Comments on: 2009 Newbery and Caldecott Award Winners http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/01/29/2009-newbery-and-caldecott-award-winners/ Engage. Explore. Discover. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:04:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Lesley http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/01/29/2009-newbery-and-caldecott-award-winners/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Lesley Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:37:32 +0000 http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/?p=807#comment-574 "The world is not bounded by the world you live in - there's more than that." That's great. I've been a fan of his for a while, and I like his adult stuff (except I'll never reread some of the Sandman stories. Too much blood) but Coraline is my favorite -- so far. Jealous of that Polaroid ... “The world is not bounded by the world you live in – there’s more than that.”

That’s great. I’ve been a fan of his for a while, and I like his adult stuff (except I’ll never reread some of the Sandman stories. Too much blood) but Coraline is my favorite — so far. Jealous of that Polaroid …

]]> By: Nolan http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2009/01/29/2009-newbery-and-caldecott-award-winners/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Nolan Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:42:47 +0000 http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/?p=807#comment-573 Somewhere on Neil Gaiman's website, I found the link to this interview (which took place in a cab on his way back home from winning the award), and includes this quote: "But children's fiction can change the world and give you a refuge from the intolerable. It can give you a place of safety and show you the world is not bounded by the world you live in--there's more than that." http://news.shelf-awareness.com/nview.jsp?appid=411&j=618968#2682175 Somewhere at home I have an old Polaroid of me and Neil Gaiman that he drew all over before it developed, a trick that he said artist Dave McKean (illustrator of "The Graveyard Book" taught him. Somewhere on Neil Gaiman’s website, I found the link to this interview (which took place in a cab on his way back home from winning the award), and includes this quote:

“But children’s fiction can change the world and give you a refuge from the intolerable. It can give you a place of safety and show you the world is not bounded by the world you live in–there’s more than that.”

http://news.shelf-awareness.com/nview.jsp?appid=411&j=618968#2682175

Somewhere at home I have an old Polaroid of me and Neil Gaiman that he drew all over before it developed, a trick that he said artist Dave McKean (illustrator of “The Graveyard Book” taught him.

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