{"id":893,"date":"2005-06-21T22:28:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-22T03:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2005\/06\/21\/calling-caldecott-newbery-pulitzer\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T14:49:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T12:49:31","slug":"calling-caldecott-newbery-pulitzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2005\/06\/21\/calling-caldecott-newbery-pulitzer\/","title":{"rendered":"CALLING CALDECOTT! NEWBERY! PULITZER!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martin Ek, aged 7.5, would like to invite you<\/b> to an exclusive web premiere of his masterpiece novel. As his mother, I’m eagerly donning my best prodigy agent-slash-manager hat. My kid blows me away! Prepare to be blown away yourself!<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

On the Road, or literally, “Out Traveling”<\/p>\n


\nThis is Morran.* He is mischievous.<\/p>\n


\n“Today I shall go on an expedition,” he said.<\/p>\n


\nWhen he came to the lake, he met Anki**<\/p>\n


\n“My, you look sad,” said Morran.
\n“Mama gone”\u2020 said Anki.
\n\u2020Anki is a baby.<\/font> <\/p>\n


\n“I will find her,” said Morran. “Yes!” said Anki.<\/p>\n


\nSo, off they went.<\/p>\n


\nOn a long…<\/p>\n


\nlong…long…long…long…long…long…long…LONG…LONG…LONG…LONG…LONG…long…long…long…road<\/p>\n


\nWith danger…And excitement…<\/p>\n


\nAnd love…And happiness.<\/p>\n


\nAlong came the train and they jumped on. “Train to Mama,” said Anki. “He means the hospital.” [said Morran] “Ok,” said the engineer.<\/p>\n


\nSo they traveled a long…<\/p>\n


\nlong…long…long…long…long…long…long…long…long…long…long…long…long…long…long…long…long…long…long…long…long…way.<\/p>\n


\nAnd there, on the 2nd floor: “Mama” said Anki.<\/p>\n


\n“My child!” said Mama. “It’s a baby!”
\nTHE END<\/p>\n

*I asked Martin what Morran’s name would be in English, but he said it was just his name. Morra<\/i> is the snarling, growling sound that dogs or animals make. Morrh\u00e5r<\/i> is Swedish for “whisker.” He’s a mouse, so Whiskers might be an appropriate translation, but otherwise your guess is as good as mine.
\n**Anki is a common name for a duck. The word for duck in Swedish is and<\/i> or anka<\/i>.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Martin Ek, aged 7.5, would like to invite you to an exclusive web premiere of his masterpiece novel. As his mother, I’m eagerly donning my best prodigy agent-slash-manager hat. My kid blows me away! Prepare to be blown away yourself! On the Road, or literally, “Out Traveling”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-martinbean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5625,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions\/5625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}