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There’s an amusing article at Fuse#8<\/a>,<\/span> "Fat Insufferable Cats"<\/a>, <\/span>about the OCLC list we posted a couple of days ago. The article laments the inclusion of the eh, how shall we say, ‘less literary’ children’s books on the OCLC Top 1000, beginning with #15, Garfield<\/strong><\/em>. Indeed, a fat insufferable cat.
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Recall that the OCLC list “contains the Top 1000 intellectual works that have been judged to be worth owning by the ‘purchase vote’ of libraries around the globe<\/a>.” (Likely the first time a Garfield <\/strong><\/em>book has been labeled an “intellectual work”, even in this back-handed manner.)<\/span><\/p>\n

It is satisfying to see twenty-four Newbery Medal books on the OCLC Top 1000, although one wonders why more libraries are not stocking the other sixty award winning books. As one might expect, Madeline L’Engle’s A Wrinkle In Time<\/em><\/strong> is the foremost Newbery in the OCLC Top 1000, coming in 257th<\/sup> overall, with nearly 10,000 libraries worldwide carrying the book. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is a bit surprising that Mildred Taylor’s Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry<\/em><\/strong> is the 2nd Newbery on the list (and 373rd<\/sup> overall). Thunder\/Cry<\/em><\/strong> hasn’t received the pop culture notoriety of a number of other award winning books, and yet comes in ‘ahead’ of such stalwarts as Holes<\/em><\/strong>, Caddie Woodlawn<\/em><\/strong>, Sounder<\/em><\/strong>, and Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh<\/em><\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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There’s an amusing article at Fuse#8, "Fat Insufferable Cats", about the OCLC list we posted a couple of days ago. The article laments the inclusion of the eh, how shall we say, ‘less literary’ children’s books on the OCLC Top 1000, beginning with #15, Garfield. Indeed, a fat insufferable cat. 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