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January 28, 2018 by Travis Jonker

Everything Is Upside-Down: The 2008 Newbery and Caldecott Medals

January 28, 2018 by Travis Jonker   1 comments

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Travis: Before we even made the first episode of The Yarn podcast, we’ve wanted to do an episode on the 2008 Newbery and Caldecott medal winners, and unforgettable year that challenged assumptions about what kinds of books could win the most prestigious awards in children’s literature.

In today’s episode, Brian Selznick and Laura Amy Schlitz take us behind the scenes of that groundbreaking year, just in time for the 10th anniversary.

We hope you enjoy the episode.

https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/63-brian-selznick-laura-amy-schlitz-the-2008-newbery-and-caldecott-medals

Click here to download and listen to Laura Amy Schlitz’s 2008 Newbery Medal acceptance speech.

Click here to read Laura Amy Schlitz’s 2008 Newbery Medal acceptance speech.

Click here to download and listen to Brian Selznick’s 2008 Caldecott Medal acceptance speech.

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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  1. Thoughts on Newbery: Ten Years On | educating alice says:
    January 28, 2018 at 7:43 am

    […] Then there we were writing up the press release, making the Calls, and waiting to see the reaction to our choices at the YMA announcements. And of course there was that unique and amazing Banquet. How lovely that Travis and Colby are also reminding us of this in their latest episode of The Yarn, “Everything is Upside-Down: The 2008 Newbery and Caldecott Medals.” […]

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