tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post4140246875423874046..comments2024-03-10T16:42:34.106-04:00Comments on Collecting Children's Books: A Sunday Brunch with Joseph Pulitzer and Tori SpellingPeter D. Sierutahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301507180150710089noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-71009578250706005662010-04-12T04:33:44.593-04:002010-04-12T04:33:44.593-04:00I'm the same way about the Pulitzers as you ar...I'm the same way about the Pulitzers as you are about the Newberys.<br /><br />Jean Stafford's short 2nd? book The Mountain Lion could easily be a young adult classic. There's a young protaganist and the writing is as clear and reader friendly as her first novel, Boston Adventure, wasn't.<br /><br />I predicted American Rust or The Help to win this year, but I never guess right. It really sucks that there's no list of nominees.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-59863440917418916972010-04-11T20:38:06.637-04:002010-04-11T20:38:06.637-04:00Ann Bausum's With courage and cloth: winning t...Ann Bausum's <i>With courage and cloth: winning the fight for a woman’s right to vote</i>, National Geographic, 2004. My graduate students are always amazed at the power of this book, written about the lat 20 years of the fight for suffrage and focused on Alice Paul. Among the best of YA nonfiction, and a beautifully designed book besides.GraceAnne LadyHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218782604391016011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-40752102785630159742010-04-11T19:27:31.920-04:002010-04-11T19:27:31.920-04:00One memorable series involving suffrage is by Gera...One memorable series involving suffrage is by Geraldine Symons, beginning with The Workhouse Child. Heroine Pansy is actually arrested while demonstrating in Miss Rivers and Miss Bridges. There is also a Patricia Beatty that I don't remember well called Hail Columbia. It was not until I started reading adult historical fiction (and perhaps some nonfiction) that the force feeding and abusive behavior the suffragettes received in prison made me realize it was not all Mrs. Banks parading about in Mary Poppins...CLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-27547470353885707912010-04-11T17:54:53.770-04:002010-04-11T17:54:53.770-04:00I thoroughly enjoyed the Battle of the Books, and ...I thoroughly enjoyed the Battle of the Books, and was very happily surprised by the winner. I LOVED Marching For Freedom and voted for it as my zombie book, but didn't think it had a chance of winning. I also was pretty "Meh" about Marcelo, so I enjoyed seeing Freedom beat Marcelo out in the first round. After that, I think Marching for Freedom benefited from the judges it ended up with, though I believe they were unbiased and that it had plenty of merit to win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-76638498109474331862010-04-11T17:47:56.690-04:002010-04-11T17:47:56.690-04:00Having just finished Alice Adams -- and finding it...Having just finished Alice Adams -- and finding it to be a small masterpiece -- I've been thinking of trying Penrod, which I tried to read as a kid and failed.<br /><br />Shocked to see mention of good old Elephi! I had no idea the author was a Pulitzer winner.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492841891625994218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-10285234217717628312010-04-11T17:08:34.970-04:002010-04-11T17:08:34.970-04:00any chance David Small's Stitches takes home t...any chance David Small's Stitches takes home the Pulitzer?Eric Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06009168325629611816noreply@blogger.com