Issue: July 2009

By Judi Moreillon, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX This is the fourth of a planned four-part interview with Nick Glass, member of the 2009 Newbery Committee, conducted electronically by Judi Moreillon. JM: Nick Glass and I are wrapping up this month’s Newbery Medal Award conversation with a look at the books that have earned this [...]

By Judi Moreillon, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX This is the third of a planned four-part interview with Nick Glass, member of the 2009 Newbery Committee, conducted electronically by Judi Moreillon. Readers may refer to Judi’s summary of Gaiman’s acceptance speech. JM: Nick Glass and I were among the enthusiastic authors, illustrators, librarians, publishers, and [...]

By Judi Moreillon, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX This summary of Neil Gaiman’s 2009 Newbery Award acceptance speech is a supplement to the planned four-part interview with Nick Glass, member of the 2009 Newbery Committee, conducted electronically by Judi Moreillon. Please read The Horn Book editor Elise Howard’s introduction of Neil Gaiman. Neil Gaiman divided [...]

By Judi Moreillon, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX This is the second of a planned four-part interview with Nick Glass, member of the 2009 Newbery Committee, conducted electronically by Judi Moreillon. JM: Welcome back, Nick and WOW Currents readers. Let’s talk about The Graveyard Book. In the International Reading Association publication Reading Today (April/May 2009), [...]

By Judi Moreillon, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX This is the first of a planned four-part interview with Nick Glass, member of the 2009 Newbery Committee, conducted electronically by Judi Moreillon. JM: Thank you, Nick Glass, for your willingness to share your 2009 Newbery Committee experience with WOW Currents readers. There has been a great [...]