Wednesday Roundup: Nonfiction Newbery Contenders
This year's standout nonfiction books cover a wide range of topics, including codebreakers,, dinosaurs, pilots, and ordinary kids. We look at possible nonfiction 2025 Medal contenders, plus a quick look back at nonfiction Newbery's of the past.
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September Check-In: Poll Results
We asked readers to rank their favorite Newbery contenders so far and share observations about current trends in children's literature. Here are the results:
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Wednesday Roundup: Nonfiction Newbery Contenders
This year's standout nonfiction books cover a wide range of topics, including codebreakers,, dinosaurs, pilots, and ordinary kids. We look at possible nonfiction 2025 Medal contenders, plus a quick look back at nonfiction Newbery's of the past.
New Views of World War II: Newbery Contenders That Tackle History
Several excellent 2024 children's books look at World War II in creative ways. We look at four titles, two fiction and two nonfiction, and consider their Newbery potential.
September Check-In: Poll Results
We asked readers to rank their favorite Newbery contenders so far and share observations about current trends in children's literature. Here are the results:
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September Suggestion Totals: 83 Total Contenders
We have finished up our final round of suggestions for Heavy Medal 2025 Mock Newbery. The real committee keeps suggesting all year, but here we focus on nominations instead. We have 337 suggestions for a total of 83 titles with FERRIS by Kate DiCamillo still leading the way followed closely by THE TENTH MISTAKE OF […]
September Suggestions: The Final Round
And here goes another summer and our final suggestion piece for Heavy Medal! It’s your last time to suggest books to consider for our 2024 Mock Newbery, but don’t worry we will still be able to nominate books later in the year, so those late publication books won’t be left out. Our official Heavy Medal […]
August Suggestion Totals:
In our second-to-last suggestion pool, we received 65 suggestions for a total of 62 books with 13 new titles.
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Sep 18, 2024
Steven Engelfried on Wednesday Roundup: Nonfiction Newbery Contenders
"Good idea, Bethany. Just added those. ..."
Sep 18, 2024
Bethany on Wednesday Roundup: Nonfiction Newbery Contenders
"Would it be possible for you to include the authors in the list at the bottom? ..."
Sep 18, 2024
Emily Mroczek on Wednesday Roundup: Nonfiction Newbery Contenders
"oops im pretty sure my kids make me constantly read a winnie the pooh super sleuths book lol ..."
Sep 18, 2024
Steven Engelfried on Wednesday Roundup: Nonfiction Newbery Contenders
"Oops....the title of Gail Jarrow's book is now corrected to SPIRIT SLEUTHS above....thanks Kelly! ..."
Sep 18, 2024
Kelly Mueller on Wednesday Roundup: Nonfiction Newbery Contenders
"I'm looking forward to *SPIRIT* SLEUTHS as well (Super Sleuths could be a whole different book!). My first intro to Jarr ..."
Sep 17, 2024
Meg on New Views of World War II: Newbery Contenders That Tackle History
"Also Operation: Happy was a WWII story. Not as encapturing as the 3 of the 4 I read above, but still good. ..."
Sep 16, 2024
Julie Ann Corsaro on New Views of World War II: Newbery Contenders That Tackle History
"I’ve read three of the four books (not the graphic novel) early in the year. I always like to see what stays with me. ..."
Sep 16, 2024
Steven Engelfried on New Views of World War II: Newbery Contenders That Tackle History
"I think if you've read an advanced copy of a book you can certainly let us know what you liked about it. You probably wo ..."
Sep 16, 2024
Emily Mroczek-Bayci on New Views of World War II: Newbery Contenders That Tackle History
"I want to hear more about why!! Ringmaster Steven is it OK to talk about books that haven't been published yet or do we ..."
Sep 16, 2024
Emily Mroczek-Bayci on New Views of World War II: Newbery Contenders That Tackle History
"I think it's interesting that there's such a variety of titles in WWII this year That does make it harder to compare t ..."
Sep 16, 2024
Eric on New Views of World War II: Newbery Contenders That Tackle History
"The Bletchley Riddle is the best upper middle grade novel of the year. ..."
Sep 14, 2024
Steven Engelfried on September Check-In: Poll Results
"Uh-oh, another big mistake. The leading Picture Book vote-getter actually was THE HOUSE BEFORE FALLING INTO THE SEA, wit ..."
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