Last week in class we jigsawed literacy awards so that each group would present about an award and its criteria. After all of us presented we were asked to discuss if it was better or worse to have more awards than the Newbery Award. At first I felt as though it was not very important to have these new awards that are very specific. I felt this way because I thought the more awards passed out the less they actually meant. I also felt that with all these specific awards the award labels on books began to mean less to the book purchasers. It was obvious in our class that even as studying teachers we didn’t have any or little knowledge about the criteria connected to the awards.
After class, I spent more time considering the subject and our continuing class conversation of insider vs. outsider came into play. Doesn’t it make sense that if the panels of the Newbery are not diverse or insiders in most topics that maybe they are not the best to judge our more diverse literature? After posing this question to myself I decided it makes sense that there be panels and awards for specific groups within diverse literature, rather than one large award. This way the people assessing a group of diverse literature are insiders, making them more knowledgeable and a better critic on the subject. These awards are then given to the best of the best for each group within diverse literature. Together with all of these awards some of the best or upheld literature is given awards and posted online for all people to be aware of phenomenal literature that is available for them to purchase and read.
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