Comments on: Did ‘A Sick Day for Amos McGee’ Deserve the 2011 Caldecott Medal? http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/did-%e2%80%98a-sick-day-for-amos-mcgee%e2%80%99-deserve-the-2011-caldecott-medal/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jeremy Schneider (@jerschneid) http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/did-%e2%80%98a-sick-day-for-amos-mcgee%e2%80%99-deserve-the-2011-caldecott-medal/#comment-8355 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:29:18 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=21103#comment-8355 I think I read the same version as you, but not once anywhere in the book does it mention the gender of a single animal. They are referred to only by their species. “The elephant”, “The penguin”, etc.

Why do you assume they are all male?

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/did-%e2%80%98a-sick-day-for-amos-mcgee%e2%80%99-deserve-the-2011-caldecott-medal/#comment-8318 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:05:57 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=21103#comment-8318 Are you reading a different edition of the book?

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