tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022775613667933377.post8142797172128366183..comments2024-03-27T03:19:39.603-04:00Comments on The Newbery Project: The White StagAliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13216472825552207576noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022775613667933377.post-13566030126489189782007-10-25T15:17:00.000-04:002007-10-25T15:17:00.000-04:00I haven't read "The White Stag" yet, but I recentl...I haven't read "The White Stag" yet, but I recently finished Seredy's "The Good Master" which won a Newbery Honor Medal in 1936. It was a very warm book with accessible characters and bits of Hungarian folklore threaded throughout. "The White Stag" sounds very different.atleasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05884886497042008019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022775613667933377.post-71924989636058464022007-10-25T14:15:00.000-04:002007-10-25T14:15:00.000-04:00Another bit of trivia: one of the Newbery Honors b...Another bit of trivia: one of the Newbery Honors books (runners-up) for this year was "On the Banks of Plum Creek". I'm not a huge Ingalls Wilder fan, but I think that would have been a better choice than "The White Stag".Sandy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08650640470141210550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022775613667933377.post-16691644065314512372007-10-24T16:59:00.000-04:002007-10-24T16:59:00.000-04:00I complained about the modern cover here at my own...I complained about the modern cover <A HREF="http://imponderabilia.blogspot.com/2007/10/white-stag.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> at my own blog. The 70's and 80's were not good decades for children's book covers. There's a link to more info. on the author, too (who was Hungarian).Sandy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08650640470141210550noreply@blogger.com