{"id":21020,"date":"2013-07-12T21:49:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=21020"},"modified":"2023-08-14T23:01:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T03:01:28","slug":"ala-2013-newberycaldecottwilder-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=21020","title":{"rendered":"ALA 2013 – Newbery\/Caldecott\/Wilder Banquet!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sunday night – Time for the Newbery-Caldecott-Wilder Banquet!<\/p>\n

This year, ALSC was celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Caldecott Medal, so they had encouraged people to come in costume. I simply added a bell around my neck. If you could hear it, you still had the magic.<\/p>\n

The backdrop for the above photo is from the illustration created by Randolph Caldecott on which the front of the medal is based.<\/p>\n

I tried to take pictures of many people I saw in costume, but I didn’t write down all the names. If you know someone in a picture, let me know who it is in the comments!<\/p>\n

First, Monica Edinger with a newspaper hat from Black and White<\/em>. (And you can also let me know if I get the book references wrong!)<\/p>\n

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Then I got a picture of Monica with Roxanne Feldman, who was in a full newspaper costume.<\/p>\n

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I know I’ve met this nice person and gotten her name. She had badges with covers from ALL the Caldecott Medal winners! (And do you recognize the red balloon from A Sick Day for Amos McGee<\/em>?)<\/p>\n

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They go all the way around!<\/p>\n

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Here’s Mary Ann Scheuer as an exquisite Olivia<\/em>. I believe she’s with Kelly Celia (from Walden Pond Press)’s husband. I think his name is Eric. He’s a teacher, and was a nice addition to the children’s book crowd.<\/p>\n

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(Again, please correct me in all my photo identifications in the comments!)<\/p>\n

Here’s Chelsea Couillard-Smith with cutouts from Lois Ehlert’s Color Zoo<\/em>!<\/p>\n

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And here’s a fabulous Jumanji<\/em> costume! (Anyone know this clever person’s name?)<\/p>\n

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Paul Zelinsky is again wearing his so-appropriate Rapunzel<\/em> tie. He’s being interviewed by Betsy Bird, who explained her complete Caldecott medal-and-honors honoring costume on her own blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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And my friend with the 75 badges got the red carpet treatment, being interviewed by Jim Averbeck:<\/p>\n

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Then I simply had to get a picture of the Queen of the Wild Things. Her badge says she’s Carol Phillips:<\/p>\n

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And once I saw that fine backdrop, I had to have my own new Facebook profile picture taken:<\/p>\n

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Then it was time for the meal. I got to sit with Cara Frank, whom I just met — but knew from Twitter<\/a>. Here’s the important part of the meal:<\/p>\n

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In the break after the meal and before the speeches, I had to get a picture of the person sitting next to me, Leslie, an editor from Vizmedia. She was wearing a lovely tribute to Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears<\/em>. (I like the way the colors went with the room, too!)<\/p>\n

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Finally, the speeches! Here’s Jon Klassen giving his acceptance speech for the Caldecott Medal for This Is Not My Hat.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I loved this quote from Jon Klassen:
\n“Storytelling in any form is a hopeful thing to do.”<\/p>\n

I found most of the pictures I took of Honor winners were blurry or a little bit boring. But isn’t this picture cute of Laura Amy Schlitz accepting her Honor award from the Newbery Chair? I love the twinkle in her eyes!<\/p>\n

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Then came Katherine Applegate with her Newbery Acceptance Speech.<\/p>\n

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I’m pretty sure I caught her reading from one of her early efforts — a steamy Harlequin Temptation Romance. I loved her sense of humor about her career and these quotes:<\/p>\n

“Writing is excruciating and writing is exhilarating.”<\/p>\n

And especially:
\n“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.”<\/p>\n

Finally, Katherine Paterson accepted the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for lifetime achievement. She moves a lot when she talks, and I was not able to get an unblurry picture of her.<\/p>\n

She talked about how this award has come to her “by virtue of your most honorable shadows.” <\/p>\n

At the end of all the inspiring speeches, we get to join the receiving line and congratulate the winners in person. I saw more people I knew in that line. I was kicking myself for not getting a picture of John Schumacher, Travis Jonker, Eric Carpenter, and Colby Sharp all together in line. Yay for the Kidlit men! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

It was a marvelous evening, and the committee who put together the 75th anniversary activities can congratulate themselves for a job well-done!<\/p>\n

This is my sixth ALA2013 post<\/a>. Still to come are Monday’s programs and then the Printz Awards Reception. So much good stuff spinning in my mind!<\/p>\n

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