tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post5232127550296698100..comments2024-03-10T16:42:34.106-04:00Comments on Collecting Children's Books: This One Really Did HappenPeter D. Sierutahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301507180150710089noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-9896617197197371292011-02-21T19:10:33.908-05:002011-02-21T19:10:33.908-05:00Hello administrator, I¡¯ve a bit of request. I had...Hello administrator, I¡¯ve a bit of request. I had been simply googleing for some data on the topic you revealed and found this post. Some really nice materials you posted right here. Can I if possible speak about this submit on my new web site I'm creating? This may be terrific. I will examine back but once more afterwards to learn the way you replied. Many thankssweaty feethttp://www.excessivesweatingtreatment101.com/an-overview-of-sweaty-hands-and-feet/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-67385484133629266092009-04-24T06:38:00.000-04:002009-04-24T06:38:00.000-04:00I know that Mr. Taylor was very bitter about the t...I know that Mr. Taylor was very bitter about the television movie. He seemed a very kind man, and it is too bad that he had this much grief over a book that students love.Ms. Yinglinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805324364289597178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-42505569438277015862009-04-10T14:51:00.000-04:002009-04-10T14:51:00.000-04:00Hi, Peter, I have been in touch with Susan C. Grif...Hi, Peter, I have been in touch with Susan C. Griffith who has done extensive research on the Jane Addams Award, including going through the papers included in the archives at Swarthmore College, and she found no evidence that the award was ever rescinded. <BR/><BR/>But Susan did find the likely source of the misinformation about it (other than Taylor himself). Bertha Jenkinson, chair of the 1975 Jane Addams Award Committee, wrote a statement saying that she thought that giving the 1970 award to "The Cay" had been a mistake. This statement was printed in the Interracial Books for Children Bulletin in 1975, along with statements, pro and con, from several others, under the headline "Revoking The Cay Award: The Establishment Cries Foul!" Since there was nothing in the article itself that indicated the award had been revoked, this headline was misleading, at best.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, follow-up letter from Bertha Jenkinson to Bradford Chambers, editor of the Bulletin, admonishing him for the headline and clarifying that the award had never been revoked and that she had been speaking for herself, not for the Jane Addams Peace Association, was never printed in the Bulletin, in spite of the fact she explicitly asked him to correct this information. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps at some point Theodore Taylor received a letter, or a copy of a letter, when all of this was in the works that led him to believe there was some sort of official revocation, but that does not appear to be the case.Katy Horninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08153967348222975416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-57459077939280363142009-04-09T14:13:00.000-04:002009-04-09T14:13:00.000-04:00Thanks to everyone for their comments -- and a "si...Thanks to everyone for their comments -- and a "sigh" back to Penni because I really enjoyed UNDINE! <BR/><BR/>KT, you may be right that the Jane Addams Award was never "officially" revoked, but I do think it was more than just a later chairperson publicly commenting that he should return the award. According to my source, BEHIND THE COVERS by Jim Roginski, Taylor actually received a letter "from the Jane Addams people...saying they wanted me to return the award." He talks about his wife bringing the letter to his office and how he angrily grabbed the award off the wall and raced toward the stairway...and ended up falling down the stairs. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the info about the TOP OF THE NEWS article. I will have to check it out.<BR/><BR/>PeterPeter D. Sierutahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301507180150710089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-51488115147305468362009-04-09T13:20:00.000-04:002009-04-09T13:20:00.000-04:00Actually, I don't think the award was ever officia...Actually, I don't think the award was ever officially revoked by the Jane Addams Peace Association, so that's probably why it still appears on their website. I believe Theodore Taylor made the decision to return the award all on his own after the chair of the 1975 committee publicly stated that she thought the 1970 committee had made a mistake. <BR/><BR/>Taylor wrote a long letter to Top of the News (April 1975), explaining his decision and his actions (minus the falling down the stairs part). The same issue of Top of the News published a position paper from the Council on Interracial Books for Children, criticizing "The Cay." <BR/><BR/>I know a scholar who has studied the Jane Addams Award extensively. I'll double-check with her to see what she knows about this situation.Katy Horninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08153967348222975416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-10665628684126106052009-04-08T12:05:00.000-04:002009-04-08T12:05:00.000-04:00I haven't read that book but it seems that wheneve...I haven't read that book but it seems that whenever a book doesn't makes us feel good about our world or challenges us, we ban it. If by the end of the book the little boy realised fully what his prejudices were, we would feel good... but would that be a realistic story? no. Do we want to preach to the converted only?Kipikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553456667857612284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-38170781266694369452009-04-07T18:51:00.000-04:002009-04-07T18:51:00.000-04:00Wow, I had no idea of the controversy surrounding ...Wow, I had no idea of the controversy surrounding this book. My 4th grade teacher read it aloud to our class back in 1976 and I was entranced. Last year my son brought it home from school, so I re-read it for the first time since 1976. I was surprised, maybe even shocked, by Timothy's dialect, but only because I didn't have any memory of Timothy sounding Caribbean. I don't know if my teacher read the book using his dialect or not. I do remember as a child feeling uncomfortable with Phillip's attitude towards Timothy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-31359862096141280452009-04-07T18:45:00.000-04:002009-04-07T18:45:00.000-04:00Sigh, I really love your blog.Sigh, I really love your blog.Penni Russonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956453252195293843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-79358433496716773222009-04-07T14:37:00.000-04:002009-04-07T14:37:00.000-04:00That was interesting.That was interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com