Comments on: 10 Picture Books by Women That Didn’t Win a Caldecott Medal https://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/10-picture-books-by-women-that-didnt-win-a-caldecott-medal/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Sun, 07 Feb 2016 12:42:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Don Phillips https://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/10-picture-books-by-women-that-didnt-win-a-caldecott-medal/#comment-8673 Sun, 27 May 2012 16:02:52 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=22741#comment-8673 There is a lot to respond to here. First you suggest that the Caldecott award is sexist, then you seem to suggest it also is just a misguided award.

To the first point, while those excellent books you mentioned did not win the Caldecott both Virginia Lee Burton and Barbara Cooney have been recognized for other wonderful books and Barbara Cooney has won twice. Further Marcia Brown is the first illustrator to win the award a staggering 3 times. While you are correct that male illustrators have dominated the Caldecott it is equally important to point out that female authors have dominated the Newbery Medal also given out by ALA. The ALA judging panels are by and large mostly populated with women as judges. My strong feeling is that the ALA is not biased against women’s work in children’s books as you suggest.

As far as Dr Seuss goes, this occasionally happens with every award. It is unfortunate he never won but it does not diminish the truly wonderful work that is celebrated every year by these awards. Whenever you single out one outstanding work, there always several more of equal (or sometimes even greater) value that can not be recognized. It is the nature of an award.

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By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom https://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/10-picture-books-by-women-that-didnt-win-a-caldecott-medal/#comment-8572 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:43:46 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=22741#comment-8572 And even in our time, J.K. Rowling felt she had to use initials.

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By: akismetuser771340963 https://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/10-picture-books-by-women-that-didnt-win-a-caldecott-medal/#comment-8570 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:40:33 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=22741#comment-8570 That is such an insightful comment. Women seem to have to work twice as hard as men to get the attention they deserve. Perhaps we should use male nom-de-plumes as happened in times gone by.

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