Exclusive informants for the ECLIPSE news team report that Mother Goose herself treated members of the pick and scan committee to a surprise lunch at a posh (undisclosed, exclusive, chic, and multi-national) New Brunswick location today. The mixed genre menu included crab cakes and empanadas, which were both declared first rate, though the gammon &spinach was a disappointment as it was not chopped.

At the luncheon, the director made an executive decision to present "thought questions" or "considerations" as guides to some of the collections of illustrations for rhymes (a la Visual Interpretive Analyses), rather than essays. So, for example, with "As I Was Going To St. Ives," the viewer might be prompted to consider the ways in which illustrators choose to deal with the problem of presenting the vast multiples of characters and what effect these different presentations have on helping or hindering the viewer's understanding of the riddle.

The relative merits of active and passive voice were also debated. Active voice won, but passivity will be practiced in keeping with the goals of academic objectivity (but only for fun, sometimes).

A good time was had by all, and the workers were returned to their tasks decrankitized. Mother Goose flew off to execute other decisions. Thanks Mom.

Yours from the Field,
Miss Mousey