Margaret Wise Brown Prize Book Sorting
A new responsibility has arisen at Hollins University that I love doing - it's sorting through the Margaret Wise Brown Prize book submissions. Publishers send their top books for consideration throughout the year - boxes and boxes of them. We can't keep all of them (although we'd like to). So, we curate the collection. ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vPEUZhNmhO7b4P3nwa7da709-UEm36le-z0xK72J6UBQXOL1TtpoMQnWMhSsjRluMhOWq9YeUyt_KMo_de8yKQ20f0Yq2b9F-N5ESSi2yTDCEdeWrso-CokgnNc6uzoyg=s0-d)
This ends up being a wonderful opportunity to examine the books, sort them, and identify trends. Such as this pile of books on Social Issues - a pile that didn't exist until recently.![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sM7bMl4tCF6ysAWN0LqKPJzbUQh8AZnHD1G6FmtkgByu8yQwUZGUUmUOqv5-19BeC6PxeQw0ZMydhRgqqyhGYTNTS9RO3yXxJQJaFvK6Luyutv5IeHgL4rpgZWrjiW5e4mJRUdbvtC=s0-d)
This stack of books from 'Own Voices' was lovely to see as it's growing. ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uVYAkDbeNAvP7VeDSh5VKxIt03l9PXCbMMakoo3Mna5KmBDXP3WSp9KwjqsjaGW85APwwLU_aAsA8ieX_BVG2j4-xGxd4raemSh41odJTSJGXkL41o-P0kcyIzIcHSAHzAndgX=s0-d)
And here was the remarkable discovery - the tallest pile by far was the stack of biographies. They are obviously IN right now!![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ul4FqTnup5xKmG9Apcg8vXz6KZrtGdAdoPMQSbBulZWHg0eoazaPSpxjuAk2cY1sZf7rPOyE42H3_dT7tW-MTskm1aM_R3JsXE1S4px4rWhe57b8m9Jgu4m6MRZzeSLqUKkb-krJQ=s0-d)
As I sort, I read, read, read. So, by the end of this exercise, I'm fairly well-versed on the latest books in the industry. What an awesome thing! Thank you Margaret Wise Brown Prize!
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