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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a girl, I hated both the little house on the prairie books AND the TV show.

Don't really care about the naming of the award, wish they would name it after a foundation or a library or a really good children's librarian rather than an author.[/quote]

PP if you never really cared or liked the series than this conversation isn't for you.  You didn't really add to the conversation,did you?  Not saying you can't have opinions but, in this case it has no relevance.[/quote]

So the only person whose opinions count are those who liked the books? Why is that so?

Please explain. [/quote]

Not the PP, but way to miss the point.  This thread is about the re-naming of an award originally named for Laura Ingalls Wilder.  The PP admits she doesn't "really care about the naming of the award," hated the books and the TV show.  So really, why is s/he here?  If s/he doesn't care either way and hates all things LIW, then what's the point of posting?  To tell us she doesn't care either way?  Pretty stupid.
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I'm the pp who disliked Wilder as a child. I'm now a librarian, and I came here to post because I saw the thread in entertainment and there is a discussion going on in libraries about this decision. I've heard all sorts of reasons.

Why is that "stupid"? Have you never met anyone before who wasn't a Wilder fan? I know many people (I'm not one of them) who refuse to read any fiction because they just don't like it.

Every author has their fans and detractors, every author is a product of their own time. I came here to say the decision is not at all controversial for me, but I'm not currently a member of ALA and not currently working in a public library or with kids.

One thing many of us in libraries agree on is that it would be better if the award is not named for a particular author, to avoid just this type of problem in the future. That was and is my point. 
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