Thoughts on Newbery: The Nature of Distinguished

What is meant by distinguished? How readers with a myriad of different life experiences and realities definethis was broken wide open this fall during a discussion that started on the Heavy Medal blogwith a consideration ofLaura Amy Schlitz’s The Hired Girl. Since then,the conversationhas broadenedbeyond the one book, on various social media platforms, exploringdifferent reading stances, the dominance of white privilege in the world of children’s books and among the adult gatekeepers, the not...