Book Awards

I thought that the conversation about the different book awards was very interesting. The majority of awards that we covered I had ot heard of before. I liked the way that each group focused on one award, and then shared the main points with the class. I found this to be useful and more managable than fully researching six different awards! I also liked that there were books from the collection that we are redaing for class that have recieved the awards we researched. It was nice to be able to associate a familiar title with the various awards.

In terms of how the awards are given, I think that they should be given for particular types of literature. I also think that everyone who writes a particular type of literature should be considered for the awards. I think it is important to view all authors equally. In my opinion insiders and outsiders should both be considered. Just becasue an author may be writing from an outsider perspective does not mean that they are unable to create quality work.

I also found it interesting that many of the award winning books that we picked up from the library did not have the award symbol on the front cover. In the case of the Schneider Family book award, the reason for this was because the award was so new, and the books were printed before the award was created. I know that it would be impossible to keep up with all of the new awards, but it would be nice to know that the book you check out was a winner of a book award!