The heart of a mother. The soul of a reader. The mouth of a smartass. Nancy Pearl thought the Steve Martin book was wonderful. Now that I've read your thoughts, I'm more intrigued about it. I may actually have to read it now because two librarians I greatly respect have such different opinions on it.
But I have to admit that it took a few readings for me to fall for it. Just thinking about it makes me laugh Doret. No, hold it. You slay me. Excellent pick. And I adore the winning selection, and hope that you've alerted his royal highness, the ambassador of children's books, about his weird-ass win! The other children's librarian at WPL and I have read it with two voices in storytimes on a few occasions, and we always crack ourselves up.
The children tolerate it. Some of them laugh, but it might just be because we are. Hard to say. New Socks just make me laugh! I love that little chicken's attitude, and who hasn't introduced a new pair of socks to wood floors by sliding.
As I told the kids in the library I love this book because it's just silly fun! Great ceremony, MR! I don't write picture books, but if I did I'd be totally honored to win an award named this.
Excellent public service you're performing here. I love your WAPB awards! They rock! Andrea Beaty www. MotherReader, I yoinked your post and copied it to both my blogs with attribution! Love your wonderfully eclectic blog! I didn't like the Steve Martin one much, myself. Let me know if that's ok. YNL, I almost picked Bagel's Lucky Hat for the cover art award, and then I thought that maybe it wasn't quite enough - even though the big eyes creeped me out. Glad to know that it actually is a WAPB on the inside as well.
