{"id":2340,"date":"2011-05-05T01:01:58","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T05:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2011-05-04T20:50:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T00:50:20","slug":"a-caldecott-winner-lives-on-in-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/a-caldecott-winner-lives-on-in-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"A Caldecott winner lives on in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/span>While planning our recent trip to Boston, everyone in the family gathered to voice individual \u201cmust-sees.\u201d\u009d <\/span>Of course, Fenway Park, with its iconic Green Monster, topped the list for most of us.<\/span> <\/span>A tour of Boston University also made the list, as well as\u00a0 many Revolutionary\u00a0War sites.<\/span> <\/span>That our arrival date coincided with the Boston Marathon was just a bonus. However, when I expressed interest in\u00a0 seeing the statues erected in honor of the 1942 Caldecott winner, Make Way for Ducklings<\/em>, I was met with groans. But I was insistent.<\/span> <\/span>I am, after all, a children\u2019s librarian. (And while in Boston\u2019s Public Garden, I was going to see the swan boats, too!)<\/span> <\/span>My husband wasn’t familiar with Robert McCloskey\u2019s 1941 classic about Mr. and Mrs. Mallard\u2019s search for a new home, but my kids knew it.<\/span> <\/span>I\u2019d read it to them many times over the years; it still has a place on our bookshelf – but a picture book statue as a sightseeing destination?<\/span> <\/span>They definitely weren’t for it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After two days spent watching the Red Sox and touring Boston U, my day finally arrived, and we purchased trolley passes. <\/span>Imagine the family\u2019s surprise when not one, but two different drivers passed a copy of Make Way for Ducklings <\/em>around the trolley\u00a0for the passengers’ perusal. One driver even stopped to point out the intersection where\u00a0 fictional ducklings, Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack and Quack crossed the street under the protection of the local cop. By the time we finally disembarked at Boston\u2019s Public Garden on a drizzling, chilly, spring afternoon, the entire family was looking forward to seeing the ducks. Despite the weather, we had to wait for several minutes to take photos, as families,\u00a0t<\/span>ourists from other countries, elderly fans, and\u00a0a single woman (who asked me to take her photo), were all waiting in the rain for\u00a0a turn with Mrs. Mallard and her famous ducklings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In Boston, there is nary a mention of Robert McCloskey\u2019s second Caldecott winner, 1958\u2019s Time of Wonder<\/em>, or his Caldecott Honor book, 1949\u2019s Blueberries for Sal<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For Boston, it\u2019s all about the ducklings. \"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Click here for a complete list of Caldecott Medal\u00a0winners 1938-present.<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Know any other towns with such a long-standing love affair with a picture book?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While planning our recent trip to Boston, everyone in the family gathered to voice individual \u201cmust-sees.\u201d\u009d Of course, Fenway Park, with its iconic Green Monster, topped the list for most of us. A tour of Boston University also made the list, as well as\u00a0 many Revolutionary\u00a0War sites. That our arrival date coincided with the Boston Marathon was just a bonus. However, when I expressed interest in\u00a0 seeing the statues erected in honor of the 1942 Caldecott winner, Make Way for Ducklings, I was met with groans. But I was insistent. I am, after all, a children\u2019s librarian. (And while in Boston\u2019s Public Garden, I was going to see the swan boats, too!) My husband wasn’t familiar with Robert McCloskey\u2019s 1941 classic about Mr. and Mrs. Mallard\u2019s search for a new home, but my kids knew it. I\u2019d read it to them many times over the years; it still has a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[113,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-lisa-taylor","category-slice-of-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}