Just out of curiosity, I visited the American Library Association website to compare the Newbery Medal winners in my lifetime, the past 19 years (since 1989). What I found interesting was that of the eighteen books listed so far, I've only heard of five of them and only read four of those five:
Familiar With: (Books I've read are astericked)
- 1999: Holes by Louis Sachar (Frances Foster) *
-1995: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (HarperCollins)
-1994: The Giver by Lois Lowry(Houghton)*
-1992: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Atheneum)*
-1990: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Houghton)*
Noticing the dates they were awarded the Newbery Medal (and probably pouplar during that year) I think it's mostly to do with my age that I've read these books and not some of the recent recipients of the award. I find this disappointing. I wish there was more time to leisurly read in life. I feel like I'm missing out on a whole bunch of fun literature. But then I reflect that there's no way anyone could read every book in the world. So I guess we just have to pick and choose, which is unfortunate because there's so much great stuff published.
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