 12:17:16 pm PST #8335 of 28431
“Not dead yet!”
Abby read Savvy and loved it, Nate read Graveyard Book and loved it.
And best part? They both chose those books of their own volition because they thought they sounded good. Not because I'd heard they were "good" or reading them because they had to.
May I preen a bit at my kids' tastes in reading?
Kat - Jan 26, 2009 12:24:47 pm PST #8336 of 28431
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'm thrilled that Graveyard Book one. It's a fab book. An ex coworker of mine sat on the committee and they had a very hard time agreeing (if he is being honest, and I have no reason to think he isn't). I'm sure they hashed out the too scary nonsense.
JZ - Jan 26, 2009 12:40:38 pm PST #8337 of 28431
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I have to say I think Coarline was much scarier.
My bookseller mom totally agrees.
I kind of loved Coraline just a little more -- but The Graveyard Book is truly lovely, and winning the Newbery is fantastic. (Though, does it still have the LKH blurb on the back cover? That made me grind my teeth with snarly irritation.)
Fay - Jan 26, 2009 2:12:06 pm PST #8338 of 28431
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
and the controversy begins -- is it too scary for kids.
No, with a side order of no, and no sauce. Fer fuck's sake. Have these people MET any kids?
(Though, does it still have the LKH blurb on the back cover? That made me grind my teeth with snarly irritation.)
WORD. It was like having the writers of Sunset Beach being quoted on the blurb for Buffy, or Tori Spelling saying a few kind words about Judy Dench's acting skills. What. The. Fuck.
And, quality aside - they're expecting children who pick up this book to have read the tediously torrid adventures of Anita The Wondercunt? REALLY?