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Article: Newbery Medal acceptance.(Karen Hesse address)(Transcript)
- Article from:
- The Horn Book Magazine
- Article date:
- July 1, 1998
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Let me begin by extending my heartfelt congratulations to my fellow Newbery and Caldecott winners, past and present. And to all the hardworking, dedicated authors, illustrators, and librarians among us, please know, you are all winners, we are all winners. Because your work makes a difference. I celebrate every one of you.
For those of you who are wondering, here is the truth. Winning the Newbery could give a person heart failure. Even now, months after Ellen Fader phoned my once-so-quiet apartment overlooking the Connecticut River, even now my heart thunders when I think of that phone call.
I can't tell you how many hours of my childhood I spent ...
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