Weeding the Formerly Famous

Is it wrong to wait patiently, patiently, patiently, for a popular series you loathe to die?

I’ve always been very interested in the longevity of children’s books. The other day I had a conversation with someone who told me that word on the street has it that many of the committee members on the Newbery committee that selected Bridge to Terabithia didn’t much like the book at the time. Now this might all be hearsay and conjecture, but it raises the very real point that when a children’s book...